Time Out. From the Horse's Mouth: Catherine Deveny

I live in The People's Republic of Moreland…
and have done for 18 years. It's diversity galore! Old Aussies, Greeks and Italians, huge Middle Eastern and asylum seeker populations, and now heaps of Indonesian and Malaysian folk too – as well as hippies, yuppies, students and nutters. It's an incredibly vibrant, loving melting pot of ideas and cultures. I find white suburbs like Balwyn and Kew really creepy and incredibly stunted. They give me the willies. 

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I'm 80 kilos, size 16 and love my body.

Yesterday we received an email from Catherine Deveny. It was a photo of her in bathers. She was miffed. WHEN, she asked, are women going to stop worrying? She’d read this post on Mamamia and she wanted to stage a coup on dissatisfaction. We asked her a few questions.

Q: You’re sick of the constant portrayal as skinny as the ‘only’ desirable body type. You wanted to say something about female bodies?

A: There will always be men who love big, voluptuous, buxom, ba-boom ba-boom women. They always have and always will and they will NEVER go out of fashion despite what media would have the gullible believe.

Any suggestion otherwise is people manipulating the world to make women feel NOT GOOD ENOUGH. I was watching the ARIAs the other night and every single one of the women looked exactly the same. Skinny, manicured, fake tan, fake teeth, fake tits. Same, same, same, same, same with the exception of Clare Bowditch. She was stunning, glowing and gorgeous.

I was in a supermarket once and I saw this skinny, withered old woman, maybe 75, flicking through at a magazine called Slimmers or something and I wanted to tap her on the shoulder and say “When are you going to stop worrying? You are good enough.”

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Time out. Spend 60 seconds with Melburnian comedian and writer Catherine Deveny

Who are your favourite Melburnians?
Daniel Burt, Marieke Hardy, Adam Elliot, Clare Bowditch, Barry Jones, Jess McGuire, Shaun Tan, Germaine Greer, Max Gilles, Stephanie Alexander, Rod Quantock.

You’ve got three kids under the age of 12. What are the best Melburnian activities for that age group?
Beatbox burgers, RRR, Readings Bookstore, Cinema Nova, A1 Bakery, 

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The Weekly Cycle. Deveny on bikes

I recently had the pleasure of having a good chat with Melbourne writer, comedian and social commentator, Catherine Deveny. She is an avid commuter cyclist, what she terms "walking with wheels", and those familiar with her will not be surprised that she has some strong views on various topics related to bikes.

So without further ado, I present to you one opinionated, informed and ready-to-talk Catherine Deveny.

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Inpress Cover Story. Catherine Deveny. Ageless and Godless.

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