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Liz Evans

Tasmania
As seen in: Yahoo News Australia, Harm Reduction Journal, Allrecipes, Jade’s Neurodiversity Newsletter, The Conversation, Flipboard, Salon, MamaMia, Scroll.in, Yahoo Lifestyle Australia and
Covers:  all forms of popular culture, women's issues; parenting; psychology; lifestyle; sustainability; mental health
writer, journalist, psychotherapist, author, PhD candidate in creative writing/domestic noir @UTAS_ Hates Twitter even more now

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In 1988, I started working as a full-time freelance music journalist in London, contributing to Kerrang!, Deadline, NME, Vox, London Evening Standard, Elle, i-D, Select, New Statesman and The Guardian among others.
I published two books on women and rock culture during the 1990s, Women, Sex and Rock'n'Roll, and Girls Will Be Boys, both with Pandora/HarperCollins.
In 1999, I began training as a psychodynamic psychotherapist, and spent nine years in private practice in Tasmania.
Since moving t…

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Alys Fowler is a punk-rock gardener | Dumbo Feather magazine

Alys Fowler is a punk-rock gardener | Dumbo Feather magazine

Now, switching track entirely, and at the risk of getting superficial, I must ask you about your clothes. Muc…

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The value of small talk - Dumbo Feather

The value of small talk - Dumbo Feather

It can be tempting to regard deep and meaningful conversation as the key to worthwhile connection, and in man…

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Understanding our digital persona - Dumbo Feather

Understanding our digital persona - Dumbo Feather

Social media is both a pleasure and a curse. The opportunities afforded by instant, albeit remote, connection…

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The value of dreams - Dumbo Feather

The value of dreams - Dumbo Feather

There are many ways of considering our dreams. We may see them as mere byproducts of the day, or consequences…

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Being mindful of mindfulness - Dumbo Feather

Being mindful of mindfulness - Dumbo Feather

We appear to be living in the age of a Mindfulness Revolution. Mindfulness seems to be everywhere, being prac…

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Joyce McFadden empowers girls | Dumbo Feather Magazine

Joyce McFadden empowers girls | Dumbo Feather Magazine

That explains so many things to them: how they feel in their marriage or committed relationship, and what sha…

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‘Famesick’: In her new memoir, Lena Dunham makes us laugh about a dream job turned brutal nightmare

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| Scroll.in
During the final season of Lena Dunham’s acclaimed comedy drama series, Girls, the character she plays, Hannah Horvath, says her ambition as a writer is to make people laugh about painful things. In real life, this is exactly what Dunham has achieved with her second memoir, Famesick which opens with a prime example.
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Famesick: Lena Dunham makes us laugh about a dream job turned brutal nightmare

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By Liz Evans, liZ Evans
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A searingly funny, bare-hearted exploration of the cost of success, Dunham’s book charts her meteoric rise as a young screenwriter, director and actor with brutal honesty. Review: Famesick by Lena Dunham (4th Estate) Smart, sassy and highly entertaining, Famesick is ultimately a painfully astute analysis of the ways a dream job can morph into a perilous nightmare.
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Famesick: Lena Dunham makes us laugh about a dream job turned brutal nightmare

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By Liz Evans, Adjunct Researcher, English and Writing, University of Tasmania During the final season of Lena Dunham’s acclaimed comedy drama series, Girls, the character she plays, Hannah Horvath, says her ambition as a writer is to make people laugh about painful things. In real life, this is exactly what Dunham has achieved with her second memoir, Famesick which opens with a prime example. Read complete article © The Conversation -
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Freelancing for rock magazine Metal Hammer. Dream come true.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

of course. i used to smoke as well

How is social media changing news?

It's made it less discerning, way too gossipy, and lowered the standard of writing

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