Guy F. Webster

Apr 19, 2024 | theage.com.au | Guy F. Webster |Hannah Francis |John Bailey |Lefa Singleton Norton

The best joke of the festival was life itself. When John Kearns asked an audience member to recount the ending of Raymond Briggs’ perennial tearjerker The Snowman they describe his death-by-melting as going “back to normal”. Kearns only needed a few choice words to extend the implication: the complete dissolution of the self and the black pit of oblivion that awaits us all? That’s us just going back to normal.

Apr 19, 2024 | smh.com.au | Guy F. Webster |Hannah Francis |John Bailey |Lefa Singleton Norton

The best joke of the festival was life itself. When John Kearns asked an audience member to recount the ending of Raymond Briggs' perennial tearjerker The Snowman they describe his death-by-melting as going "back to normal". Kearns only needed a few choice words to extend the implication: the complete dissolution of the self and the black pit of oblivion that awaits us all? That's us just going back to normal.

Sep 3, 2023 | overland.org.au | Liz Crash |Maddison Stoff |Guy F. Webster

Have you heard about lesbians? Women who love women—what a concept! And it’s not just a Seventies throwback. It seems like lesbians are everywhere these days, from Deadloch to DFAT. Yet everywhere you turn, in every social media comment section, you find stalwart self-professed defenders of lesbians, warning that lesbians are under threat of erasure.