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Lilly: Teaching, Grieving, and Loving
Lilly: Teaching, Grieving, and Loving

Lilly: Teaching, Grieving, and Loving

A student is trying to call me via Facebook Messenger. I’m sitting opposite my 70-year-old…
How to Recommit to Your Sexual Health and Wellbeing
How to Recommit to Your Sexual Health and Wellbeing

How to Recommit to Your Sexual Health and Wellbeing

When we think about health, we usually focus on what we can feel day to…
Celebrating Humanity and Fighting Hardship with Every Beat
Celebrating Humanity and Fighting Hardship with Every Beat

Celebrating Humanity and Fighting Hardship with Every Beat

Altru Festival is a tailored outreach activation event for at risk youth and those facing…
REVIEW: I Leave it Up to You
REVIEW: I Leave it Up to You

REVIEW: I Leave it Up to You

Jinwoo Chong’s I Leave It Up to You is his second novel and my first…
Monitor for Symptoms
Monitor for Symptoms

Monitor for Symptoms

Content note: detailed description of health anxiety and panicDaily press conferences during Naarm’s gruelling lockdowns…
EXTRACT: The Passenger
EXTRACT: The Passenger

EXTRACT: The Passenger

The Passenger is a story about Jenny, a young woman who is highly adept at hiding…
Young People Deserve Quiet Stories
Young People Deserve Quiet Stories

Young People Deserve Quiet Stories

When I was growing up, fiction was an important lens through which I began to…
I Grew Up Believing My Body Was Wrong: What Appearance Ideals Really Cost
I Grew Up Believing My Body Was Wrong: What Appearance Ideals Really Cost

I Grew Up Believing My Body Was Wrong: What Appearance Ideals Really Cost

I was in primary school when I first started noticing my body didn’t look the…
Naima Brown on Mother Tongue and the Cost of Reinvention
Naima Brown on Mother Tongue and the Cost of Reinvention

Naima Brown on Mother Tongue and the Cost of Reinvention

Naima Brown’s Mother Tongue is a gripping and darkly funny exploration of identity, reinvention, and…
When Self Care Becomes Another Job
When Self Care Becomes Another Job

When Self Care Becomes Another Job

Burnout and self-neglect. Two things I know far too well. I spent years trying to…
The Visible Loneliness of ‘With Love, Meghan’
The Visible Loneliness of ‘With Love, Meghan’

The Visible Loneliness of ‘With Love, Meghan’

Critics have taken savage delight in Meghan Sussex’s new lifestyle series, decrying With Love, Meghan…
Playing Straight in Default Mode
Playing Straight in Default Mode

Playing Straight in Default Mode

Heterosexuality is often assumed to be the default, ingrained into society so deeply that many…