Men and masculinity

By Jessica Nicol I took a sociology unit once with a lecturer who was a self-proclaimed lesbian, the course was Men and Masculinities and she, by her own admission, disliked men. During the lecture a discussion began where she proclaimed that masculinity – in its physical sense – is nothing more than a social construct, […]

For kids being bullied…

I remember walking into Sacred Heart College as a 12-year-old, a year younger than everyone else, wearing the wrong shoes, a blazer too big and wondering how life would ever be the same. I’d moved to Ocean Grove a couple of months earlier and was about to start year eight. Born and raised in […]

We knew it was time for marriage and kids…

Jarrod and I were together for five years when we separated. I was 25 and even though we knew we loved each other, it wasn’t time to settle down. Three years later when we got back together, we knew it was marriage and kids time. My mum was 34 when she went through menopause. She […]

I was 22 when I found out I was pregnant…

I was 22 when I first found out I was pregnant with Ethan I was actually on the pill. I was very young and it wasn’t planned, it was a bit of a shock but a really welcome shock. From a really young age all I really wanted to do was settle down, have a […]

I loved everything about Kristin…

I met Kristin in March 2004 at the Barwon Heads pub. I worked there as an apprentice chef and was talking to my brother after work when he flung his arm around and accidently whacked Kristin in the face. She had been sitting on the table next to us and laughed about it. When I […]