Writing Portfolios
Non-profit sector writing
I'm the Assistant Editor and a contributing writer for Australian Philanthropy. My articles include:
- Issue 66: Making it count: Thinking global and acting local with community foundations
- Issue 67: A discussion on social change philanthropy
- Issue 67: Trustee companies
- Issue 68: Climate Change Resources List
- Issue 69: Shooting beyond expectations: documentary and philanthropy
- Issue 70: Beyond the mainstream: schools for those who 'don't fit' in the traditional mould
- Issue 70: When kids do the giving: philanthropy in schools
- Issue 71 Further Resources about Giving by and for Women and Girls
- Issue 72: Further Afield: International Perspectives on Giving in Hard Times
- Issue 73: Further Afield: Other Governance and Regulation Resources
- Issue 74: Interview with John Atkin, CEO, Trust Company Ltd and Chair, National Compact Joint Task Force
- Issue 75: Modelling a new art of delegation
- Issue 76: The Atlantic Philanthropies
- Issue 77: Reaching out with Ian Darling, Chairman of The Caledonia Foundation and Documentary Australia Foundation
- Issue 77: Further Afield: Resources on Outcomes, outputs and impact
Music journalism
- Fall Out Boy concert review
- Gabe Saporta of Cobra Starship
- Geoff Rickly of Thursday
- Little Jimmy Urine of Mindless Self Indulgence
- Music video director Alan Ferguson
- Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance, about his Umbrella Academy comics
- Mike and Michael of The Academy Is...
- Laurent Barnard of Gallows
- George and Matt of Strong Arm Studios
I was a teenage poptart is a document archive of ephemera about the pop group Savage Garden.
Case #183(a) is an information resource about the music video for Fall Out Boy's A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More 'Touch Me'.
Comics industry
snicker/snack
I remembered her jacket from when I was a kid. So white and soft on my cheek. Rabbit fur. One day I'll burn it too.
snicker/snack, described as Fall Out Boy drummer Andy Hurley as "aweosme", has words by Mary Borsellino and pictures by Audrey Fox, and can be found in the anthology Girls Drawn Wild! from Happy Harbor Comics.
All proceeds from Girls Drawn Wild! are donated to charity.
Comics journalism
Girl-Wonder.org is a feminist activism website I co-founded and participate in.
I'm a regular contributor to the comics webzine Sequential Tart, where my articles have included:
- Media tie-in comics: Buffy and Heroes
- The changing face of Supergirl
- The Umbrella Academy: Dark Horse's new superhero team
- A second Umbrella Academy article
- A third Umbrella Academy piece
- An interview with DC Comics editor Jeanine Schaefer
- A review of Serenity: Better Days issue #1
- Strange Little Girl: Emily the Strange
- In praise of Hellboy
- Umbrella Academy Series 2: Dark Horse's team returns for 'Dallas'
- Have You Heard The Rumor?: The Umbrella Academy's Allison Hargreeves
- Things That Go Bump in the Gotham Night: an interview with Kevin VanHook
- The Deaths and Lives of Sidekicks: an interview with Judd Winick
- Gotham's Bright New Hope: an interview with Bryan Q. Miller
An essay by me about some of the gender tensions present in the character of Robin is archived at Girl-Wonder.org. Read it here.
Other media
A plethora of fictional vampires
Information/interview hubs
Super Interviews is a comprehensive archive of the interviews I've done with people involved with the horror/drama television show Supernatural. These include:
- Cast members
- Script writers
- Directors
- Producers
- Composers
- Storyboard artists
Nowhere Elaborated is an information resource about, and cultural analysis of, Rosie Cotton, a character from The Lord of the Rings.
Pretty Good Year uses The Lord of the Rings as an origin point for a work of pastiche exploring themes of illness, loyalty, sexuality, and rebirth. Site also includes artwork, fiction by other writers, and translations.