Queer!Content Comix

Queering The Air: Queer Zine Culture

Candiloro, Frank and Emily_N3v3r. “Queer!Content Comix & Zines.” Queering The Air, 3CR Community Radio. Melbourne, 01 March 2020.

An amazing catch-up with Frank Candiloro (FrankenComics) and Emily_N3v3r on their 3CR Community Radio show ‘Queering the Air‘. We got to chatting about zine authorship and readership, as well as the ways we can engage with queerness and contribute to community as…

YEPCast: Three Queers Rambling (Mostly About Zines)

Heussler, Lianna. “Episode 5 – Fletcher And Wolfram – Three Queers Rambling (Mostly About Zines).” YEPCast, YEP Australia, 01 July 2019.

https://soundcloud.com/user-700881174/episode-5-fletcher-and-wolfram-three-queers-rambling-mostly-about-zines

Fletcher Quilty (GULP! Fiction) and I join Lianna Heussler to discuss zines as a gateway to indie publishing. We share insight into…

Interview w/ author Patrick Boyle for Frooty Magazine, issue #06, published 13 November 2019.

Queer Icons From Gay to Z by Patrick Boyle (2019). Melbourne: Smith Street Books. | Written for Frooty Magazine, issue #06, published 13 November 2019.

Smith Street Books presents Queer Icons From Gay to Z: a pictorial celebration of queer figures who made an impact on our community over the last century. We phoned author Patrick Boyle for a chat about putting this book together, and to…

Book Review: Invisible Boys

Invisible Boys by Holden Sheppard (2019). North Freemantle: Freemantle Press. | Review published by Frooty Magazine, 18 October 2019.

General Content Warnings for spoilers, homophobia, trauma, sexual violence, and the inescapable reality that life sucks for most queer teens growing up in rural Australia.

Invisible Boysis a split narrative that starts with a kick to the gut.…

Book Review: Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda

Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli (2015). London: Penguin Books.

Content Warning for potential spoilers and sexxx (but not really).

Rule one of reading the book after watching the movie: never judge a book by its adaptation. You’ll find enough differences between this and Love, Simon to think of them as entirely different narratives. And while I love love lovetal…

Book Review: Stranger Than Fanfiction

Stranger Than Fanfiction by Chris Colfer (2017). London: ATOM.

Courtesy Content Warnings for spoilers, drug use, and trauma. Also for feelings. Lots of feelings.

Stranger Than Fanfiction has a ton of heated, negative reviews, but that’s been an ongoing concern for YA publishers since they began taking young readers seriously in the 90s. How do you convince the gatekeepers – the…

Book Review: A Separate Peace

A Separate Peace by John Knowles (1959). New York: Scribner.

It fascinates me how some novels can stand the test of time. Even after sixty years – and to me, primarily a YA reader – the narrative remains engaging, momentous, and touching. Knowles had me caught up in the story instantly, gifting such sharp insight into Gene’s mind that I wanted to keep up with his strange, youthful logic. And…

Gig Review: Melt Vinyl – Culture Club

Written for Frooty Magazine, published 16 September 2019.

That might have been Boy George himself in the crowd on Saturday night, but no one was taking their eyes off the absolute powerhouse of talent camping it up before them on stage. As an extension of Brisbane’s MELT Festival, MELT Vinyl has brought local queer musicians together to produce shows that connect audiences with the music we…

Written for Frooty Magazine, Issue #3, published 21 August 2019.

Newcomer Odyssey S hit the Australian music scene last week with their debut single, Even When We Let It Go. At first glance, listeners are hit with a nostalgic episode of dream-like tracks reminiscent of Owl City, Flume, and Cub Sport before sliding into a heart-felt declaration of acceptance we’ll all find ourselves singing in…

Written for Frooty Magazine, Issue #1, published June 2019.

Montaigne is Jessica Cero: a Sydney-based singer-songwriter with her goals set for success. She made her mainstream debut in 2012 with ‘Anyone But Me’, which took her to the finals in Triple J’s Unearthed High. And released her debut single ‘I Am Not An End’ in 2014 with a little help from Tony Buchen (Courtney Barnett, The…

From Camp to Community

Written for UQ Ally Network, originally published 28 June 2019.

Hello and welcome to an incredibly limited exploration of Brisbane’s queer identity as it’s developed in the twentieth-century. Like you, academics are fascinated by the complexity of Brisbane’s queer history, as well as its effects on queer identities across the globe. Men who once called themselves ‘mollies’ here began using the…

Regan Lynch Does It In Public

Written for 4ZZZ Reviews, published 13 May 2017.

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An electric guitar, a chord of coded hankies, a quick dose of PrEP, and…what could be mistaken for Eric Abetz’s actual face.

‘Regan Lynch Does It In Public’ is the comedic queercore burlesque number Brisbane was dying to have inside her. Between the punk­ red tartan kilt, the wrestler’s leotard, and the bare­ naked booty, Regan…

A State of Production

Hey, friends. It’s me. Ya boi.

It’s been three months since I last posted here, but I feel the lapse’s been good for both my creative process and mental health. My presence on social media took a necessary nosedive after 2018, but if you follow my Instagram you’d have gotten little glimpses into my life. Festival of the Photocopier was phenomenal, and I didn’t get much rest before Brisbane…

Freshly posted book review: The Miseducation of Cameron Post

The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth (2012). New York: Balzer + Bray.

CW: Spoilers, duh.

This was another book I ruined by seeing the movie first. But as it was one of the cinema sensations of 2018, that was bound to happen. It isn’t to say I didn’t enjoy it, because I did, and I’ve a ton of fruitful topics I want to (but won’t) ruin for you. The problem was that I…

Look. I almost said no when I read we’d be dissecting Mean Girls, because nobody I ever knew thought it was queer enough for a queer film club. Ever. Sure it had its queer aspects and sure it was quotable as heck. And sure every generation of twink since has idolised that toxic, teen girl mentality. But was that enough? Despite my misgivings I decided to roll with it because… well, who else is…