Lisa Portolan

High Maintenance Women was so funny and hugely relatable, being a modern woman. I felt like I was having a conversation with one of my girlfriends and sharing our experiences. HIGHLY RECOMMEND and cannot wait to pass onto my friends to read.” - Brooke Blurton (Director) – The Barefoot Company A modern-day women’s manifesto: a look at how love, romance,...

Four people, figuring out sex, love, and how to ‘adult.’ Sydney - one of those places that just consumes you. A private school boy, a tortured drug dealer, a starving writer, and a gay outcast try to do their best as they navigate through the unspoken rules that govern the fast-paced, status-obsessed harbour city. Benji: desperate to stand on his...

For most of her life, unconcernedly flat-chested author and academic Dr Lisa Portolan had never really thought about her breasts, or boobs in general. But then she met Amanda Goff—aka former escort Samantha X—fellow author, journalist and owner of a huge pair of breasts. A friendship formed, then a working relationship... and as the two women embarked on business dealings...

Everyone is looking for love ... but the search for love in the 21st century is fraught with obstacles (not least among them pandemics), uncertainties (does romantic love really exist, and if it does, are we worthy of it?) and contradictions (the popularity of dating apps versus our cynicism about them). Although modern society and media have sold us the...