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The End Of Everything

November 28, 2012 in Fiction, Mental Health, Relationships, Society, Technology

The day he no longer recognised his online profile was the day he knew everything had to change. He no longer felt connected with his online persona, his audience – with anything in particular. Google+ was the first to go, soon followed by LinkedIn and Tumblr. He was surprised to discover that he still had a Myspace account, and he had almost forgotten about his Hotmail address. He even found an old ICQ account – it was soon deleted as well. None of these changes made much difference. Deleting these services was no more significant than chucking out on old pair of socks, [...]

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RUOK Day: My Husband Is Suicidal

September 13, 2012 in Family, Health, Marriage, Mental Health, People, Relationships, Self

My husband is suicidal. That’s the first time I’ve said that out loud. I’m told it’s nothing I said or did, and there’s nothing I could have done. I blame myself anyway. We have been married for 6 years. We own our own home, we both have good jobs, although his is a little stressful. We have a dog, a cat, we like to eat out on Saturday nights. We have been talking about starting a family. Everything has been going so well. Our marriage is a good one, we have fun. We love each other. We both get on [...]

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In The Flesh & Monique’s Celeb Top 5

August 24, 2012 in Celebrity, Dating, Entertainment, Health, Mental Health, Relationships, Wedding

Happy Friday Everyone! Hope you’ve all had an absolutely lovely week and have an even better weekend planned, I know I do. This past week in Hollywood has been full of surprises with a couple I didn’t even know were dating (that’s right, I did not know) announcing their engagement, a comedian self-medicating a heart attack, a shocking death, a singing sweetheart breaking the cardinal rule of NOT attending weddings you weren’t invited to and the biggest shock, OK, maybe not shock, but the biggest scandal of them all: we all got to see Prince Harry in his birthday suit… [...]

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The Death Penalty- Right or Wrong?

August 22, 2012 in Human Rights, Mental Health, News, Politics, Society

The death penalty has always been a divisive subject, with people on opposing sides passionately defending their opinions on the matter. So should we look at reinstating the death penalty in Australia? To me, it has always been a simple answer. I don’t believe in the death penalty. Yes, my religion plays a part in this, but in this piece I won’t be delving into that part of my objection. I will be writing from a personal, ethical point of view. First, the nature of the crime needs to be established. Obviously it would only be considered in the most [...]

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“I Don’t Want To Be Gay Anymore”

August 3, 2012 in Celebrity, Current Affairs, Gender, Health, Human Rights, Marriage, Mental Health, News, People, Politics, Relationships, Religion, Self, Sexuality, Society, Sport

“I don’t want to be gay anymore”. This is just one of the thoughts that has gone through my mind lately, not that I have a choice of course. I have been confronted with my sexuality head on. I’m “out” to some and I’m not “out” to others and it’s tiring. It’s tiring living with one foot in the closet and one foot out. When I came out to my parents, my family and friends over ten years ago I felt a sense of relief. I was being true to myself – I’m bisexual and I don’t care who gives [...]

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What Ever Happened to Kids TV?

June 26, 2012 in Books, Children, Entertainment, Film & TV, Parenting

I need help. Over the last few days I have been subjected to the kind of rubbish TV that kids are provided these days. Baby voices putting W’s where they shouldn’t be, beads of sweat on foreheads and open mouthed questions of “Huh?” while making a facial expression that would make even Einstein look like an idiot. And if I have to hear one more bratty child speaking back to their parent with an “Ugh, they just don’t understand anything” tone I am going to stab someone with the remote. What happened to all the shows that actually teach children about [...]

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A Tribute to Don Ritchie – A True Australian Hero

May 15, 2012 in Current Affairs, Health, Mental Health, People, Self, Society

Yesterday Australia mourned the loss of Don Ritchie, a true Australian hero. In today’s guest post, Becks Mollica remembers him: I was in my late teens the first time I ever went to the gap. I was at the end of the line, and had nowhere else to turn. I felt like I was alone in the world and life as I knew it was caving in around me. I had been at university for half the day, and after a session with my university counsellor, I left in an absolute mess. To this day, I don’t remember how I [...]

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