Jenny Hedley

HEDLEY_Jenny

Jenny Hedley is a neurodivergent writer, digital artist, critic and teaching sessional whose work has appeared in Archer, Cordite, Crawlspace, Diagram, Griffith Review, Overland, Rabbit, Southerly, The Suburban Review, TEXT, Westerly and the anthologies Crip Stories: An anthology of disabled writers and Admissions: Voices within mental health. She lives on unceded Boon Wurrung land with her son. She can be found at jennyhedley.github.io. 

Articles

Motherhood and Madness

GR OnlineSome of us mask our Madness to avoid detection, but hiding takes its toll. Becoming a parent adds layers of complexity to managing one’s mental stasis: it can be terrifying to realise that you are responsible for the health and wellbeing of a tiny, precious human.

Time to catch a break

GR OnlineSurf Like a Woman is full of behind-the-scenes anecdotes of life on the tour, plus play-by-plays of surf heats... The opening pages hook us in with a riveting story of Pauls taking on six-metre Margaret River waves at a championship tour event in 1990: ‘As the hooter for my heat sounds, I’m jacked with adrenalin...'

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