Renee Ruin

Trauma is something so very personal and poignant to the person experiencing it. So too is the way we interpret, process and deal with that trauma.

An interview with American artist Lizz Lopez

Interview feature with badass Swedish musician Linnéa Olsson of Maggot Heart

Default Photo © Sera Gewalt

When I first set out to write this piece I wasn’t sure where I wanted to take it but I knew it was aimed more at the everyday behaviour women endure from men and more than a #metoo article. I wanted to highlight the simple, complex and distressing behaviour women put up with almost daily from men in a society that conditions men to behave this way and perceive it as normal and a society in which it encourages women to accept inappropriate behavi...

A poem about sexuality, disgust, transformation, resurrection and leaving behind toxicity and the horror of the past.

"Then it dawned on me just how many creatives, musicians, writers etc I know personally that are plagued by this mind-set of failure even though they’ve proven themselves time and time again to be beyond talented and highly accomplished in their respective industries. It made me wonder where this syndrome derived from. Was it a result of their upbringing? Like in my situation or a reaction to a society that now works itself to the bone and tells us we must achieve, achieve, achieve all the time? Or it is about a growing culture that is constantly comparing and competing against each other?"

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE FOR ARTIST LUNACY - 'ROAD TO FOIL' VIDEO PREMIERE

Medication Shaming and the Damage Done



This poem is about female anger and its dismissiveness and undesirable-ness in the male gaze. The misogyny and the dichotomy of power. Strength, power , femininity and reclamation.

I’ve spoken about this topic with many female friends, that is, the trauma that is a bff breakup. We’ve all had one, whether it ended dramatically or just kind of drifted off and disappeared. There’s an intense feeling of betrayal and deep sadness and conflicted emotions when a female friendship ends. You remember these breakups forever, not that you don’t forget all your relationship breaks ups but a bff breakup ...

A poem about sexuality, misogyny, the dichotomy of power in sex and the self loathing and power a woman feels but the claw marks she carries with her. Strength, power, femininity and fragility.

From someone who lives with it.
So you’ve seen Single White Female, Fatal Attraction and Girl, Interrupted and you think you’re totally clued in on what BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder) is all about.
WRONG. Of all the possible mental illnesses and particularly ones found more commonly in women, BPD is often the most stigmatized, dramatized and demonized.
I was officially diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder in 2008 when I was 28 years old, after much reluctance and avoidance of...

A love letter to Elizabeth Wurtzel and a date with my depression.

DARK SIDE OF THE WOMB : This is my story and cautionary tale on cervical health

Author Media Press Kit for Australian Author Jo Jette