I Should Have Been A Boy (a post for International Women’s Day)
Raised in a group of family friends, 6 boys and 1 girl, I learnt early on I was supposed to be different to them….
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You Don’t Have To React To Everything You Feel
I was watching a TED talk about the key to self control and he was talking about acknowledging cravings or feelings and then not acting…
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How To Unlock The Power of Asking
As I walked through Central Station this morning, navigating a throng of people standing there for some kind of Elvis festival, some watching, some…
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Why You Should Be Kind To Others
We’ve all heard the saying “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about”. We’ve all heard stories like…
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Othering and Disability: But… I’m Not Disabled
I am 30 years old. I am tall, relatively healthy, able bodied and apart from what I like to call “the world’s longest list…
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This Is Rape Culture
I saw a post on Facebook being shared by some of my friends with cries such as “Amen” and “Well said”. I’ve posted the…
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Homelessness: Have We, As A Society, Become Jaded?
How do we solve the homelessness problem? What do we believe is the cause? Is the rate of homelessness increasing? Recently I completed a…
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Hating Things You Haven’t Tried
I’ve noticed a trend that bothers me. It seems to happen most with the same people over and over. This trend is the ability…
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Gender Stereotypes: What If I Had Been Born A Boy
In the age before routine ultra-sounds my mother had a pregnancy so unlike the one she had while carrying my older sister that she…
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Reflections on an ANZAC Day Dawn Service
I’ve never been to a dawn service before. This year Mum asked me if I would go with her to the local one because…
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