Daily Life
Destructive body shame has crossed the gender divide
Men are less likely to talk about negative feelings towards their bodies, but disorders such as binge eating are on the rise among them.
- by Kasey Edwards
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Dear cafés, you can do better
Here are some of the crimes against patrons the cafés in my area are committing without shames in my area are committing without shame.
- by Penelope Flanagan
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How our health system is failing women
From failure to test new drugs on female subjects, to lack of timely diagnosis of extremely painful conditions, women are being let down by the health system in many ways.
- by Caroline Zielinski
Opinion
Opinion
Reality TV producers take heart, my marriage is proof opposites attract
Jo Stanley and her husband couldn’t be less alike – but opposites, it seems, do attract.
- by Jo Stanley
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Women are still being targeted online 'at their weakest point'
Three women's safety advocates say cybersafety measures for women are still "woeful", and cyber harassment is rife, even after #MeToo.
- by Wendy Tuohy
Mental health
Why I make time for mental health care every day, and we all should
Physical health has long been linked with mental health, but new research takes this even further.
- by Megan Blandford
Opinion
Opinion
It took a trip to the outback to teach me that I know nothing
I was left with a hundred questions and I've realised I will never know the answers.
- by Kerri Sackville
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Dane, want to know a proper thing to say? Ask a little girl
Rampe may wish to take some advice about how it is proper to speak about people from that most strong and direct of sources, any little girl.
- by Wendy Tuohy
Opinion
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We scored major parties on sexual harassment policies, none did too well
'Regardless of who wins on Saturday, the vital work to create lasting change for women is ahead of us.'
- by Katrina Irawati Graham
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After seeing sexual violence close up, Emma made tech to support victims
'It struck me that everyone had a mobile phone, which got me thinking: how we could use technology to make people’s lives better?'
- by Caroline Zielinski
Parenting
Don't laugh at the oldest mum in the room, she knows things you don't
As a child, I knew that it was wrong to have a mother old enough to be a grandmother.
- by Mary O'Connell