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Deputy lifestyle editor | | . Open DMs, but closed-circuit TV at my house, so don't be weird. mary.ward@smh.com.au

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Joined March 2012

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  1. Retweeted
    Oct 22

    The founder of the movement, , tells Australia's defamation laws dissuade women from speaking out abt sexual harassment & abuse: “The way the laws are set up in countries like Australia do lead to women staying silent.”

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    Oct 21

    In this very long piece about the drive for writers (particularly women) to also be influencers or online personalities the bit that stuck out to me most was in parentheses. "Anonymity is a luxury."

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    Oct 21
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  4. Oct 21

    Yeah, the one-woman Fleabag play was good, but it doesn’t pass the Bechdel Test so I believe it must also be cancelled.

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    Oct 20

    This is not a campaign for journalists - it’s for Australia’s democracy.

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  6. Oct 18

    Blokes thank people with a multilingual penguin. (Meanwhile women have already purchased and sent the card.)

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  7. Retweeted
    Oct 18

    ⁩ with a very lucid essay on the success and limitations of , not just in Australia (though there have been specific issues here) but more broadly. And on the structural change that has thus far eluded us. ⁦

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    Oct 17
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  9. Oct 17

    Excited to learn a feature I wrote earlier this year has been nominated for the Headline, Caption or Hook award at the ! Congrats to !

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    Oct 17

    New investigation: a few months ago and I started looking into what actually happened to the organisation set up in the wake of in Australia that promised a “one-stop shop” for survivors. Dozens of interviews later, here’s what we found:

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    Oct 15
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  12. Oct 9

    We have to follow with University Challenge for a balanced TV diet and THAT MAN’S NAME IS LITERALLY BLAND.

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  13. Oct 9

    Hi! Have found Jess’s register of interests. Has two properties. And no political party membership. Bye!

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  15. Sep 29

    Stay tuned for my follow-up: Can you go from 21km to struggling to hit 3km in two months? (Spoilers: got there in five weeks.)

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  16. Sep 27

    The only version of Big Big Sound available to soundtrack your Insta story is a trap remix. No complaints from the west of the town.

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    Sep 25

    I’ve seen a lot of bad ideas on Twitter, but “If teenage girls are old enough to be activists, they’re old enough to be raped,” tops the list.

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    Sep 24

    Obsessed with the intro Phoebe Waller-Bridge wrote for her play, Fleabag. Perfect TV doesn't come out of nowhere. This should be a constant reminder to support independent theatre, emerging artists, creative collaboration & audience-focused, grassroots projects.

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    Sep 22

    "Why is Greta Thunberg so triggering for certain men?" Interesting piece from the Irish Times.

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  20. Sep 23

    The Moulin Rouge Broadway album is basically ‘Glee: The Music, Journey to Nationals, Vol. 28’ where nationals is the 2020 Tonys.

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