Helen Razer
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Helen Razer is a Melbourne-born radio presenter and writer. She is the author of four non-fiction books, and is a columnist with the Australian chapter of The Big Issue and Melbourne newspaper The Age.
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[edit] Biography
Razer was a prominent broadcaster on national Australian youth radio station Triple J from 1990 to 1998. Partnered for most of that period with comedian Mikey Robins on the breakfast program, she was noted for her use of polysyllabic words and riot grrl-esque pronouncements.
In 1998, Razer left Triple J due to the prolonged attentions of a young delusional male stalker. In the same year, she appeared on the Australian Story program to describe the experience. She then disappeared from public life and re-emerged in 2005.
Razer is currently employed as a broadcaster on 774 ABC Melbourne. She contributes features to The Age [1] and the Sydney Morning Herald.[2] She is a regular contributor to Crikey and newmatilda.com. She is a former opinion columnist with The Australian newspaper. ABC biographical information indicates she is finishing a work of fiction.
[edit] Controversy
She is reputed to have instructed Kurt Cobain to purchase new clothes given that he had made money from his musical success. At a Hole performance in 1995, Courtney Love informed the audience that she would soon "punch that Heide (sic) Razer out like a fucking kangaroo." It was reported in the Sydney Morning Herald in 1996 that she stormed out of a television taping calling talk radio host Stan Zemanek a "witless right wing cunt".
As a writer, she has been scorned for her overuse of arcane words. ABC TV's watchdog program Media Watch lampooned her in 1999.[3]. Razer's recent works have abandoned the bombast of which she stood accused in favour of a leaner and more workpersonlike approach [4].
[edit] Bibliography
- (2001) Gas Smells Awful: The Mechanics of Being a Nutcase. Australia: Vintage. ISBN 1-74051-095-X.
- (1998) Everything's Fine: A Beginner's Guide to Thwarting Primary Nihilism. Australia: Random House. ISBN 0-09-183925-4.
- (1996) In Pursuit of Hygiene. Australia: Random House. ISBN 0-09-183258-6.
- (1995) Three Beers and a Chinese Meal. Australia: Random House. ISBN 0-09-183072-9.
