The Australian Women's Weekly

Open mic WITH Clare Bowditch

When you were a little kid, what were your big fat dreams? In your dress-up games, in your bed at night, who were you? Astronaut? Teacher? Vet? Famous actor? How about just a proper grown-up with enough money in your pocket to buy your own lollies at the milk bar, any time you pleased?

As children, it feels normal to name our dreams, hopes, wishes. It did to me. My dream (beyond the lolly thing) was to

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