How do we tell them this is not normal sex?
‘Choking is mainstream now. And hitting….’ That bleak little nugget came from a 20-year-old friend, in a talk about consent.
Nikki Gemmell
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Driving Dad’s ashes
It felt right for him to be in the car after he died, as the man who always took the long way, to the place he’d never been.
This is a man comfortable with his sexuality
Ballgown. Lace. Nail polish. Pearls. A multitude of rings. That’s British pop star Harry Styles, in US Vogue recently.
Amid the drum beat, a mother’s wish
How would our deeply thinking, sensitive, articulate, passionate, insecure Gen Z cope with a war?
There’s a changing of the guard — and we’re on notice
Do you feel a seismic shift around us? A fresh, vocal generation is rising strong and it’s exhilarating, something to be celebrated.
Here, we are blessed by the light
The light in Australia has a flavour all of its own. I longed for it during my exile under the English sky, craved it in my bones.
The aim is to lure, then provoke
My new novel is a historical thriller, a tale of survival in colonial Australia. Hopefully it will get the reader to think.
Winter is coming … so embrace the bliss
I love winter in this land. This drawing-in feels sorely needed; our little loungeroom a snowglobe of warmth against a hostile world.
Dizzy from the social whirl
Being back in the world — the proper, people-crammed one — is taking a bit of getting used to. I’m a little rusty to be honest.
Bilingual road signs point the way forward
Why don’t we have bilingual road signs? They would signal that we’re attempting to make amends here to First Nations people.
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