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I'm a freelance writer currently based in London who has also lived in Auckland, New Zealand and Brooklyn. My writing typically focuses on the intersections between feminist issues, gender theory, pop culture, and policy - with particular interest placed on bodies, and our cultural expectations of them. My bylines include The Guardian, HuffPost UK, Bitch Media, Assemble Papers, Archer Magazine, among others.
e're so used to seeing the Marvel body. Muscular, yet thin; a lean package that is capable of packing a mean punch. It's Chris Hemsworth's glistening nudity in the latest Thor, or Natalie Portman's much-talked about bulging biceps, or the star-spangled curvature of " America's ass" (Chris Evans').
On the corner of West 10th and Waverly Place sits a pretty ordinary looking bar. Inside to the right, a bar table ribbed with stools shoots up towards a number of unremarkable tables and chairs. Its girth makes walking by a squeeze. The four of us find a seat near the back.
"Welcome to Tranquillum House," Nicole Kidman's character Masha Dmitrichenko says in the first episode of TV drama Nine Perfect Strangers. Dressed barefoot in a flowing, two-piece ecru silk dress with golden cascading hair, Kidman radiates cleanliness, composure and health.
ike most gay boys I had my sexual awakening at the underwear section of a department store. Most of the men in question were merely headless torsos with chiseled abdomens and sock-stuffed packages. Sometimes you'd shamefully lock eyes with David Beckham or Dan Carter as they caught you attempting to be nonchalant while you parade by your mother's hand.
was deep into Melbourne's second lockdown, writing an article on COVID's impact on queer nightlife, when my editor showed me queeringthemap. The interactive tool allows users to geographically map queer memories and landmarks, recording "the cartography of queer life". Sifting through notes pinned against Melbourne's most recognisable fixtures was beautiful and haunting; a showcase of...
I went to my GP for fatigue. It's important to be diligent about your health when you're vegan. Low iron, low protein, low B12. But my doctor chucked in a new one: "Could be low testosterone."
In 1954, William Golding published Lord of the Flies , a thought experiment about the horrors that unfold after a group of British schoolboys are marooned on a desert island. Initially organizing themselves around the principles of democracy and governance, things quickly deteriorate: Hierarchies are formed, differences are sniffed out, tribes are negotiated, and a war is waged over power results in murder.
or many gay men Melbourne's lockdown has been nothing but agitation. Closed are our clubs and bars, our spaces to meet, dance, flirt; weekly activities that feel core to our history, identity and wellbeing. But, upon refreshing my feeds, it would seem that it's perhaps the closure of our gyms that might be causing the most collective anxiety.
To say that New York City has had a rough 16 months would be a gross understatement. With more than 780,000 COVID-19 cases, more than 100,000 hospitalizations and, most tragically, more than 28,000 deaths, the city has been devastated by the global pandemic.
The character of Jill from 'It's A Sin' is based on the real life Jill Nader, an ode to the women of the AIDS epidemic -- of which there were many. Russell T Davies' , dives into gay London during the height of the AIDS epidemic .