Week 35/2025: Wear it purple 2025

Week of 25 August 2025

It’s the last week of official winter and there were lots of rainbows.

As always, this post is wholly researched and written by me. I do not use AI in my writing. I will always bring you my stories in my real human voice.

Wear It Purple 2025

Friday 29th was Wear It Purple Day, a national day of support for LGBTIQA+ young people. The day encourages people to wear purple to “demonstrate to rainbow young people that they are celebrated and respected, acknowledging all have the right to be proud of who they are and who they are becoming”.

It’s one of my favourite days.

This year’s theme was “Bold Voices, Bright Futures”, and the gorgeous poster was designed by Lee Evatt (He/Them).

Lee is a transgender and queer artist based on Ngunnawal Country (Canberra). About the design, Lee says

I took inspiration from queer communities that I have participated in as a photographer and more recently as a performer. Performers and activists were the first thing that came to mind. I wanted to represent different people of different generations to display a positive outlook towards LGBTIQ+ futures.

Here’s my post about Wear It Purple from last year.

Habit tracker

Existing habits

• Go outside first thing (7 days): 7/7
• 15 minutes morning exercise sequence (7 days): 7/7
• Hip exercises (5 days): 5/5
• Walk (7 days): 4/7—why is this? because I’ve been spending too much time inside on the assignment
• Walk 8,000 steps (7 days): 5/7 (see above, though I did average more than 10,000 steps a day over the week and I think that is just as good)
• 9.00 shutdown & dim lights (5 days): 2/5—room for improvement
• Evening routine (6 days): I’m not actually sure what I’m tracking here but I did it

New habits

• Fill water bottle in the morning (4 days): 4/4
• Carry a notebook with me when I walk (7 days): 3/4 (because I only went for a walk on four days)
• Mid-day journalling (7 days): 4/7
• Thinking time (4 days): 5/4
• Read aloud (7 days): 6/7

Summary of the week

Some positive things

The 367 Collins falcons are back and the mother laid the third egg on Friday morning.

I went to see Looking for Alibrandi at the Theatre Royal on Thursday.

What did I learn this week?

The cosmetics used in Shakesepeare’s Globe ‘Original Practices’ production of Twelfth Night attempted to reproduce the make-up of Shakespeare’s time.

Because they couldn’t use the authentic ingredients for the white face-paint of the early modern period, which used white lead and vinegar, they researched alternatives and came up with a white pigment mixed with chalk and almond oil.

What did I notice this week?

They have replaced some of the floor of Centrepoint with some weird pebble stuff that looks like it’s wet.

The car in the no stopping zone in the bike path THAT STARTED REVERSING TOWARDS ME WHAT THE HELL.

What am I reading this week?

• Human Nature by Jane Rawson
• Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

What am I watching this week?

• Twelfth Night (Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre 2012)
• Twelfth Night (National Theatre 2017)
• Doctor Who ‘Time Flight’
• Resident Alien