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Feminism
When three feminists gave their mic to a comedian, they betrayed their own audience
Blame for the abysmal failure of Clementine Ford, Antoinette Lattouf and Yumi Stynes’ event shouldn’t be placed solely on the male comedian now being dragged online.
- by Katy Hall
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Parenting
Having a child at 22 is the best career decision I ever made
At 38, my life is free of gastro and childcare hurdles as I navigate meetings and work trips. But around me, I see a trail of exhausted parents trying to navigate an endless cycle of challenges. At a time when they could be coming up for air, they are drowning.
- by Odette Barry
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Gender equality
Men aren’t all bad – many are just confounded by the new rules
Men are struggling to find a new way of being in a society in which gender roles and expectations are rapidly changing. For many, I see resistance informed not by sexism or misogyny, but by feeling confused.
- by Bianca Denny
The 151st Rheola Charity Carnival
Eddie Jim captured the colour of the 151st Rheola Charity Carnival on Easter Monday 2024
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Drugs
Drugs aren’t just for tradies and ravers. Middle-aged, middle-class women do them too
All drugs can destroy lives, finances, relationships. But in the spirit of openness, let’s not lie. They’re fun, and therein lies the rub.
- by Kate Halfpenny
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Education
‘Crucial for memory’: Why facts stick when you write them down
It might not be a window to your soul but it’s better for your brain. Why writing – once an ancient “handicraft” – is still worth doing well.
- by Angus Holland
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Home accessories
How Marvin the robo-vac became a (weird) member of the family
When I decided to lighten my domestic load by buying a little, and fiendishly expensive, robot helper, I had no idea how much stress it would cause.
- by Michael Bachelard
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I didn’t think I was a nude prude until I moved to Denmark
Having grown up in a fairly conservative Polish Catholic household, I have to admit I’m not entirely comfortable with the nude body. But that is changing for the better.
- by Caroline Zielinski
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Sex & relationships
TikTok is trying to convince me my partner is a cheat
From the phenomenon of “slow dumping” to fidelity tests ranging from the glitter bomb trial, the orange peel theory and the Water Dance challenge, social media has endless ways of inciting paranoia in millennial women.
- by Ruby Feneley
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Gen Z
I’m a soft-handed, coddled Zoomer. Boomers, teach us how to cope
Sure, my “snowflake generation” may need mental health breaks, but Boomers could buy a house before they were 25. And where they got Donald Bradman, we got Donald Trump.
- by Daniel Cash
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Parenting
The only place my son would tell me about the sex lives of bonobo monkeys
Though seemingly small and insignificant, our daily seven-minute windows of car conversation changed how we see each other - and bonobo monkeys.
- by Jo Stubbings