The Age of Visibility

28/01/2024

IS THIS A NEGATIVE REVIEW??

Love to know your thoughts?

If the intent was to make these women and their message less visible they have failed miserably.
Once again I salute all the models involved in being seen, heard and unapologetically visible.

16/07/2023

"Its time to gently but triumphantly close our Visibility chapter - as I head towards a momentous birthday - the big 50!!!

I am so proud of my campaigns’ achievements and fully believe we've caused enough mischief to permanently create a c***k (no matter how small) in beauty perceptions So now it's time for me to pause reflect and wait for the next passion project to re-energise my soul.

I’m going north to the tropics for some much needed vitamin D and rest. I’ve added to my carry on luggage the following items:
Two “always compliant” teenagers😜
One relaxed as a lizard on a rock husband🦎
What could go wrong? Perhaps a lot will go right and I’ll herald in the next 50 with fancy scmanzy cocktails and a bit of croc wrangling.
So, “I love you all like sons (“sons is inclusive of all genders) and would never do the dirty on you.” (old Austrian saying as proclaimed by my father often.)

I thank you for sharing your beautiful minds, stories, heartaches and glories. Doing so has made us all more visible, and once that Pandoras box is open there’s no way in hell we can continue to be unseen or unheard.

Let’s keep the
conversation going, keep worshiping at the church of the holy ni**le and keep offering sustenance to all our magnificent endeavors.

If you would like to follow my creative journey feel free to chuck a peekaboo at

Ps (A massive thank you to my beautiful, feisty, batsh*t crazy sister Leah Nischler who has always refused to be INVISIBILE. She has had us in fits of laughter throughout this whole entire project. Not only did she endure unrealistic deadlines from her annoying little sister😝, she also brought these images to life with her gift for words. This VISIBILITY journey would not have been possible without you❤️)


And that really concludes this brilliant chapter!

Ally❤️

11/07/2023

We had the pleasure of interviewing our very own women's health expert that has a passion and a wealth of knowledge and experience in supporting women through hormonal transitions, menopause, pregnancy, fertility, and so much more.

Let's start from the beginning.

What inspired you to take this route as a clinician?

I think the reason I took the direction towards women's health and in particular women's hormonal health (30 years ago) was the frustration I felt and was hearing and feeling from my patients that they persistently sought advice, help, support for a variety of issues but received little support or guidance and many times were dismissed as "depressed", "dramatic" or "that's just your" ...fill in the blanks...period (suck it up); menopause (HRT or grin and bare it even though you are losing your mind); infertility (nothing we can do...it's IVF straight away) etc.

Women have so many hormonal transitions through their lifetime they have to navigate, can you talk us through this?

Different hormonal stages....phewph, what a big question...I think we are just a continually changing and morphing glorious hormonal creature :D
I suppose to give some kind of starting point we could start with menarche (the beginning, the first period) - if you get lucky it isn't problematic and that is kind of rare these days. Mostly you'll find an emotional rollercoaster ride, pain (sometimes extreme) heavy bleeding and skin problems - way too often young girls are offered the pill and that's it.
Then we move to the years when fertility is on the agenda, then *hello perimenopause* (which is starting so much earlier than it used to with much more exaggerated symptoms) and this stage sliding into menopause with all its fun and games.

Being registered (with AHPRA) prevents me from making therapeutic claims as to to how I can help but I will figure out a way to say that Acupuncture is a great support for anxiety and stress and I have a veritable pandora's box of fabulous herbal medicines that can address hormonal imbalances, the nervous system and dietary changes always help.

I love the expression pregnancy support, can you elaborate?

Pregnancy support is such a valuable service...regular treatments in the first trimester are so beneficial. There is a lot of anxiety as well as the typical nausea (morning sickness) and I love holding pregnant people's hands through this. Acupuncture can also be of help with some of the strange stuff that can happen during the 9 months like insomnia, back ache, hip pain, carpal tunnel etc and then there is preparing for labour and helping to maybe help turn a breach bubs and/ or ripen the cervix to open.

I love, love, love helping women address the hormonal issues that diminish their quality of life. What I see is often (without exaggeration), is traumatised women or at the very least exhausted, emotional, totally stressed and frustrated women who are suffering from high levels of anxiety (keeping in mind we live in a world where many women are high-functioning, totally upregulated people who are expected to be just that, functioning as if nothing is wrong), depression, anger/ irritability and lacking trust in their bodies. PMS can do this and most certainly perimenopause and menopause WILL do this to a woman.

Perimenopause and menopause happen to women at a time when, I think, there is a feeling that they've "done the hard yards", had the career/job and quite often raised the kids as well (both these scenarios are exhausting in themselves and demand a lot from our energy resources and adrenal glands)...as a biological organ it is really time to pause and restore and nurture if not stop altogether. But mostly, we can't...we have demands and this impacts our nervous system and hormonal system enormously. Stress levels are huge, along with all the physical symptoms (there is quite a list - hot flushes, migraines, insomnia, weight gain) there is quite often an effect on mental health - the previously mentioned anger and irritability that jumps into perimenopause pre-period, depression and huge levels of anxiety and the ever present insomnia in both peri and menopause. Plus, I find fairly commonly, feelings of shame and self loathing and self doubt.

You can follow Dr Wendi Williams .healthyhormones

25/06/2023

Here's a little sneek peek at the UNCENSORED reveal event. Between freeing the ni**les, my favourite singer/ songwriter and Belinda the beauty consultant going through a midlife crisis/awakening, the night was anything but VANILLA😜

And a huge thank you to all who came to celebrate our Visibility message🙏 empowering women to not slip into that cloak of invisibility is so important.

16/06/2023

🌸Vale Angela Cecchini🌸

This beautiful and inspirational woman shared her story of love, loss and living with cancer in the early days of “Visibility”.
I am eternally grateful for the trust she placed in me and our message, and I will continue to be moved by her wit, graciousness, bravery and gorgeous soul.
She was extraordinarily special and full of kindness and light. If you would like to pay respects to Queen Ange here are the details for her funeral service:

🌻 FUNERAL SERVICE FOR ANGE CECCHINI 🌻

Thursday 22nd June at 11:30am
Lindisfarne Rowing Club
Followed by a celebration with food and beverages.

The service will also be streamed online for those unable to attend.
Please head to https://maryeleanor.me on the day and you will find a link to stream the service.

In lieu of flowers, cash donations for The Whittle Ward will be collected at the ceremony. If you are unable to attend, we would encourage you to donate to breast cancer research in Australia.

In regards to dress code, Ange has requested one word - COLOUR! 🌈

02/06/2023

Did you know I am a Karen? – yes, my teenagers have given this profile as a result of my haircut (ouch)
And this got me thinking……….
It’s easy to say that the Karen trope is all just a bit of a joke but words and labels do matter and the trope actually has a difficult past having originate in America to call out white privilege by filming women going on racist rants.

I’m not sure any of them were actually called Karen but when you call someone a collective name you should be aware of its history and consider whether the intent is to make someone feel stupid and inconsequential.

Yes, its perfectly natural to be appalled by self-entitlement especially when it leads to racist micro aggression that can escalate to tragedy. Bullying staff members and exposing a community to viral infection are also really uncool behaviours but taking someone’s name and using it with ageist intent is also uncool.

I also think it’s important to realise that there are lots of great Karen’s out there, kind, funny, and wise…. Karen Carpenter, Karen from Will and Grace, Kare Blixen who wrote “Out of Africa” and my friend, Karen, who is one of the smartest and sweetest people I know – just the other day she rang a company to make a legitimate complaint and when they asked her for her name, she felt like she was the problem, that she would be seen as a collection of bad behaviour not a legitimate voice.

31/05/2023

A must read.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=678375137633437&id=100063828704624&mibextid=Nif5oz

As the beauty industry profits from exploiting appearance-based insecurities, women should question upholding unrealistic beauty standards.

26/05/2023

The division between BEAUTY , today and tomorrow, should be dismantled so that everyone can see and admire the future.

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Using the fabulous hair colours and products.

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Gorgeous models

25/05/2023

The little, pigtailed girl from Nutbush, a town where nothing happened was always going reverse that trend. Her talent which soaked in the heartache of the blues, the sensuality of soul and the “f**k You” of rock and roll would survive an abusive husband, financial ruin and racism. When Tina took centre stage anyone else - Bowie, Jagger, Rod Stewart knew they were about to be upstaged. All eyes and ears were mesmerised by her and the biggest rock star in the world was instantly demoted to support act! She made our spines tingle and our hearts pound. Thank you, Tina, for your talent and strength and for showcasing the best damn pins in the business!

22/05/2023

Frothing like a turbo charged spa over the Dame’s latest look. Who else is feeling the love?

20/05/2023

Vogue is way ahead in how they represent older women and the difference is that Sports Illustrated is traditionally a men’s mag and vogue a woman’s. Sports uses stereotypical poses that are cloying and youth/sex based to appeal to their audience.

Martha Stewart just recently featured on the front cover of Sports Illustrated at the age 81, this has got many of us talking about Visibility, beauty ideals, and how realistic /relatable this is for most women. Is this a step forward or a step back?

Love to hear your thoughts❤️

Ally❤️

18/05/2023

STOP THE PRESS 📣📣

Martha Stewart on the front cover of Sports Illustrated at the age of 81, is this a win for VISIBILITY?

Love to know your thoughts?

Ally❤️