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brodie turner

Consent Advocate, Creative Consultant, Communications Specialist and Stereotypical Aquarian.

sorry, (you’re) not sorry

You apologise with your actions and your sustained commitment to making right, not with your words and your assertion that those words should warrant you being pacified and made comfortable for the effort in speaking them. An apology is something you do, not just something you declare.

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happily ever after –

I found my true gender at the peak of my happiness, waiting for me, patiently, persistent. On an evening spent celebrating with dear friends, having returned from a whirlwind world […]

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stop right now. thank you very much.

they say relationships take work, for all that they should come naturally, and the longer you know somebody the easier it is to fall into habit and harm. well you've known yourself your whole life, so make of that what you will.

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my gender is cowardice.

remember kisschasey? that’s where it started. it was the first year of school, so we would’ve all been five years old. The way the game works is that girls get […]

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this is me begging.

this blog comes with a trigger warning. this is me begging. for what it’s worth. Eurydice Dixon is a person. And at the same time, she is not. She is […]

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the bride wore bitter.

Dearly Belittled… We have voted here today… Yeah, I know. One week ago. I haven’t cried about it. Not once. I confess I’ve been almost entirely indifferent because I can’t […]

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to be Aquarian

In Greek mythology, Ganymede was a young man whose beauty and innocence attracted the eye of Zeus. To consummate his love, Zeus carried Ganymede to Mount Olympus and gave him the sacred […]

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don’t you know that you’re toxic?

Some people come into our lives like bombs. Like their love is a threat. While our lives crumble around us, we focus intently on this little device, trying every way […]

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I would do anything for love (but I won’t do that)

I’m mad at you.I’m mad that you’re back at that […]

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Beauty is a Beast

This is her. The one who showed me ever so dazed through the door of beauty, and upon my discovery of how tiny, claustrophobic and torturous the room on the other […]

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don’t sweat dying alone

We sat opposite each other on his floor mattress. He was older, he’d been loved, he’d accomplished things I could only dream of, and he’s listening to me but he’s […]

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“just another dead fag to you, that’s all” – Wake Up Australia

I broke out in hives on my thighs. I slowly […]

Adolescence

“Don’t wait ’til I put up a fight”-you can make Safe Schools

There is nothing harder than watching your community let hope […]

Advice

“Don’t masturbate your relationship” and other advice I’ve given couples

Being gay and single isn't a walk in the par, but when you spend a lot of time studying relationships from the other side of frosted glass a la The Little Match Girl, you tend to pick up a few things...

Feminism

I said a bad word.

So this time last week I was in trouble on social media for using the c word. Simultaneously, an article I wrote about the impotence of domestic violence campaigns was […]

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Crossdressing isn’t compassion.Stop thinking it is.

This has started doing the rounds on social media. Get it? […]

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Author Archives

brodie turner

sorry, (you’re) not sorry

happily ever after –

my gender is cowardice.

the bride wore bitter.

to be Aquarian

don’t you know that you’re toxic?

I would do anything for love (but I won’t do that)

Beauty is a Beast

don’t sweat dying alone

“just another dead fag to you, that’s all” – Wake Up Australia

“Don’t wait ’til I put up a fight”-you can make Safe Schools

“Don’t masturbate your relationship” and other advice I’ve given couples

Crossdressing isn’t compassion.Stop thinking it is.