You

“I thought you said you’d never done this before.” You shrug. “I haven’t.” Yeah, perhaps. I feel sweat run from between my breasts, down my side, under my back. I shift onto my stomach and you try to look shy. “You seem to know your way around a woman’s body pretty well.” “And you said… Read More You

Maggie

Fifteen scribbled pagesAnd still I can’t explainWhat she means to me She is at once too muchAnd not enoughOf a presence in my life Too much because I worryThere’ll be nothing left once she’s finishedGiving herself away Yet not enough because I can’tImagine a timeWhen I won’t need her For ten thousand nine hundred and… Read More Maggie

Boystown

When evaluating the statement that “Australia is a Sexist Society”, initial images are of placard waving women marching on Parliament House, Germaine Greer espousing her views in The Female Eunuch, and business women bemoaning the existence of the glass ceiling. These images are real, and absolutely justifiable, however after 40 years of the feminist movement… Read More Boystown