Photo of me from the chest up, wearing a black t-shirt

2025-01-20
Pentax Espio 90MC, 1997
Kodak UltraMax 400

Photo of Sydney Harbour at sunset with the Opera House to the left and the Harbour Bridge to the light. A light leak occupies the left side of the image.

I live on Gadigal Country (Sydney) and work as a front-end engineer at Canva by day.

2023-03-10
Canon Sprint, 1985
Kodak UltraMax 400

Photo of an escalator in a dark, empty building. Only the escalator is lit from sunlight above.

Otherwise, I’m just a human in search of the profound.

Photo by Sam Operchuck on Unsplash

Writing

Q&A: How should you address me?

A collage of printed photos cut out and laid on a baby blue background. A photo of me from behind is in the centre, showing my shoulder-length copper-coloured hair. From left to right: a linear scale for “gender identity”, with “male” on the left and “female” on the right, and “i don’t know” overlaid; Gillian Anderson in The X-Files; the female and male gender symbols, ripped at the head; a boy with a rat tail haircut; Abe Simpson yelling at a cloud; and the “Sex” field in a passport, listing sex as “M”.

You see me, a redhead bombshell, walking up to you. How should you address me?

6 min read

2026-10-30

Message to a former friend

Photo of empty chat bubbles, with my bubble torn at the bottom edge.

I was recently reminded about this message I sent to someone a few years back.

2 min read

2026-10-07

The targeting of Divine Playhouse is a frustrating reminder of why I left the Church

A photograph of a collage of printed images. In the top third, Carl Bloch’s painting, Sermon on the Mount. In the bottom left, photos of men in all black, chanting prayers on King Street, Newtown. In the bottom right, a photo of the protesters outside Divine Playhouse. All images are ripped, revealing underneath a “No religion” checkbox from the Australian census form.

With so many stones cast, we must be living in a sea of saints

11 min read

2026-07-30

Contact

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