I saw that there was a naked tour of the State Library of Victoria (SLV) when the Melbourne Writers’ Festival programme was first released and thought it would be an interesting evening and likely a good story.
Read MoreFeminism and Sexism and Violence in 2018
On June 13th, Melbourne woman Eurydice Dixon was raped and murdered in Princes Park, Carlton. She was the 30th woman this year in Australia to have been murdered by a man. She was one of the few that did not know her attacker – which perhaps led to the increased (but justified) outrage.
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(Some of the) Things I have learnt from travelling around the world for the last two years
Two years ago, I finished my MBA, quit my job and left for a friend’s wedding in Ireland, via a month in Myanmar and a week in Sapa, Vietnam. Since then, I returned to Melbourne, found a job that allows me to travel, placed all my belongings into storage and headed off on an almost permanent journey. It has been a time of great enjoyment and freedom, but also, inevitably: loneliness, isolation and questioning. I think that my recent travels have changed me and, to an extent, changed the way that I look at life… so, I have been thinking: what are some of the things that have I learned from travelling for the last two years?
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The 'Likability' of Hillary Clinton
When I discuss the upcoming Presidental election with my friends, I’m shocked at the number of people that respond ‘I just don’t like Hillary’, and therefore would prefer Trump to win the election. For the life of me, I am not sure when likability became an important personal attribute to leading the free world, but let’s look at that word ‘likability’ and what makes someone ‘likeable’.
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Why do an MBA?
Ten reasons that you should not do an MBA vs three reasons you should
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