‘Reservoir Dogs’ Victorian Drama League Review
Co-host Miranda recently starred as a lead in an all female cast of the 1992 Tarantino classic ‘Reservoir Dogs’. After almost selling out an entire 3 week run, Miranda and the cast received a number of positive reviews.
Miranda Johnson-Jones encapsulates the surprisingly, for one so young, menacing disposition of Jo’s daughter Nice Gurl Edie in a strong performance.
Reviewed by Deborah Fabbro,19 Aug 2022
Read the entire review here.
Sara Morawetz, in conversation with Miranda Johnson-Jones
Podcast host Miranda interviews conceptual artist Sara Morawetz (New Mexico) for Kyneton Contemporary Arts Triennial. They discuss Sara’s work titled ALL MY ANXIETIES and her career in the artistic and scientific space. Watch the interview on the Kyneton Contemporary page here.
Media Release
The brand-new Growing Up Clueless podcast is a raw and comforting podcast from two regional Victorian teenagers that captures what it’s like growing up in modern Australia.
Co-hosts Miranda and Laura tell their stories and provide fact-based advice about stigmatised issues young people face that you won’t see discussed within the current high-school curriculum.
They cover topics like sex, navigating consent, mental health, sexuality and contraception, among many other so-called taboo concepts.
With episodes approximately 45 minutes in length, the girls recount their own personal experiences, speak to experts, and provide the much-needed facts about issues that young people really want to talk about.
This podcast targets young people but would be an incredible resource for people of all ages. Miranda and Laura hope to be two older sisters to ask for advice with no judgement or expectations.
Listen out for Growing Up Clueless - life advice from two unqualified experts, to be found on all podcasting platforms.
‘Patronising and abstract’
It all begins with an idea.
Host Miranda spoke with a journalist from a local newspaper about the federal government’s attempt at consent education.
“The message is most certainly NOT clear enough. For a video that seems to be in response to the wave of claims of sexual misconduct within our government, it doesn't mention sex or consent once. As a young person, I believe that our politicians and national leaders do not give us as youth enough credit. We are smarter, more mature and are more than capable of taking on a concept like consent and learning it in school. We do not need these euphemisms and 'quirky' explanations to learn about it, just tell us how it is.”
You can read the article on the Midland Express.
'Milkshake consent video' pulled amid mounting political backlash over 'woeful' campaign
Miranda spoke to comedian and radio show host Sammy J on the ABC Radio National Breakfast broadcast to discuss the infamous ‘Milkshake consent video’. She gave a youth perspective on the topic and was honest on why the educational resource was so lacking in what it needed to deliver.
Read what Miranda had so say here.
Local residents celebrated on Australia Day
Our host Miranda was awarded the Macedon Ranges Young Citizen of the Year for 2021. This came 3 years after co-host Laura was awarded the same title.
Read here Miranda’s achievements that earned her the award.
Victorian Royal Commission Into Mental Health
Growing Up Clueless hosts, Miranda and Laura interviewed the Victorian Minister for Mental Health the Hon. Martin Foley in late 2019 in regards to the Royal Commission Interim Report into Mental Health.
Read local MP Mary-Anne Thomas’ media release from the public forum in Gisborne here.
The Conversation Hour: Kerry Armstrong, Merv Keane, Laura Crozier and Pauline Neil
It all begins with an idea.
Amongst other things, host Laura has worked with health promotion charity Live4Life.
As a community ambassador for this program, she spoke to ABC radio host Merv Keane with special co-host Kerry Armstrong on The Conversation Hour.
They are then joined by Laura Crozier and Pauline Neil from LIVE 4 LIFE, an innovative program developed in the Macedon Ranges in 2009 to assist secondary students to manage their mental health.
Listen to the broadcast here.
‘Laura Crozier takes out Australia Day award’
It all begins with an idea.
On January 26, host Laura was named the Macedon Ranges Young Citizen of the Year for 2018.
She was awarded this for her efforts in mental health advocacy and youth driven initiative for local community action.
Read more about her achievements here.