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Sport has given me a lot of things: diverse skills, support structures, a wider understanding of myself. It has not rid me of the self-consciousness…
Mar 21, 2025
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the turning
As a child, I was warned tacitly about the pandemic: of dangerous, contagious lesbianism. I rolled my eyes and dismissed it. I was heterosexual but…
Sep 2, 2023
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four small portraits in a life: on violence and duty
My brother was only playing. I was not supposed to be crying. My father did not need to be annoyed and his son did not need to feel bad.
Feb 28, 2024
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the fallacy of the wnbl development player
Sep 2, 2023
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the knowing: emilee whittle-harmon on intuition, humility and the politics of age
Feb 24, 2025
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no capital: on the cost of change in women's professional basketball
Mar 16, 2024
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body of work: part one
Jan 19, 2024
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a numbers game
May 22, 2024
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drawing #2: of megan fitzsimon
Oct 26, 2025
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drawing #12: of journalist andy maher
Deep Heat. Linseed oil. The damp Otways. Every hint of the sea. The daily fusion of fragrances that comes with sharing a home with a wife and three…
May 20
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scene 004
I am sitting at my desk in a pink shower cap.
Apr 21
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drawing #11: of advocate tarang chawla
The smell of whatever fragrance I’m currently obsessed with; of North Indian spices cooking in hot oil; of masala chai with fresh cookies baking in the…
Mar 5
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drawing #10: of athlete beth lynch
Chocolate chip cookies in the oven, lavender that lined the driveway of my childhood house, the grass in the reserve where my brother and I would always…
Feb 28
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how to turn strangers into friends
Disclaimer: While all efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, the following instructions do not constitute, and cannot replace, professional advice.
Feb 21
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drawing #12: of journalist andy maher
Deep Heat. Linseed oil. The damp Otways. Every hint of the sea. The daily fusion of fragrances that comes with sharing a home with a wife and three…
May 20
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drawing #11: of advocate tarang chawla
The smell of whatever fragrance I’m currently obsessed with; of North Indian spices cooking in hot oil; of masala chai with fresh cookies baking in the…
Mar 5
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drawing #10: of athlete beth lynch
Chocolate chip cookies in the oven, lavender that lined the driveway of my childhood house, the grass in the reserve where my brother and I would always…
Feb 28
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drawing #9: of journalist marlee silva
Saltwater, books, freshly mown grass, that sterile metallicy smell of an aeroplane, and sweat — from dancefloors, from sport, from running for the…
Feb 13
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drawing #8: of comedian sashi perera
Frangipani. Curry leaves. Ocean water. Farts. Diesel (that’s the smell of being stuck in traffic in a tuktuk in Colombo).
Jan 28
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drawing #7: of athlete maeve chaplin
Sweet like caramel. Fresh like when you take a deep breath in on a cold morning. Lavender. Rainforest. Sprinkles of beach water.
Dec 5, 2025
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the road of ghosts
I can no longer breathe. I am sobbing, breathless, for no reason. My reflection surveys my wet face in the mirror. I tell her to breathe. She smiles…
Jul 12, 2023
the storing
Somewhere outside the cave, inciting the sky, there are the knives of stars. I try to stop the sensation of them piercing me. They apparently also have…
Nov 25, 2024
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the intricacy of magpies
Meanjin VOL 83 № | Autumn 2024
Aug 15, 2023
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flinch
A debut novel about first and last love, grief, ambition, and different deaths, set against a backdrop of professional sport.
Aug 8, 2022
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the labeller
The first proper label I give out is mentor. It is to the primary selector of the junior state team, in the lead up to the national tournament. She's…
Jun 30, 2022
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a numbers game
The state league season is presented as an audition for the national league. But there is no point in auditioning if there are no positions.
May 22, 2024
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no capital: on the cost of change in women's professional basketball
There is a belief that basketballers who are not good enough to make it go to football. It's obviously true.
Mar 16, 2024
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body of work: part one
Annie La Fleur, Alexandra Bunton, Mikaela Dombkins, Karen Blicavs, Micaela Cocks, Kayla Steindl, and Kate Tominac
Jan 19, 2024
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mothers or athletes or women
An interview series.
Jan 18, 2024
a myth of progress: the wnbl's culture of conservatism
I exhausted the senior players with questions. I made them repeat experiences. It did not make sense to me that the WNBL was so invisible. I needed to…
Nov 24, 2023
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scene 003
The tiniest scrape exposes the fragility of it all: any of my ‘achievements’ are so complex they are sullied — each ‘success’ might be more accurately…
Jul 10, 2025
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scene 002
Seven (and a half) failures. One acceptance. Some upcoming work.
Feb 7, 2025
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scene 001
Two failures. Six submissions. Two releases.
Apr 17, 2024
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scene 000
A man called me a skeezer online. I did not know what this word meant. I do now.
Apr 15, 2024
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scene 004
I am sitting at my desk in a pink shower cap.
Apr 21
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i have a few questions: on ethics, habit and all those likes
What would you rather watch with your family: sex scenes or violence?
Jan 5, 2025
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an open letter by sportspeople in support of Palestine
Sport has given us a platform and that platform must be used for good. A future of peace and safety for all, grounded in justice, freedom and equality…
Dec 26, 2023
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the strongest thread: hunting for a forum about women's sport
Sports media has traditionally been warily curated, carefully repressed, sanitised but conniving and then called objective. What happens if we embraced…
Dec 9, 2023
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letters to the graduating class, written over seven years
The crowd clapped. They ate it up. All was swell. One month later, I was delisted.
Oct 28, 2023
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the voice and the silence
The value of sport, at any level, can be distilled to community. There is no strength in a community that does not offer support and actively seek…
Oct 13, 2023
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six athletes on the 2023 voice referendum
If you’re a woman, if you’re disabled, if you’re not white, if you’re queer, your existence is political. When I hear ‘leave politics out of sport’, I’m…
Oct 10, 2023
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in conversation with callum brown
People talk about the romantic side of footy. I can see how fans would enjoy me and Tyler playing at our dad's club.
May 14, 2020
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in conversation with tessa lavey and liz quinn
I want The W Club to be the line between the past and the future — where a bar that prioritises women’s sport is not newsworthy because women’s sport…
Oct 7, 2025
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in conversation with sophie molan
My dad said to me, just after the sign and trade period finished, ‘You know it’s okay if you don’t want to play anymore.' But I knew I loved it.
Nov 10, 2023
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in conversation with sara blicavs
I remember one of my brothers ripped a barbie doll from my hand one day, put her hair in water, rubbed her in the dirt and said, ‘Come on, let’s go kick…
Mar 14, 2019
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in conversation with michele timms
For many, many years, it was the one thing I got most upset about and most in trouble for: not being ladylike.
Dec 20, 2018
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