Janine blew her nose and said, ‘Oh. Yes. Good point. Thank you.’ Then she took her pouch of tobacco and her lighter from her handbag and gave them to me. After I asked a couple of times whether she was OK, I went outside for my break and rolled a cigarette. I blew these big,… Continue reading Sunday Short: Janine by Ben Goodfellow
Month: June 2014
Friday Finds
- Saturday Morning Slow Jams on youtube have been a lot of fun, particularly as they're doing renditions of your favourite childhood cartoons. The newest one, which covers the Sailor Moon theme song, is basically the best thing I've heard all week. - Eighties style Game of Thrones opening credits! - These Studio Ghibli hoodies… Continue reading Friday Finds
Madewell’s FW 2014
It's really cooling down fast in Brisbane at the moment. My house in particular seems to be a few degrees below the outdoors (a side effect of swollen window frames and raised floors) which tends to be a relief in summer, but isn't quite so pleasant in winter. As a result, I'm unpacking winter… Continue reading Madewell’s FW 2014
Sunday Short: Sarah and the Seed by Ryan Andrews
I'm pretty partial to short, one-shot comics. I think it often allows a level of fantasy you'd have to over explain in a longer work. The medium and length instead allows you to let go of reality a little while and invited you to just go with it. Sarah and the Seed is particularly lovely.… Continue reading Sunday Short: Sarah and the Seed by Ryan Andrews
Friday Finds
https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/NEcZmT0fiNM&source=uds This is basically my favourite thing of the week. - This new study on slut shaming as a class issue, not a sexuality one is both awful and really interesting. - On a more positive note, a brief history of female comedies! - To say I'm pretty darn excited for the Studio Ghibli documentary,… Continue reading Friday Finds
Gorman: Never Smile at a Crocodile FW14
Gorman is one of my favourite Australian designers. They're use of colour and print and hard lines below soft just does things to me. Their FW14 collection, Never Smile at a Crocodile, is particularly great. There's not an outfit here I wouldn't wear and I'd basically kill for that cactus print dress.You can view the… Continue reading Gorman: Never Smile at a Crocodile FW14
‘The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing’ by Melissa Bank (22/52)
Jane is fourteen, twenty, thirty and older in this collection of snapshots by Melissa Bank. She's a friend, a lover, a daughter, a sister. An observer, an editor, a reader, a carer. This series of moments are the making and unmaking of Jane, told through her job and her relationships.There's been a real wave of… Continue reading ‘The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing’ by Melissa Bank (22/52)
Sunday Short: ‘The Worst Thing a Suburban Girl Could Imagine’ by Melissa Bank
I asked him to tell me the truth about drinking, and he did. He'd been drinking all along. He told me all the times he could remember. I went back over each one. Then I asked about other times when I'd sensed something was wrong, and went back over the years to the first time--when I'd… Continue reading Sunday Short: ‘The Worst Thing a Suburban Girl Could Imagine’ by Melissa Bank
The Bride Stripped Bare by Anonymous (Nikki Gemmell) (21/52)
After discovering her husband's affair with her best friend on their honeymoon, The Bride Stripped Bare's unnamed protagonist begins a journey of sexual exploration with a bullfighter, Gabriel. Told in lessons inspired by a book her grandfather owned, this novel is part character study, part kink study and part unravelling.I was late to the party… Continue reading The Bride Stripped Bare by Anonymous (Nikki Gemmell) (21/52)
Friday Finds
https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/0wSJ38713eA&source=uds I love a good cover song and only recently got exposed to The AV Club's Undercover series. The Decemberists' version of Sugar's If I Can't Change Your Mind has basically been my jam all week. - The erasure of Maya Angelou's sex-worker history is an important read, and a good one for the weekend.… Continue reading Friday Finds
Sophie Overett 