Monique Schafter, Author at Star Observer /author/monique-schafter Setting Australia’s LGBTI agenda since 1979 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 05:30:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 /wp-content/uploads/2023/02/starobs.png Monique Schafter, Author at Star Observer /author/monique-schafter 32 32 Ruby Rose breaks free /opinion/soapbox-opinion/ruby-rose-breaks-free/127745 /opinion/soapbox-opinion/ruby-rose-breaks-free/127745#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2014 05:24:08 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=127745 BEFORE I’d even watched Ruby Rose’s self-penned short film Break Free, where she transforms from female to male, I was already cringing. Now don’t get me wrong, Ruby has done ...

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Whisker pride for all /opinion/soapbox-opinion/whisker-pride-for-all/122082 Mon, 28 Apr 2014 07:37:10 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=122082 BEARDS are back but what about the ‘Frida Kahlo mo’? I recently stumbled across a video of a 23-year-old woman with a beard. Not just a few wispy hairs but ...

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Tomboy Tales: Pants Party /opinion/soapbox-opinion/tomboy-tales-pants-party/109288 Tue, 10 Sep 2013 05:47:50 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=109288 I could write about politics but I reckon you’d rather read about my sexual fantasy-themed housewarming party from last week. A saucy photo of Penny Wong did make it onto ...

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Tomboy Tales: It’s the shirts that fit /opinion/tomboy-tales-its-the-shirts-that-fit/108611 /opinion/tomboy-tales-its-the-shirts-that-fit/108611#comments Mon, 26 Aug 2013 06:54:51 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=108611 I wear guys’ clothes. A lot. Hey I’m a lesbian, that’s our schtick right? For many of us on the tomboy end of the spectrum, the frilly, flowery, midriff-exposing, cleavage-enhancing ...

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Tomboy Tales with Monique Schafter: Piper and prison jumpsuits /opinion/soapbox-opinion/tomboy-tales-with-monique-schafter-piper-and-prison-jumpsuits/107651 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 07:33:27 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=107651 It used to be “what L Word character are you?” but now it’s all about Orange Is The New Black. If you’re an internet-savvy queer girl chances are you’re all ...

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No easy answers /opinion/soapbox-opinion/no-easy-answers/106670 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 06:05:04 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=106670 Tomboy tales with Monique Schafter @MoniqueSchafter For over a year I’ve been working on a documentary about child sexual abuse. The story is told through the eyes of a 28-year ...

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Up where we belong /opinion/soapbox-opinion/up-where-we-belong/106266 Fri, 05 Jul 2013 06:43:49 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=106266 Last weekend I went to the perfect lesbian soiree – a power ballad costume party. Imagine a house full of dykes dressed up as everything from Axl Rose to Pat ...

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Jugs for the girls /opinion/soapbox-opinion/jugs-for-the-girls/105462 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 23:25:23 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=105462 Knuckles, Skid, Danger, Shifty, Chop Chop and Nasty Nugget – these are just some of the names of the badass chicks on my dodgeball team, Dodger Federer. It’s not a ...

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Sapphic equaliser /opinion/soapbox-opinion/sapphic-equaliser/104596 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 22:36:26 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=104596 Last weekend I went to a wedding in Gaylesford, sorry Daylesford, Victoria. Not even a symbolic lesbian ring-swap, an actual man/lady one. When my friends announced they were getting hitched ...

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Are queer girls missing out? /opinion/soapbox-opinion/are-queer-girls-missing-out/104153 Wed, 22 May 2013 02:03:24 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=104153 One of my gay guy buddies recently went to a sex-on-premises club for the first time. He usually avoids gay bars and longs to settle down with a non-sceney guy, ...

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Save The Rat /opinion/soapbox-opinion/save-the-rat/103317 Thu, 02 May 2013 05:30:26 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=103317 When I first moved to Sydney from Melbourne about four years ago I struggled to connect with the place. Sydney seemed a bit too shiny for my liking with its ...

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The last man standing /opinion/soapbox-opinion/the-last-man-standing/102615 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:39:16 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=102615 I wonder how it feels to be the last guy a girl dates before she comes out as a lesbian. Gold star gays are few and far between, so chances ...

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The faumosexuals strike back /opinion/soapbox-opinion/the-faumosexuals-strike-back/101808 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 03:40:18 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=101808 If there’s one thing that pisses me off, it’s straight girls who lez it up in public just to get attention. I want to make it clear that I’m not ...

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Stop the presses /opinion/soapbox-opinion/stop-the-presses/100749 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 01:12:40 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=100749 Sometimes the world just doesn’t make sense. A film featuring consensual gay sex gets banned but the news reports real life sexual assault in graphic detail for anyone to see. ...

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Animal queendom /opinion/soapbox-opinion/animal-queendom/99513 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 03:36:14 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=99513 Hope you had a happy Mardi Gras, party animals. As we strutted down Oxford St on Saturday night in a celebration of queer pride, similar events were taking place in ...

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Hip as Higgins /opinion/soapbox-opinion/hip-as-higgins/98180 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:05:25 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=98180 “There are a lot of Missy Higgins types around here” – said by some guy to his mate as me and my lez pals walked down Brunswick St in Melbourne ...

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Separating the fact from lesbian fiction /opinion/soapbox-opinion/tomboy-tales-separating-the-fact-from-lesbian-fiction/97688 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 02:10:55 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=97688 Valentine’s Day is upon us so I’d like to take this opportunity to debunk five myths about lesbian love. By that I mean fucking. #1 Scissoring. I didn’t even know ...

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Trying to resist being pretty, witty and gay /opinion/soapbox-opinion/trying-to-resist-being-pretty-witty-and-gay/96481 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 05:40:16 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=96481 Pretty. It’s hardly a compliment. At least that’s how I felt for most of my 20s. When mum would say, “Your hair looks so pretty” I’d immediately scruff it up ...

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Get a whiff of this /opinion/soapbox-opinion/get-a-whiff-of-this/94614 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 05:21:46 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=94614 I wear men’s cologne. While my mum thinks that’s weird, I know I’m not alone. Heaps of queer girls do. I’m sure some straight girls do too. I wear it ...

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Lesbians and karaoke: a winning combination /opinion/soapbox-opinion/lesbians-and-karaoke-a-winning-combination/93999 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:24:22 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=93999 If there’s one thing all lesbians are drawn to other than XX-chromosomes, it’s karaoke. Now if you’re sitting there going, well actually, I’m not into that, have you considered that ...

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