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Jacci Pillar

Jacci Pillar

Tips for Difficult Dx Conversations

So I just got some bad medical news and I have some intense stuff to go through before I know the full damage or what to expect. But not…

Jun 10, 2021

Jun 10, 2021

Jacci Pillar

Fear shouldn’t always be feared.

Being back on stage for Midsumma Festival was awesome — particularly as I faced one of my biggest, life long fears by doing so. That fear…

May 4, 2021

Fear shouldn’t always be feared.

May 4, 2021

Jacci Pillar

Wtf is “Millionaires for Morrison?”

Millionaires for Morrison is an Australian grassroots political activist comedy group based upon the US open source project Billionaires…

Oct 13, 2020

Wtf is “Millionaires for Morrison?”

Oct 13, 2020

Jacci Pillar

The Bride’s Tears

I was married once, for 12 long years. It’s a chapter in my life I talk about privately, mostly. And my marriage, at one point ended up in…

Oct 11, 2020

Oct 11, 2020

Jacci Pillar

What’s Your Livelihood?

There are questions about what we would all like to see change post COVID-19. I’d like to see a conscious change in the language and scope…

Jul 20, 2020

What’s Your Livelihood?

Jul 20, 2020

Jacci Pillar

Bronwin Budget-Slap, Satire and Me.

As an autistic comedian I am often met with people talking about how I am not supposed to understand jokes.

Jul 19, 2020

Image: My character Bronwin Budget-slap, the top of her head, a large blonde beehive with a plastic helicopter stuck in it.

Jul 19, 2020

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Intersectional Curatorial Hopes for Community Arts Production

When the comedy variety showcase “ Tickets on Myself” was produced for Melbourne Fringe 2019 — a central idea of the show was…

Jun 20, 2020

Jun 20, 2020

Jacci Pillar

Dear Ableism

I’m writing to you in the hope that putting these thoughts on paper might change something between you and I.

Jun 8, 2020

Dear Ableism

Jun 8, 2020

Jacci Pillar

It’s Okay to Not Know What You Don’t Know — The Activism of Art

Recently I got told I had stopped doing “activism”. People in my life felt disappointed and that I had “sold out” from my days of more…

May 22, 2020

It’s Okay to Not Know What You Don’t Know — The Activism of Art

May 22, 2020

Jacci Pillar

Not Playing is Not an Option Now More Than Ever

I grew up in a household in genuine medical crisis, surrounded by trauma, limiting play. Learning to play again as an adult saved my life…

May 19, 2020

Not Playing is Not an Option Now More Than Ever

May 19, 2020

Jacci Pillar

Jacci Pillar

Gin and Titters, disability/queer focussed comedy production was started by anthropologist and sometimes comedian Jacci Pillar in 2016.

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