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Archive for the ‘Fashion’ Category

Review: Contemporary Asian Australian Poets

Review: Contemporary Asian Australian Poets

May 30, 13 • Arts, Culture, Fashion, Featured, Headline, Reviews2 Comments »
The Sydney Writers Festival is an extraordinary undertaking. Not only is there a battery of renowned writers, publishers, critics and commentators packed into Sydney’s Walsh Bay precinct over six days, but the festival program is punctuated by...
Do you dance like you're Chinese?

Do you dance like you’re Chinese?

May 2, 13 • Fashion, Headline, Travel1 Comment »
I wrote a series of reflections on visibility, belonging and passing throughout 2011 and 2012. This version was edited for a reading during Lisa-Skye‘s Midsumma spoken word showcase, The Invisibles. My recent trip overseas has made me think...
Why I have a queue.

Why I have a queue.

Mar 16, 12 • FashionNo Comments »
Last week my hair was shoulder length, straight, black, with a red streak to the left (something like my political orientation, then). I wanted to cut it short, partly for one of the acts I’m performing this weekend as part of Shanghai Club at...
People of colour, hijab, Converse and parochialism.

People of colour, hijab, Converse and parochialism.

Jan 15, 12 • FashionNo Comments »
I walked past a huge advertisement for Converse in Melbourne Central the other day, and I was kind of impressed. The ad shows a long line of people wearing Chuck Taylors, and features quite a few people of non-European appearance. I don’t...