Speaking from experience, a TBS reader explains how the public vitriol against the church made it harder for him to speak out as a victim.
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It has been argued that people are more upset about separating illegal immigrant parents and children than they are about children being ripped from parents and placed into foster care. This foster caregiver weighs in.
Suddenly, there’s a lot of talk regarding what it means to be homeless. Well, as a woman, the choices I face are brutal and remain on a constant loop.
I plucked up the courage to escape him, but social media was one aspect I hadn’t counted on.
As a citizen of the Northern Territory, there are opportunities to make money on the side. I took to smuggling doughnuts. Don’t judge me.
It’s almost been 50 years since I fought in the Vietnam War, 50 years since I shot that man for this country. However, while he’s buried and gone, he’s with me too.
Baylor University has claimed that smartphones are as addictive as drugs, but is it just hype? A serial smartphone user spoke to us to dispel the findings (via Skype).
With George Brandis set to meet Mark Dreyfus to organise the terms of the plebiscite, one reader had something to get off his chest.
Our family home was one of the victims of the Sydney Storms, but instead of compassion, we were met by unspoken “serves you right” smugness.
A dairy farmer explains the real cost of cheap milk, but explains how lasting change can come from spending more of yours.
I’m what’s colloquially known as a ‘Food Digger’. Dinner, yes. Sex, no. But don’t Haute the player.
A TBS reader explains why he’s decided to give his friends a very special birthday gift: Deletion from Facebook.
A TBS reader discusses the problems he faced when feelings of jealousy and betrayal crept into his open relationship.
A writer has bravely shared her story of domestic violence at the hands of her husband; “Shelley” also proudly looks at the future change in this country.