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Once, when I was younger, I elbowed my partner in the face. We were in a humid beach house loungeroom with faded green furniture and a bare brick wall. A thin wooden sliding door was the only thing separating us from the rest of the house, who were enjoying the bourgeois decadence of sleeping in […]
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Congratulations on your Big Life Decision. Not everyone has what it takes to pack up and leave the familiar awfulness of heterosexual sex and dating, to step into the unknown awfulness of queer sex and dating. But you? You’re special. You’re taking those first steps into a world you’ve only seen through gorgeous women on Instagram and aesthetic Tumblr posts. […]
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Australia has a sex problem. One needs only to look back on the last six months to see this. So, where does this issue begin? I would argue it all starts in school. Little girls are told that little boys are allowed to be mean to them, to pull their hair and throw their lunch […]
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We are all studying to improve our own lives. But there are those who are studying to improve the lives of their family as well. Juggling parenthood and studying is not an easy task, and there is no handbook on how to survive.
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When some, or all, of the symptoms you are experiencing are not being taken seriously by doctors, the quality of the healthcare you are receiving is undoubtably declining. For women all around the world, including right here in Australia, this is the reality. It’s known as the pain gap.
Ebony explores the grim reality of healthcare for women with chronic health conditions in Australia.
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By Laura Monaghan You’re primed on how to plate yourself, from the womb you’re on display. Warned that the last treat left on the shelf, is the first one thrown away. With savage hands they crack you open, your shell, a brittle shield. The tender yolk of you spills golden, too raw to hold, you […]
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Childhood summers full of gap-toothed grins, full up bellies and orange juice dripping down our chins. Afternoons spent playing ‘til the sun dropped low, as kids, fun and games are all we know. Then, winter seeps into our sky, scaring away the sun. The cold ice there to signify the age of innocence now done. Shrugged on, like […]
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Bordering three suburbs it stood exiled by the urban planners. The house of Eros pierced into the night sky, like a neon obelisk. Its glorious incandescence invited him to treat his desires. Reborn under the sallow glow of the fluorescent lights, he joined the unsavoury flock in their slow march towards it’s doors. From behind […]
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