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Sarah Walker is a writer, artist and photographer. She makes work about anxiety, control and intimacy in text, video and immersive installation across Australia and internationally. She is a Walkley-nominated essayist and critic, and co-hosted the podcast Contact Mic. Today we are discussing her beautiful book, The First Time I Thought I Was Dying. Our interview begins at 20 minutes. Please note that this interview includes discussions about body image and mental health and may be triggering for some listeners Mini book club: Social Queue by Kay Kerr How many ways can we say "we love this book"?! Beautiful, funny, romantic and heartfelt, Social Queue is a brilliant exploration of an autistic woman on the cusp of her adult life. *Note: We received copies to read thanks to the team at Text Publishing. https://betterwordspodcast.com/episodes/exploring-autism-through-ya-fiction-with-kay-kerr (Listen to our previous interview with Kay here.) In this interview, we chat about: How the pandemic has forced everyone, globally, to become more vigilant about their physical and mental health Why Sarah wanted to explore her experience with body image through the lens of photography and the ethics of photoshop Portraying trauma and graphic events/subjects in theatre and then damaging notion that art should be a thing that hurts The obsession with American-style ‘method' acting and why it's the worst Grief, anxiety, panic attacks and feeling like you're going to die Caring for our bodies and our minds The reality of our bodies and the influence of shame The research Sarah put into The First Time I Thought I was Dying The lack of discussion around mental health for men and why Sarah wanted to incorporate this within the book What happens after you ask for help with your mental health? Books and other things mentioned: Dear Evan Hansen (film) Cruella (film) Free Guy (film) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgRQJxiA2L8 (Enjoy this group dance from Strictly Come Dancing 2021) Normal People by Sally Rooney Sex Education (TV series) The Monster of Her Age by Danielle Binks (https://betterwordspodcast.com/episodes/monster-of-her-age-danielle-binks (podcast interview)) Deep Work by Cal Newport How to Do Nothing by Jenny O'Dell Follow Sarah https://www.instagram.com/sarahtakesphotos/?hl=en (@sarahtakesphotos). The First Time I Thought I was Dying is available now. Follow us on Instagram https://ww.instagram.com/betterwordspod (@betterwordspod) Thank you to the team at UQP Books for providing us with copies of The First Time I Thought I Was Dying.
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Becoming a parent is always filled with a mix of excitement and terror. But when you're trying to figure out how to be a mother to children who aren't yours, there isn't much of a handbook to follow. Sometimes it's excruciating. Sometimes it's joyous. Sometimes, it feels like you just can't compete with blood. Contact Mic returns with an episode about the ties that bind us, and the ones we have to weave ourselves.
There are a lot of things that our bodies do that are mostly outside our control. Blinking. Breathing. Our hearts beating. For Jess Thom, there's also saying 'biscuit.' Or 'hedgehog.' Or thumping her chest, hard, over and over. Or uttering flights of ridiculous, wonderful, surreal fantasy, that feel like itching powder in her blood until they get out. Contact Mic returns with an episode about the right words, the wrong words and the words that just won't go unsaid.
High school is a time when you figure out a lot of stuff about yourself. Your style, your sexuality, your passions - being a teenager is a perpetual state of flux. This month, we spoke to three young trans people about being Batman to your friends and Bruce Wayne to your family, about the spaces between binaries and about coming out again and again and again. Contact Mic returns with an episode about definition, discovery and daring.
We all have fights that we choose, but there are some who are born fighting. Fighting to be heard, fighting to be seen, fighting for the right to exist in public space where the odds are all stacked against you. Contact Mic returns with an episode about history, culture, privilege and pride.
We all have fights that we choose, but there are some who are born fighting. Fighting to be heard, fighting to be seen, fighting for the right to exist in public space where the odds are all stacked against you. Contact Mic returns with an episode about history, culture, privilege and pride.
Ten years ago, Mark Crees was standing in a paddock, pacing in circles, looking for something he'd lost. Not a trinket or toy - Mark had lost the biggest thing he'd ever known - his God. And in that state of profound emptiness, he had to figure out how to fill a life that had previously been stuffed to the brim with religion. Contact Mic returns with an episode about love and truth, faith and connection, and learning to truly live in the present.
At 5 am, on August 8th, 2014, Chris was airborne above a Berlin street, about to hit the ground hard. When he woke from a coma a week later, it was with a memory full of holes, a past full of denial and a future full of uncertainty. Contact Mic returns with an episode about anxiety, alcohol, artistry and acceptance.
The phone rings, and a man you hardly know asks you to drive across the country, jump on a boat and sail off into the unknown with nothing but a grumpy goose for company. What do you do? You say yes, of course. Contact Mic returns with an episode about big skies, big seas and big hearts.
Home is the place where you feel safe and certain. But for this month's interviewee, two hurricanes called Katrina - one a storm, one a lover - mean that home is a fragile and constantly shifting thing. Contact Mic returns with a story about the soul of a city, about loving against odds, and about finding your place in a stormy world.
When twenty-five years of supernatural experiences culminate with you standing on a football field at midnight, convinced that there is a dead woman buried under your feet, what do you do? Contact Mic returns with an episode about smelling the dead, dreaming the truth and deciding to let it all go. A podcast about people by Sarah Walker, Fleur Kilpatrick, and Kieran Ruffles.
Death is never an easy thing. But how do you grieve when your every move is being captured by thousands of cameras? Contact Mic kicks off with an episode about privacy, publicity and last goodbyes. A podcast about people by Sarah Walker, Fleur Kilpatrick, and Kieran Ruffles.
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