I have some exciting news! I am developing a new theatrical work for children called Zietta and the Little Larrikins, and I’ve just received a grant to help make it happen! TheRead More…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…