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Rachel Hills
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A blog by Rachel Hills: journalist, feminist, pop sociologist… prone to more fits of shallowness than the aforementioned would suggest. I post about gender, media, politics, technology, beauty, books, sexuality, popular culture, Sydney and snapshots from my life. For a sample of my favourite and most popular posts, click here. Want to find out more about my writing, editing and speaking work? Head to my professional portfolio. You can reach me via email at firstname dot lastname at gmail dot com, and on Twitter at @rachelhills.
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“Behind every successful woman is herself.”

“Behind every successful woman is herself.”

23 h seit

Hardcore, hard-wired: How the prevalence of porn is changing our everyday lives.

Hardcore, hard-wired: How the prevalence of porn is changing our everyday lives.: I’m quoted in the Independent today. “Has spent the past three years travelling to three continents, interviewing mor...

1 Tag seit

Hey Rachel! I was just wondering: how did you start your writing carreer? As in: what did you study...

Hi Sam. I started my writing career… by writing, and submitting my work until people would pay me for it. When I graduated from university (Media & Comms, University of Sydney) I knew I wanted to wri...

17 Mai 12

The loop and the crash

For me, creative/intellectual energy tends to come in cycles. There I’ll be, bounding along, bubbling over with ideas and saying yes to everything (even things that, if I applied the laws of ph...

10 Mai 12

How to lose your virginity: a feminists guide to battling purity culture.

How to lose your virginity: a feminists guide to battling purity culture.: My latest at Daily Life.

09 Mai 12

“People seem to have totally false ideas about what the...

“People seem to have totally false ideas about what the hymen is…” emilianadarling: Laci Green (at her Tumblr or her Youtube channel) discussing the myth of the hymen. Click here to watch the whole v...

08 Mai 12

Guest Post: HBOS Girls and The Story of a (Multicoloured) Girl

I love this guest post by Melbourne writer and actor Nicole Lee, and I think you will too. I love Lena Dunham. Say what you will, but the fact that the girl wrote, directed and acted in her own show,...

07 Mai 12

This gif set majestically relates to both an article I’ve...

This gif set majestically relates to both an article I’ve written and an article I’m currently writing. (via chescaleigh)

03 Mai 12

"I would not dismiss them. I think one wants to subvert them."

“I would not dismiss them. I think one wants to subvert them.” - The Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel on women’s magazines. In news that will not shock you in the slightest, I agree. And I know mo...

03 Mai 12

"Mann writes about her daughter’s complaint that today, not working outside the home and..."

“Mann writes about her daughter’s complaint that today, not working outside the home and enjoying motherhood is looked upon with scorn. What I see is the wider issue that most of our choices, as wome...

03 Mai 12

Marina + the Diamonds. “Primadonna Girl”.I love her.(via...

Marina + the Diamonds. “Primadonna Girl”. I love her. (via lipstick-feminists)

03 Mai 12

I would love your opinion. I have always been what is traditionally considered "feminine" ; b...

I think you know the answer to this already, but of course! Are feminist arguments about make-up and compulsory heterosexuality valid? Sure. It is absolutely true that we inhabit a culture that tells...

03 Mai 12

Why feminism hasnt taken on disability issues yet

Why feminism hasnt taken on disability issues yet

30 Apr 12

"Sexual trend spotting makes for big business. Want to give it a try yourself? First, you’ll ne...

“Sexual trend spotting makes for big business. Want to give it a try yourself? First, you’ll need to make some sweeping generalisations: what a popular novel, for example, reveals about the fantasies...

27 Apr 12

"To play a beautiful song for two people or a thousand is the same song, and the amount of than...

“To play a beautiful song for two people or a thousand is the same song, and the amount of thanks you receive isn’t part of that song.” - Seth Godin: Don’t Expect Applause

25 Apr 12

I talk body image, “real girls” and the difference...

I talk body image, “real girls” and the difference between problematic cultures and problematic individuals, in this month’s Girlfriend magazine: The real girl resurgence in recent years isn’t just a...

24 Apr 12

Love this interview with my friend Danielle Meder.

Love this interview with my friend Danielle Meder.: At ‘It’s OK For Intellectual Feminists To Like Fashion’. Swoon.

24 Apr 12

The best of the rest of the internet

Mirror Self Shot of Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring”. (Rawz via Something Changed) Most articles on sugar daddies? Yawn. Laurie Penny on sugar daddies? Actually interesting: Frantic ads like thi...

23 Apr 12

Guest post: Feminism with benefits is not equal

This is a guest post is by Tonya Vrba, a passionate writer, whose commentary and reporting on health, career and dating issues has been published on various blogs and newspapers. You can learn more a...

19 Apr 12 1 person likes this

"From birth we’re taught that we’re owed a beautiful girl. We all think of ourselves as the her...

“From birth we’re taught that we’re owed a beautiful girl. We all think of ourselves as the hero of our own story, and we all (whether we admit it or not) think we’re heroes for just getting through ...

18 Apr 12

The sex may be "awkward" , but Girls more interesting story is about class, privilege and th...

The sex may be "awkward", but Girls more interesting story is about class, privilege and the recession.: Hannah’s parents are rich enough to have footed the bill for her to live in New York w...

18 Apr 12

When I was 17, my friend Kate and I decided that someday, when...

When I was 17, my friend Kate and I decided that someday, when we were really old - like, 30 or something - we would start our own boyband. Boybands, we reasoned, weren’t put together based on their ...

17 Apr 12

"That’s never been my focus. My sister was always very motherly, babysitting and stuff. I like....

“That’s never been my focus. My sister was always very motherly, babysitting and stuff. I like kids, and I like being around kids - but it was never an ambition, something, like, I need… I like worki...

16 Apr 12

European interviewees wanted: book on sex, culture and identity

Today I fly back to London after 5 weeks travelling the US and Canada doing interviews for my book (click the link for more info). In that time I’ve hit up Washington DC, Baltimore, the Raleigh...

12 Apr 12

"Perhaps it is that fact that asexuality is, for many, so unfathomable that makes it so potenti...

“Perhaps it is that fact that asexuality is, for many, so unfathomable that makes it so potentially powerful. “Asexuality draws attention to the complete fixation we have on sex, and really brings it...

02 Apr 12

The best of the rest of the internet

Some things I have read and liked recently. Simone Decker does chewing gum art in Venice. (Lost At E Minor) Laurie Penny has some smart things to say about eating disorders: In Italy, there is a trad...

24 Mär 12

"I realized in my mid-twenties that there was no book out there that covered sex from a..."

““I realized in my mid-twenties that there was no book out there that covered sex from a socio-cultural perspective,” Hills continued. “There were ones that covered it from a feminist perspective or ...

22 Mär 12

Five reasons I loved the Best Sex Writing 2012 anthology

I first met Rachel Kramer Bussel, editor of the Best Sex Writing 2012 anthology, back in 2006 on my first trip to New York City. She was energetic, warm and a little bit neurotic, in the way that mos...

21 Mär 12

Rachels magical book research tour: some notes from the road

So, it turns out updating your blog when you’re flying/bussing/training /driving to a new city every 36 hours or so is hard. So far on my whirlwind research trip around North America for The Sex Myth,...

21 Mär 12

When Emily D’ath posted about her...

When Emily D’ath posted about her 10-items-of-clothing-only trip back to Australia (Save The Future - wear less clothing), I immediately decided to attempt the same thing on my own next trip. And yes...

08 Mär 12

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