Ms Naughty looks at porn for women, feminism and sex in general
I’d been avoiding Facebook after I tried to join as Ms Naughty last year and it wouldn’t let me. It kept demanding a real name. And then I read about all the privacy issues and how you can’t ever delete your account. So I wasn’t keen. But then an old friend encouraged me and I thought… OK, I’ll just do it a little bit. And now I’ve lost hours searching Read More …
This weekend Amber Rhea’s Sex 2.0 conference was held in Atlanta, Georgia. It was attended by various blogging luminaries like Dacia and Rachel Kramer Bussell and was a general discussion of feminism, sexuality and the internet. It looked very cool and various posts are appearing about the event as I write. Thing is, though, I wasn’t there. Once again, living in Australia means that I miss out on all these Read More …
I didn’t blog yesterday. That’s because I was doing something fabulous instead: swimming with a pod of dolphins at Bribie Island. We went there on a “reccie” just to check the place out. As we were heading home across the bridge we saw the pod of dolphins frolicking in the channel and decided to turn around, head along the shore and watch them. There were about five of them, including Read More …
It’s Tuesday. I’ve just finished watching Return of the King for the nth time and now my eyes are red from crying. No matter how hard I try, that film reduces me to a blubbering mess. Meanwhile, WordPress has released a new version, I’m very busy with all sorts of smut-creative activities and I’ve still got to start on my Script Frenzy script. In other news, Ms Naughty has made Read More …
Violet Blue’s SF column this week, Ugly Violet, and her subsequent blog post has really struck a chord with me. She writes about the way comment trolls dismiss women because of their appearance and the body image issues women have in our culture. This is a conversation we need to be having and one I considered writing about a while ago. I must admit, I never got around to doing Read More …
I’ve got a lot of decent things to write about, but it’s late and I’m stuffed, so here’s a filler post. Quotes About Drinking Wine is bottled poetry. ~Robert Louis Stevenson Wine is sunlight, held together by water. ~Galileo A hangover is the wrath of grapes. ~Author Unknown A man who was fond of wine was offered some grapes at dessert after dinner. “Much obliged,” said he, pushing the plate Read More …
Last Friday on a whim I decided to attend Sexpo in Brisbane, hoping to maybe make some industry contacts and also just to check it all out. I last went to one of these mega sex exhibitions in Sydney ten years ago, back when I was a “civilian.” That expedition was part of the growing curiousity about sex and the adult industry that led me to write for Australian Women’s Read More …
It’s almost 20 years ago that my brother bought Iron Maiden’s Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son and insisted that I listen to a song called Infinite Dreams, even though I swore that I hated heavy metal because it was all noise. It wasn’t long after that that I bought the extremely cool Seventh Son T-shirt and spent the long years of my youth headbanging to a variety of hair Read More …
Today was a good day, one full of hope for the future. Today the Australian parliament said sorry to the Aboriginal people for past injustices, particularly for the forced removal of “half caste” children from their parents throughout the 20th century. I’m so glad it finally happened. And there was something really positive and special about the whole thing. It felt like the majority of people were behind it this Read More …
In theory I shouldn’t talk about religion on this blog, but sometimes I feel the urge to post something I’ve found. And given that US Republican candidate Mike Huckabee recently said he wanted to change the US constitution to resemble the bible, I’m feeling inclined to say something. Reading this list of scary, ignorant and occasionally amusing comments by fundamentalist Christians makes me concerned for the future. Individuals should be Read More …
I’m going to see Sting and The Police tonight and I’m very much looking forward to it. I’ve been a fan since I was 14 and Sting’s last concert here was in 2000 so I’m very keen to “get in touch” again. The tickets were the most expensive I’ve ever bought and the concert hasn’t sold out, possibly due to the price. The insane promoters have added Fergie to the Read More …
We went to a friend’s house for dinner last night and were alternately amused and annoyed by their three kids. At one point the eldest, who is four, decided to come into the kitchen with the sole purpose of getting some attention. “Hey Luke,” she said with her impish grin. “Look at me!” And when he did she very clearly and loudly said “BUM!” So then she got into all Read More …
“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” – Dr Seuss
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old time is still a-flying And this same flower that smiles today Tomorrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he’s a-getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he’s to setting. – Robert Herrick I am returned after the Christmas break, loathe to work as usual. My new year’s resolutions are fairly dull, involving more exercise Read More …
Pop the champagne girls and celebrate the start of a new and exciting year ahead! As usually I’ll be partying like it’s 1999… I’m just so behind the times. Have a good one.