By MELISSA WELLHAM
A DIY rainbow revolution is upon the country. After the move by the NSW Government to remove the rainbow crossing at Sydney’s Taylor Square, people in Australia – and now the world over – started creating their own chalk rainbow crossings on streets, and uploading the pictures to social media.
The rainbow crossing in Taylor Square was originally painted as a part of this year’s Mardi Gras festival and, despite community objections, it was removed two weeks ago.
Undeterred, people have continued sharing their vivid chalk masterpieces in the name of supporting equality, diversity, and love. I personally added a more hirsute contribution to the rainbow revolution. Except not with soluble chalk, and not on the ground.
Instead, I now have DIY rainbow hair.
In the interest of full disclosure, ‘do it yourself’ is a misleading phrase, because I most definitely did not do this myself. All credit must go to the world’s most patient hairdresser (who is probably also the world’s best hairdresser, as evidenced by the fact that she often provides cupcakes with EDIBLE GLITTER for me to nibble on while she puts outrageous colours all over my head).
In the gallery below, you will see my transformation from bleach blonde locks, to rainbow tresses. This transformation was anything but instantaneous, and took just about 3 hours.
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Hair looks great.
I was staunchly pro legalising same-sex marriage in Australia until I saw an IQ2 debate on this topic (see link below) on the fantastic abc show 'Big Ideas' last year. The most compelling argument from either side, in my opinion, was from Annamarie Jagose (a prominent academic of queer theory), who was arguing against the legalisation of same-sex marriage. There was also an article by Germaine Greer, published in The Age newspaper 20/4/2013, questioning the validity of marriage in the modern day. I do often wonder why, now that there are so many other options available, so many young people are so eager to get married and why there is still such widespread acceptance that marriage is the be-all and end-all in the hierarchy of relationships. I can only guess that the societal connotations and legal privileges that come with being married have something to do with it. Although, given the choice, I would not necessarily vote against the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Australia (in fact, in the short term, I think it is inevitable and should be done) I do think a reconsideration of the relevance of marriage and a more nuanced discussion of marriage and how it privileges certain relationships over others is necessary in trying to achieve any sort of equality. The argument that same-sex marriage = marriage equality is flawed, because all it does is privilege monogamous heterosexual relationships as well as monogamous homosexual relationships above all others. The question should not be 'why shouldn't same-sex marriages be legalised' but 'why should any marriage - as sanctified by the state - be the most privileged, legitimate and valued relationship choice in our society?'
View the IQ2 debate here
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/bi...