Sitting down at a networking lunch recently, I found myself chatting to a delightful local artist. When she found out that I was a freelance writer, Donna asked if I had ever researched or written about female depression. Now writing about depression isn’t very sexy. After all, isn’t this blog supposed [...]
What’s it like being a young woman today? Feminists won the equal rights war back in the 70s, and young women today have it so much easier than their mothers, right? Wrong, argues Emily Maguire in her new book Princesses or Pornstars?
It is a regular Sunday afternoon in Brisbane and 8 women are gathered in Newstead Park for their monthly book group meeting. The group has just read Veronica Decides to Die by Paul Coelho and are gathering to discuss the book and its merits. They are surrounded by trees, beautiful weather and the [...]