Good Weekend
Style: Good Weekend's picks of the week
Fresh additions to Australia's most-wanted list: the latest in clever, covetable design.
- by Anna-Lisa Backlund
Latest
Elizabeth Broderick
How Elizabeth Broderick is taking soft-power feminism to the world
Australia's former Sex Discrimination Commissioner has set her sights on global change.
- by Jacqueline Maley
Sex & relationships
Lips, Inc … the primal power of the kiss
Mad passion may seem to drive a human being to smooch the object of their desire but, according to scientists, romance has little to do with it.
- by Sharon Bradley
Dating
Why wordplay is the new foreplay in the internet age
Dating in the digital age has never been easier, but for many finding a lasting relationship is proving more elusive than ever.
- by Amelia Lester
Michelle Obama
Tina Tchen on Time's Up and working for the Obamas
Despite the tumult currently rocking the White House there is room for optimism, says a former chief of staff.
- by Amelia Lester
Dicey topics
Dicey Topics: Barrie Kosky talks death, sex and politics
The artistic director of the Komische Oper Berlin discusses the topics we are told to keep quiet.
- by Benjamin Law
Two of Us
Queue love: a smile, a note and a little frisson goes a long way
Richard Wheeldon exchanged a smile with Haline Ly in a supermarket. He slipped her a note; they met up that night. They are now married and have two children.
- by Jane Albert
Spotlight
The male pill: hey babe, isn't it time?
Australian researchers are developing a pill that will allow men to take greater responsibility for birth control. But can they be trusted to take it?
- by Greg Callaghan
Foreign correspondence
Lean in for a long and happy life
Enrich your days with strong relationships, a sense of community and an appreciation of life's little miracles – babies and chocolate included.
- by Amelia Lester
'Women being antiheroes in literature felt like a revelation to me'
Ottessa Moshfegh’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation follows a trend of novels about nothing in particular.
- by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
Outdoors: An alternative to the traditional backyard pool
Imagine slipping into your own private billabong surrounded by plants, a few native fish and a turtle or two.
- by Richard Unsworth