I spent decades straightening my ‘Jewish hair’ – until I realised I was hiding my true self | Diana Spechler
vinegarAs of October 7, 2023, I have decided to stop straightening my hair. For decades, I have used round brushes, straightening irons, smoothing oils, and spent what little money I had on keratin treatments and Brazilian blowouts to tame my frizz. But swastikas have been splashed across public walls, bomb threats have hit synagogues, old […]
The moment I knew: as two pythons writhed above us, I realised our lives would always be intertwined | Australian lifestyle
CRaig and I locked eyes on the streets of Sydney a few days after Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras in 2001. I was 23 years old, had just arrived in Australia from Peru, and was still healing from the emotional scars of my conservative Catholic upbringing. To me, Craig seemed like a man from another […]