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Paula Houseman

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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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I grew up in an episode of South Park on an endless loop.

Or so it seemed.

What felt like hard yakka at the time is now a fabulous cache of raw twaddle to draw on.

When I first realised that my early, quasi-fictional home environment had distorted my understanding of selfhood, I became curious about the concept of identity. As a graphic designer, I'd already been creating business ones for others through imagery.

But scratching the surface wasn’t enough for someone who asked a lot of questions. So, I went to university and, majoring in linguistics and sociology, I learned about the power of word usage to shape our identities and realities.

Still not enough.

It inspired me to dig deep into the substratum until it felt like I was schlepping thro
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Healthy Revenge—The Sweetest Just Desserts

Off (With) His Head!
As readers, I dare say we’re (unconsciously or consciously) drawn to books that address universal themes and help us work through aspects of our own story.

One such book that I recently read was promising. Until it wasn’t.

You see, two-thirds of the way into the novel, something awful happens to the protagonist. But the author gives short shrift to what, in my POV, is really, rea Read more of this blog post »
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“It was an interesting night. I’d never been to a non-Jewish wedding, and Phelan assured me that this one was not the norm. The bride and groom got pissed as newts—he ended up passed out, sprawled face down in his own vomit, while she did the cancan on the bridal table, flashing something old, which apparently was nothing new.”
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“so whatever you want to do, just do it...Making a damn fool of yourself is absolutely essential.”
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“Sometimes the one who is running from the Life/Death/Life nature insists on thinking of love as a boon only. Yet love in its fullest form is a series of deaths and rebirths. We let go of one phase, one aspect of love, and enter another. Passion dies and is brought back. Pain is chased away and surfaces another time. To love means to embrace and at the same time to withstand many endings, and many many beginnings- all in the same relationship.”
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