Mandy Nolan’s Soap Box
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Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Touch my dick and I’ll make you a star
What’s the point of being a big Hollywood producer if you don’t get a little extra titty? Harvey Weinstein has been exposed for being a sexual predator, routinely assaulting and abusing women to the extent that it was such common knowledge it was an ‘in joke’.
9 hours ago | Mandy Nolan | % Articles & Columns, Byron Echo, Mandy Nolan's Soap Box -
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Much Ado About Nothing to Wear
I have too many clothes. In my walk-in wardrobe there is barely a space for me to squeeze another coat hanger.
One week ago | Mandy Nolan | 3 Articles & Columns, Byron Echo, Mandy Nolan's Soap Box -
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Dear tourist,
You’re killing us. You may not know me, but we know you. In fact we’ve known you now for well over 20 years. You’ve had an impact on our life. A lot.
14 days ago | Mandy Nolan | 11 Articles & Columns, Byron Echo, Mandy Nolan's Soap Box -
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Yes
It’s the most powerful word in human language. ‘Yes’ says I am open. ‘Yes’ says that you will accept the views of another. ‘Yes’ gives permission. ‘Yes’ opens doors.
28 days ago | Mandy Nolan | 3 Articles & Columns, Byron Echo, Mandy Nolan's Soap Box
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Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Touch my dick and I’ll make you a star
What’s the point of being a big Hollywood producer if you don’t get a little extra titty? Harvey Weinstein has been exposed for being a sexual predator, routinely assaulting and abusing women to the extent that it was such common knowledge it was an ‘in joke’.
9 hours ago | Mandy Nolan | 1 -
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Much Ado About Nothing to Wear
I have too many clothes. In my walk-in wardrobe there is barely a space for me to squeeze another coat hanger.
One week ago | Mandy Nolan | 3 -
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Dear tourist,
You’re killing us. You may not know me, but we know you. In fact we’ve known you now for well over 20 years. You’ve had an impact on our life. A lot.
14 days ago | Mandy Nolan | 11 -
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Tall story
Most of my adult life I have endured being stared at. It’s unnerving. People really have a good look at me in public. I am so used to it now I barely notice, but when I was a teenager it was a constant source of anxiety. It made me feel like a freak.
21 days ago | Mandy Nolan | 11 -
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Yes
It’s the most powerful word in human language. ‘Yes’ says I am open. ‘Yes’ says that you will accept the views of another. ‘Yes’ gives permission. ‘Yes’ opens doors.
28 days ago | Mandy Nolan | 3 -
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Turmeric time
I don’t know who is doing Turmeric’s publicity, but can I have their number? I reckon if I could get the same person to promote me I might finally crack it.
September 13, 2017 | Mandy Nolan | 3 -
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: The point of getting older
It’s always humbling to discover that your kid is more switched on than you are. I get so caught up with the mundanity of my daily life that I forget to be wise.
September 6, 2017 | Mandy Nolan | 2 -
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Man gifting – why men want nothing
I hate Fathers Day. And it’s not just because I had a violent alcoholic dad who drove drunk into an oncoming vehicle when I was six. Although it did make the clay coil ashtray with ‘Best Dad in the World’ I made him at school a bit redundant.
August 30, 2017 | Mandy Nolan | 2 -
Face Off
This week I didn’t wear any makeup. I never don’t wear makeup. It’s been a bit of a challenge. It wasn’t a choice. It was a directive.
August 23, 2017 | Mandy Nolan | 3 -
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: UNMARRY Australia
With the conversation raging once again about marriage equality and dear Malcolm offering us the most watered-down version of a plebiscite he could muster (his preferred option was not actually a postal vote, it was carrier pigeons.
August 16, 2017 | The Echo | 6 -
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox – Working it Out
I’ve committed. Again. I’m going back to the gym. The place I swore I’d never step foot in. I’ve thought about it for about three years now so I guess it’s time.
August 9, 2017 | Mandy Nolan | 1 -
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Australia has lost its voice
Last week one of Australia’s most important musicians died. He didn’t trade on rockstar sexuality. He made money but he didn’t buy fancy cars or expensive real estate – his money went back to his community
August 2, 2017 | Mandy Nolan | 11 -
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: When the Universe Calls
Sometimes it’s hard to be kind. Often it’s inconvenient. It can cause discomfort. And it can disturb your daily trajectory.
July 26, 2017 | The Echo | 4 -
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Sleeping with Strangers
It’s 6.10am. My leg is touching his. I look at his thigh as it presses against mine. Who would have thought our relationship was going to get this physical this soon? Our shoulders brush.
July 19, 2017 | Mandy Nolan | 2 -
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox : Cruisin’ for a Boozin’
For everyone who has a bucket list of shit they want to do, there is another bucket list full of shit they don’t want to ever do. On the top of my ‘shit I never want to do’ list was ‘go on a cruise’. Last week I went on a cruise.
July 12, 2017 | The Echo | 4 -
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox : Alice in Byronland – Down the pothole
Right now in Byron Shire there are more potholes than actual road surface. There are people from Main Arm who haven’t been sighted for weeks, suspicion being that, like Alice from Wonderland, they’ve fallen into one and disappeared completely.
July 5, 2017 | Mandy Nolan | 7 -
Mandy Nolan’s Soap Box: Run girl run
Five years ago my husband and I built a six-bedroom house. After years of stacking kids two deep per room, we graduated from lower middle class to the ripening affluence of a family where everyone had their own bedrooms.
June 28, 2017 | Mandy Nolan | 9 -
Mandy Nolan’s Soap Box: A day in the life of a total wanker
Meet Barry. He likes to wank at the beach. No, that’s not a typo. I didn’t mean to say walk. Walking isn’t Barry’s thing.
June 21, 2017 | Mandy Nolan | 4 -
Mandy Nolan’s Soap Box: Mandy Does Mindfulness
Tell anyone you’re feeling a bit overwhelmed and you get the same response: ‘You should try mindfulness’. Shit, I was hoping they’d offer to do my washing, or cook me dinner.
June 13, 2017 | Mandy Nolan | 2 -
Mandy Nolan’s Soap Box: Trump’s toga-town
Like him or loathe him, Donald Trump is King of the Western World. The big orange hamster has found himself on his very own wheel of good fortune, and as Emperor of All he’s fast-tracking the rest of the world to what feels an awful lot like ‘the end of days’.
June 6, 2017 | Mandy Nolan | 3 -
Mandy Nolan’s Soap Box – Corby can’t profit but the media can profit from her
In the next six weeks three of my daughters will be heading overseas for around six months each. It’s a nerve-wracking time for a parent and so far I’ve only had one major piece of advice to give them. Don’t be a drug mule.
May 30, 2017 | Mandy Nolan | 3 -
Mandy Nolan’s Soap Box: Necking Myself
My neck got old. I don’t know how it happened but it seems to have aged. Possibly in dog years. It doesn’t make sense. I don’t remember abusing my neck. Not in the way I’ve abused my liver, my arse or my face.
May 23, 2017 | Mandy Nolan | 2 -
Mandy Nolan’s Soap Box: The Botox talk
Today Ivy asked me what Botox is. She’s eight. She’d found a humorous card on my bookshelf that depicts a 1950s mother and daughter with the caption ‘You’re never too young for Botox!’. She wanted to know (a) what is Botox and (b) should she be having it?
May 16, 2017 | Mandy Nolan | 0 -
Mandy Nolan’s Soap Box: I hate Mothers Day
I hate Mothers Day. I hate the picture of motherhood that shows a nice neat mum smiling beatifically on worming medication or holding hands with her family while wearing a white t-shirt and jeans and running on the beach. I don’t do that. I don’t know any mums who do that shit.
May 9, 2017 | Mandy Nolan | 6 -
Mandy Nolan’s Soap Box: We all wanna change the world…
Albert Einstein once said, ‘The definition of insanity is repeating the same thing over and over and expecting different results’.
May 2, 2017 | Mandy Nolan | 1
Mandy Nolan
Mandy Nolan has performed as a standup comedian for more than 20 years. During that time, she has worked alongside celebrities such as Whoopi Goldberg, Ertha Kit, and Bob Downe. Amid a full schedule of live acts, television and radio appearances, a weekly press column in The Echo and a comedy course (did we mention she also has five children?), Mandy also finds time as a MC, presenter and conference facilitator.
See Mandy’s Soapbox every week here in Echonetdaily.
