Growing up different
Imagine being born with a face that was different. Not with lots of freckles, or a large nose or big ears, but with a face that is considered freakish, caused by a mutation in a gene that caused the bones in your […]
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Meet our columnists
Meet our wonderful columnists. If you would like to suggest topics to our columnists, or sponsor them, please email She Brisbane (the address is in the footer below) Alexandria Bernard writes Smart Alex. Calling it as she sees it, Alex—a journalist and […]
Calling all writing groups and writers
The fourth annual Brisbane Writers’ Group Convention is on again on Sunday 31 July from 9am to 1pm and if you’re a word enthusiast, then you won’t want to miss it. The convention aims to connect individuals and writing groups together face-to-face. […]
We’re opening the door to the men
Yes, by popular demand, we’ve now got a special “HE Brisbane” tab at the top of our home page where we’ll feature stories by men and/or about the men in our world. The section has already been kicked off with some great […]
She High Tea photo gallery
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$700 raised to buy mastectomy bras
Eighty amazing women at the inaugural She High Tea raised $700 to buy six mastectomy bras at $105 a bra, and during the week our columnist Ruth Greening, presented the cheque to Mater Chicks in Pink’s Claire Hughes (pictured above). We were […]
CLOSED: Win tickets to the new movie, LOVE & FRIENDSHIP
This competition has now closed. Congratulations to our winners: Ericka Heathfield, Jane Peake, Clare Green, Olivia Zinan, and Jan Green. Lovers of Jane Austen, the Brontes, Downton Abbey and the Victorian era will delight in LOVE & FRIENDSHIP – an adaptation of […]
CLOSED: Win tickets to Queen of the Desert
This competition has now closed. Congratulations to our winners: Judy Higgins, Kristin Ward, Irene McGeels, Sergeja Bosanac, Nicole Hughes, Melina Hall, Pete Matheos, J’aimee Brooker, Sonja French and Paic.bk. Starring Nicole Kidman, James Franco and Robert Pattinson, QUEEN OF THE DESERT is […]
In an instant, everything changed …
Standing in the shower one Friday morning, Val Davison felt a lump on her breast. Although she wasn’t overly concerned, she mentioned it to her best friend Jude and her husband. “They were both more alarmed than I was, and said I […]
Subscribe to get our new stories and enter to win!
Are you hearing about our new stories and prizes? Just enter your email to subscribe and get our regular e-news summary. Subscribers this week are in the running to win one of five double passes to the Queensland Theatre Company’s production of […]
The pain after birth, that we need to talk about
Vivianne Kissane is no stranger to pain. After losing her sister-in-law to perinatal mental illness then suffering post natal depression herself, she is acutely aware that many women who experience anxiety during the perinatal period hide their true feelings from family or […]
Closed: win tickets to Mother’s Day, the movie
This competition has closed. Congratulations to our winners – Melinda Bolitho, Deborah Disney, Michelle Beesley, Heather Hopley, Karen Marken, Ros Mayes, Donna Law, Lyn Richards, Joy Constantino, Amy. Get the tissues ready, as director Garry Marshall’s new film, MOTHER’S DAY is […]
Closed: win a pass to the Spanish Film Festival
Congratulations to the five winners of our admit-two passes to The Spanish Film Festival: Deb Warren, Karen Marken, Louise Barwick, Jill Christensen, and Beth & Jim from Cleveland. Hola! The Spanish Film Festival is coming to Brisbane from Tuesday 19 April […]
Closed: win a chance to see QTC’s Motherland
Congratulations to our winner, Rebecca Murphy. Brisbane writer, Katherine Lyall-Watson’s play Motherland will take to the stage from 20 to 30 April at Queensland Theatre Company’s Bille Brown Studio at South Brisbane. Based in fact, Motherland intertwines the stories of three […]
with Rachel Quilligan
1) This extended summer weather; 2) Learning to ride a horse; and, 3) All the public holidays at this time of year! Rachel Quilligan is a Brisbane journalist interested in politics, culture and seeing as much of the world as possible. Check […]
Reinventing yourself after children
With Australian women having babies later in life, they are also returning to work at an older age. And that may mean starting all over at 40-plus in the job-seeking market. “It is daunting,” says Jacqueline Smart Ferguson, who recently facilitated the […]
Jas and Bonnie remember those taken too soon
It was a bad week in September; another woman had died at the hands of a man and Jas Rawlinson and Bonnie Sims were affected by it… affected enough to try and raise awareness of the domestic violence issue. “Bonnie and I […]
Pets too, can enjoy the best of the East and West!
Dr Cindy Tan was nine-years-old when she lost her beloved pet; there wasn’t a vet in the town where she lived and her pet needed urgent attention. “The vet was an hour away and at that time there was no transport to […]
Closed: Win a double pass to see The Sound of Music live on stage
Congratulations to our two winners: Sarah Sneddon Marion Gibson THIS COMPETITION HAS CLOSED: She Brisbane has two double passes to giveaway to see the world’s favourite musical—The Sound of Music—at the Lyric Theatre from 11 March. Don’t miss your chance to see […]
with Brittany Snow
I am loving (as we welcome Autumn): the anticipation of hot drinks; crunchy leaves; and, wearing the warm colours that this season encourages. Brittany is fifty percent of The Elopement Collective, wife to Josh, and kitty mum to Stevie and Aggie. Connect […]