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BLOG: ‘What would you have done if you’d seen this?’
By MIA FREEDMAN You’re at the beach. You see an elderly man with a little girl. He’s sitting on the beach watching intently. She’s frolicking in the water in her knickers. What do you do? Well, someone answered that question by calling the police. When you know that the old man was [read more]
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This Mother’s Day, send hope, not twin sets.
By JULIE ULBRICHT I never look at junk mail, because it’s called that for a reason. However, for the first time in a very long time, I recently flicked through the Mother’s Day edition of a certain department store and smiled/sighed as I saw pastel twin sets as an idea. I mean, [read more]
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BEC: ‘Why do married people behave so badly around single women?’
By REBECCA SPARROW I’ll cut to the chase. Last week I behaved like an arsehat. I was out at a book store event with my splendid, 40-something friend Zoe when I took it upon myself to insult her. More on that in a sec. Let me tell you about Zoe. Zoe is [read more]
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5 emotions that didn’t exist before the Internet.
By ROSIE WATERLAND Like we don’t have enough first world problems to deal with already, social media has decided to go and force itself onto the list, in the form of brand spanking new emotions that we would never have had before 1995. Oh, to be back in that simpler time [read more]
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One of the most raw, most honest stories we’ve ever published on Mamamia.
By SHELLY MURDOCH I lay here as Dan impatiently paces back and forth in front of the bedroom window, stopping only to peer anxiously through the blinds, out of the window and down our dark street. I lay here waiting, for what seems like much longer than 15 fearful minutes. I [read more]
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It’s official: Religion will be extinct by 2035.
Just as antibiotics replaced humours and democracy replaced the feudal system, and coral has replaced some other colour as the ‘hottest hue of the season’ – new evidence suggests that atheism is set to replace religion. In an article published in Psychology Today, evolutionary psychologist Dr. Nigel Barber argues that atheism [read more]
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When did feeling “stressed out” become cool?
By ANONYMOUS Imagine a disease that caused headaches, difficulty breathing, stomach pain, high-blood pressure, jaw pain, nausea, depression, insomnia, weight-gain, fatigue and a rash. If there was a disease that did all of these things, we would demand that it be wiped out. We would donate money to stop it. There [read more]
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Monday’s news in just two minutes.
1. The Liberal Party have come out swinging in the pre-election advertising wars. They’ve released a new TV ad that labels the Labor Party as a Government which is ‘running around like a chicken with its head cut off’. The ad aired for the first time during Insiders on ABC, this Sunday, where the Prime [read more]
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Inside the amazing PostSecret phenomenon. (You’ll never guess the most common confession).
By ASH ANAND As a little girl, my brother, who is eight years older, convinced me that it wasn’t Santa leaving presents each Christmas, but in fact, 1960’s easy listening legend, Engelbert Humperdinck, who was shimmying down chimneys across the world, bestowing gifts. One Christmas Morning I woke excitedly to find [read more]
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Custody dramas, paternity tests, and a wedding – what a weekend in Hollywood.
1. Charlie Sheen’s ex wife Denise Richards is – not for the first time – looking after the twin boys of his other ex wife Brooke Mueller. Richards, who was married to Sheen from 2002 until 2006, reportedly has temporary custody of the children Sheen had with his second [read more]
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Is this the biggest boys’ club of them all?
Is radio really a boy’s club? An insider tells all.
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“She was walking slowly. Against the traffic… And then she sat down.”
Trigger warning: This post may raise issues for readers who have experience with depression or suicide. By JOSEFA PETE Driving home. Late in the afternoon. Tired from a day’s work. Staring ahead into the peak hour traffic, barely moving forward. Mindlessly thinking about dinner and seeing my boys. Then, I saw [read more]
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It’s called the ‘fatkini’. And it’s made me want to buy a two-piece.
By ROSIE WATERLAND So here’s the thing about plus-size swimwear advertising campaigns: They don’t exist. Or, if they do, they tend to be so heartbreakingly drab and Golden Girls-inspired that it’s almost humorous. Almost. Where are the sexy plus-size girls in bikinis with perfectly tousled hair laughing like they’re in a [read more]
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Is this the social media confession no one wants to make?
By KIRSTY RICE There’s a meme. One of those boxes with an almost vintage looking picture that appears in your Facebook feed. I wish I could remember the exact words. And I have no idea where to find it. Where do old memes go to die? It says something like this: “Remember [read more]
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A date with Dubai (and Gloria Gaynor).
By KAHLA PRESTON I don’t know about you, but five-star meals in the desert and intimate performances by Gloria Gaynor rarely feature in my travel itineraries. An occasional restaurant meal and the odd night in a private hostel room (rather than the usual 12-bunk arrangement) is about as luxurious as it gets [read more]
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Does having liberal parents make you a rebel without a cause?
By KAHLA PRESTON When young people are driven to rebel, they express themselves in a variety of ways. Some acts of rebellion are amusingly benign; others are radical and ideologically driven. The motivations behind these acts are equally diverse – politics, anger, isolation, a yearning to be noticed. Yet further below the [read more]
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Sunday’s news in under 2 minutes.
1. The United Nations has stated that Australia’s Great Barrier Reef may be added to a list of endangered world heritage sites. UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee is set to meet next month, and will argue that the reef is in immediate danger “in the absence of a firm and demonstrable commitment” from government to [read more]
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A surprise wedding for this A-list British actress.
Not every celebrity wedding features 100 of famous guests, as the ceremony for this A-list British actress proves. Actress Keira Knightley (28) has married her rock star fiancé, Klaxons keyboard player James Righton (29) this weekend in a surprise ceremony, in the south of France. The pair were married [read more]
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Gwyneth’s R-rated r/ship advice, The Great Gatsby black carpet & Beyonce’s tour demands.
It’s been a busy week in celeb world. But lucky for you, we’ve summarised the best bits. Right here. Enjoy. 1. Gwyneth Paltrow’s interesting relationship advice. You may or may not have noticed that Gwyneth Paltrow is EVERYWHERE at the moment. The 40-year-old appeared on Chelsea Handler’s late night show, Chelsea Lately, on Monday night [read more]
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Five brilliant but uncomfortably confronting reads.
By KYLIE LADD Kylie Ladd has compiled a list of some brilliantly uncomfortable, confronting reads that give readers something to chew on. 1. SUNNYSIDE by JOANNA MURRAY-SMITH Murray-Smith is better known as a playwright, but her novel Sunnyside was long-listed for the 2006 Miles Franklin award. In it, Murray-Smith deploys her scalpel-sharp wit and [read more]
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This is what the face of homophobia looks like.
Warning: The images in this post are extremely graphic. This is what the face homophobia looks like. Wilfred de Bruijn was beaten unconscious in Paris one night, when holding hands with his boyfriend. Unknown assailants kicked him to the ground. De Bruijn’s boyfriend said that he heard a group of about four men yelling, “Hey, [read more]
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“Very quietly, very politely, my son has been asked not to sit NAPLAN.”
By BERN MORLEY “Today wasn’t a good day.” This statement is delivered to me quietly and matter-o-factly by Sam, my 11 year Autistic old son, as I arrive home from work. It’s taken me many years to refer to him as this. Autistic. I’ve clung to Aspergers, like it’s [read more]
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Parents? Here’s a post you’re going to want to bookmark.
By BEC SPARROW This is one of those posts you’re going to want to bookmark. Trust me on that one. I’m going to be honest with you. I only barely survived the Easter kindy/school holidays with my sanity in tact. Within an hour of the first day of holidays I was already contemplating [read more]
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Saturday’s news in under 2 minutes.
1. A Danish television show, Blachman, has come under fire worldwide for its sexism and humiliation of women. The ‘concept’ of the show involves silent, naked women entering a darkened studio – and then being judged by men seated on couches in front of them. Thomas Blachman, the host of the show [read more]
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Women’s-only gym sessions. Are they sexist?
By NATALIA JASTRZAB Meet Peter Lloyd. He’s a London-based reporter that writes for the Daily Mail. And he’s suing his local gym for discrimination, because he evidently has a bit of spare time – and money – on his hands. You see, Kentish Town Sports Centre in North London have introduced women’s-only fitness sessions. According [read more]
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9 gob-smacking plastic surgery before and after images.
Double eyelid surgery, nose jobs, liposuction, jaws shaved down; these are just some of the plastic surgery procedures Korean men and women are undergoing. In the video below, one Korean pop group, D-Unit, interviewed said: “Our ideal appearance would be that of westerners… big round eyes, straight nose and a round face.” South [read more]
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The question everyone asks when a woman escapes from an abusive relationship.
By MIA FREEDMAN It’s the question everyone asks when a woman (or man but we’re mostly talking about women) finally escapes from an abusive relationship: what took you so long? I’ve asked it myself of several friends who have been with emotionally abusive men. And many years ago it was asked of me [read more]
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Warning: Following the advice in this post is surprisingly addictive.
By NICKY CHAMP Last week my wheels well and truly fell off. It was more of a culmination of events rather than any ‘one big thing’ that happened. And purely for the purposes of this post (not because I want sympathy or anything *sob*) I’m going to detail exactly what went down over [read more]
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It affects one in five women – so why is nobody talking about it?
By JANNETTE ARMSTRONG My husband and I are in our early thirties and have been married for four years. I have a rewarding, fulfilling and demanding career. We travel a lot. We love to eat out. We spoil our fur-kid (our dog, Darryl) absolutely rotten. Our life is rich in so many ways. [read more]