I went into the hospital knowing nothing about our healthcare system. Those three weeks taught me life lessons that will never leave me.
As a Melburnian,your coffee order signals a certain sense of taste. So what happens when you decide you’re not a flat white person anymore?
Whether they’re getting high distinctions or failing it doesn’t make a difference. They’re all wasting their time,money,arrogance,self-belief and unlined skin.
“This floor is the one with all the f---ing murderers,” one creator says,laughing.
As much as we pretend it’s purely for health and wellbeing purposes,running in the modern age has become a performance in and of itself.
Moving overseas highlighted that our national psyche is to see houses not as places merely to live,but an asset class that,for many,is a way to grow wealth.
I’m not sure if having the answers would have saved my nasturtiums,but not knowing didn’t help me either. Somehow,my fantasy didn’t bring peace or protection.
Having a baby is the rare thing you can’t back out of. Tatts,vasectomies,vows,all reversible. Babies,not so much. What if you do it and realise it’s not for you?
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.
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.
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.