First published on Tuesday the 6th of November, 2018, this piece comes in at number 4 in the top 30 most read Villainesse stories of 2018....
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“Blonde!” I told them, “Completely blonde!”
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“We’re all born naked – the rest is drag.”
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Ariana Grande has been called a diva , a symbol , a leader , and a killer. No link to that last one,...
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I love doing my makeup.
I also rarely, if ever, wear it.
That’s less the smug statement it may seem, and more a testament to my...
A few weeks ago, New Zealand’s warrior princess Lucy Lawless fired off a tweet stating she wouldn’t be bothered if she saw someone burning the New...
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My girlfriend and I were grinning from ear to ear as we left our screening of Ocean’s 8 . We hadn’t devised some feminist conspiracy to love the...
The local mags love to tell you what to do with your two days off a week. Which café to check out, which piece of experimental theatre take in....
