I have learnt after much study and some lived experience that the phrase “As long as you’re happy and healthy” can be extremely upsetting for some folk, as it can be unachieveableRead More…
28Aug/24
22Feb/24
I Hide Behind A Puppet Theatre To Amplify Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences Education For Kids And Noone Even Realises I’m Doing It
I have a really weird day job. I am one half of Larrikin Puppets, an award-winning puppetry arts business founded by my husband Brett Hansen in 2012. I have been puppeteering andRead More…
30Jan/24
My Postmodern Life: A Poem
Life is a password.Life is a monthly subscription.Life is scanning your own groceries.Life is internet trolls.Life is “That’s clearly AI.” I used to embrace postmodernism.But it was just a theory.Now it’s practice. Postmodernism isRead More…
10Sep/21
11 Things To Know About My Appearance On Todd Sampson’s ‘Mirror Mirror’
1. I don’t read the comments on Channel 10 or Twitter etc. 2. I understand the power of sharing personal stories and the positive impact it can have on changing the perspectivesRead More…
25Jul/20
Being Ahead Of The Curve May Be Admirable, But It Is Painful
In September 2012 I approached the newly elected Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson at a Greens conference and briefly told him about B Corps. I knew about B Corps earlier than most asRead More…
20Jun/20
I Am A Sick, Fat, 44 Year Old Who Plays A Toddler, A Diva And A Poet With Wings
“This show needs energy, so don’t be fat and overweight unless prepared to lose some, cos she’s a high level energy show.” This was the sales spiel written by an Australian puppeteerRead More…
14Jun/20
Can You Handle Being Corrected Online In Safe Spaces?
I pulled someone up on a “And I don’t care if that makes me a racist” comment in what was meant to be considered a safe online space. Ironically their comment wasn’tRead More…
26May/19
Ethics Of Social Media Data Analysis: Perhaps True Digital Campaign Success Can’t Actually Be Counted
Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts. – William Bruce Cameron I was reflecting today that we, as individuals on social media, are always going onRead More…
24Oct/18
Pressing The Flesh And The Fur At Griffith Industry Mentoring’s Celebration Event
This year I mentored two Griffith University students through Griffith University Careers Service’s Industry Mentoring program. I conduct virtual mentoring and last night, at the celebration event in Brisbane, I was delightedRead More…
17May/18
I’m About To Become A Publisher
Upon leaving school in the early 1990s I wanted to be a book editor, so I went to uni to study English through an arts degree. There I learnt all about feminism,Read More…
05Dec/17
Working Class Reflections: What It Means To Be Green
When I read vitriol about The Greens not representing the working class and how we’re all latte-sipping elitists, I reflect on the massive sacrifices my working class migrant grandparents made to provideRead More…
Why Do Nazis Grow Like Wild Flowers?
I love this song from my youth and couldn’t find the lyrics anywhere on the web, so transcribed them for self therapy. I love this song so by Things Of Stone AndRead More…
02Nov/16
Business Women Warn Investors About Proposed Men’s Only Co-Working Space
A new Brisbane women’s group, WGFNB (Women Going Forward Not Backward) has just been formed (by myself Elissa Jenkins and a fellow social entrepreneur Emma-Kate Rose) in response to yesterday’s announcement ofRead More…
28Jul/16
Let’s hear it for New York. We’ll Miss You.
Only 2 sleeps to go until we head home after 3 months (13 weeks) living in New York City. 🙁 My husband Brett and I fulfilled our goal to live like locals,Read More…
24Jun/16
Trial Day At Centre For Social Innovation NYC A Success. Yay!
Today I’ve been doing a trial day with the Centre For Social Innovation in New York City. I received a friendly welcome and a formal tour (in stark contrast with the otherRead More…
12Jun/16
What is a Sustainability Hacker?
A few months ago, when I was hanging out with a bunch of fine folk at Ipswich innovation hub Firestation 101, I declared to the room that I was a sustainability hacker. AlthoughRead More…
20May/16
Go ahead, underestimate me
I went on a ‘tour’ of a ‘values based’ co-working space today in Manhattan, New York City and it was all very awkward and odd. It was a space apparently designed for entrepreneurs,Read More…
25Feb/16
I Judged My Local Lions Youth Of The Year And It Gave Me Hope
I was honoured to be invited to judge the local Lions Youth Of The Year contest held at Yeronga Dutton Park RSL yesterday. The five contestants from Yeronga State High and McGregor State HighRead More…
07Jan/16
Give Girl Power Xmas Fundraiser Amazing Success
Hi everyone, Happy New Year! I’m excited to share that we exceeded our Give Girl Power Christmas fundraiser target by $200 raising a total of $700 which, in terms of impact, means 70Read More…
12Dec/15
Thank You For The $7K In Wedding Gifts – Here’s What We Spent It On
Sharing the love This year the love of my life Brett and I got married and, instead of gifts, we requested our 200 wedding guests donate funds to Migori Health & RightsRead More…