Summer Flake’s Sunday
Summer Flake is Steph Crase’s sweet scented musical alter-ego. Think dreamy guitars, hazy harmonies, and eating a Cornetto on a long weekend. Before she…
What The Hillary Clinton Rumours Are Really Saying
Being a big fan of Hillary Clinton in a family that loves to talk politics I’m often met at my parent’s front door with…
Penny Modra And The Birth And Death Of Writing
Penny Modra is something of a fairy godmother to young writers. Throughout her time at The Thousands she acted as editor for what feels…
No Lights No Lycra Knows Dancing Sober in the Dark is Healthy
No Lights No Lycra is a unique dance movement that started in Melbourne in 2005 by renegade dance students Alice Glenn and Heidi Barrett….
Australian Politics: Where are the Women?
One year ago, Australia appeared to be on the cusp of breaking into a new and exciting political era, with women at the frontline….
#yesallwomen Is Hash Tag Activism With A Voice
Five years ago, while living in London, I suffered a particularly bad week when in the space of seven days a carload of youths…
You Can Sit With Us
Before this site was even a thought before falling asleep, we’d noticed a lot of cool smart women we knew floating ideas to start…
MySpace: Thursday Sunday
Thursday Sunday is the dreamy fashion line from best friends Mara and Iris. Since 2009 they’ve been making easy effortless pieces for cool girls…
Two Green Bottles
Laura Helen McPhee-Browne is fast becoming our in house prose starlet. We’re so happy to start the week with another of her beautiful pieces….
Funny Girls
Girls are funny. The idea that women aren’t as funny as men is as archaic as an episode of Two and a Half Men….