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MAY 2020

HOROSCOPES: Romance and self-reflection. The week ahead, according to your star sign.
A charismatic cult leader and 918 dead: the story behind the phrase 'drink the Kool-Aid'.
LEAH ITSINES: '3 of my favourite hearty plant-based winter dinners.'
'At 43, after 13 rounds of IVF I'd given up hope. A holiday changed everything.'
'I stayed with my narcissist husband. Even when I knew better.'
'I'm married. But my first boyfriend was the purest, most beautiful love of my life.'
'My best friend got married to a man who hated me. He kicked me out of the bridal party.'
'My mum cheated on my dad and stole another woman's husband. I don't blame her.'
From Ryan Phillippe to Jake Gyllenhaal: Reese Witherspoon's relationship history.
'I'm really good at threesomes. These are my 7 golden rules.'
'My ex left me for another woman while I was pregnant. He continued to sext me for months.'
This week, two boys with autism were found naked, locked in a room. There are thousands like them.
Where are they now? The kids from Cheaper by the Dozen, 17 years later.
'For 30 years, I was made to feel worthless by family. So I ghosted them.'
'Nine years ago, my daughter decided she didn't want to speak to me ever again.'
'It wasn't until lockdown that I discovered my partner is a toxic narcissist.'
'A radio personality, a date, a colleague: My painfully unexceptional history of sexual assault.'
"The hardest part about being a single mum isn't the parenting. It's the constant guilt."
Inside Victoria and David Beckham's $11m country mansion they've been isolating in.
"My skin feels the softest it's ever felt." 22 women share their favourite face mask.
Isabelle Silbery: 'I've found love again. And it's teaching me why my marriage didn't work.'
From tea to a tie-dye kit: 15 women share the isolation purchase that changed their lives.
'Shave your junk with men's razors.' 16 things I've never forgotten about working as an escort.
Ask Cybermum: "So your kid wants to be an influencer. Here's what you need to know."
"We live with his guilt." Melissa's son made a choice that cost 5 lives, including his own.
How facials, nail and eyebrow appointments will change after COVID-19.
The 5 'hidden' ways your anxiety might be coming to the surface, without you even realising.
“Don’t keep your ideas secret.” The CEO of Plann on how to create and build a successful app.
The Senate inquiry into family violence has closed, missing an important opportunity.
HOROSCOPES: Forgiveness and money wins. The week ahead, according to your star sign.
'I thought Alopecia had won. Then, after 15 years, I finally shaved my head.'
5 fun and easy kids' party food ideas (that adults will love too).
"I couldn’t control myself": At 23, I was addicted to shopping. The debt almost ruined me.
'My married lover left his wife for me. Then I got pregnant and he left me too.'
"Our relationship was perfect. Until, at 31, he told me he didn't want kids."
"You're controlling": 5 signs you might actually be the toxic one in your relationships.
'I entered my erotic massage ready for a happy ending, but I left in tears.'
'I was desperate to have a child. Now there are days I wish I wasn't a mother.'
The youngest chef and a foodie family: Everything we know about MasterChef's Jess Liemantara.
"Mum was 18 when her newborn baby was taken away from her. Then I found him accidentally."
'I just applied for MasterChef 2021, and there's no way I'm what they're... looking for.'
Here's where all the hot guys from your favourite teen movies are now.
'My addict brother threatened to kidnap my child. I'm scared of him, and I'm scared for him.'
"You'll never be forgotten." A letter to my wife on her first birthday in heaven.
'A uni professor gave me the worst career advice of my life: "Your hair is unprofessional."'
Literally just 5 easy bedroom ideas from Instagram.
Vivien thought she'd fallen for a millionaire. P.I. Julia Robson uncovered the truth.
From a blind date to a new life in LA: A photographic timeline of Meghan & Harry's relationship.
For these 9 women, isolation has made their relationship with food even more complicated.
'My partner's in France. I'm in Australia. And it might be years before I see him again.'
A health scare and a career sacrifice: Everything we know about MasterChef's Sarah Tiong.
'At 17, I woke up to a boy on top of me. For 10 years, I didn't recognise it for what it was.'
The $23 hairbrush that Zoe Foster Blake swears by for bouncy, ‘lived in' curls.
Glennon Doyle thinks our kids suck. And it’s all our fault.
Where are they now? The cast of Legally Blonde, 19 years since we first met Elle Woods.
Rod Covlin murdered his wife in cold blood. Then he tried to frame their 9-year-old daughter.
'I need to talk about the 'third birth' no one prepares you for: The post-baby poo.'
‘We had 50 dogs and extreme fire danger.’ How a pet company coped through fires and COVID-19.
Constance Hall: 'I’m getting older. There are more lines on my face. But I wouldn’t change a f**king thing.'
'I'm not ready to see anyone yet.' This week, COVID-19 has broken me.
‘Anti-vaxxers think it's my fault my daughter has autism. Here's what I wish they knew.’
'At 42, I went to see a financial advisor. It's transformed my relationship with money.'
'For 10 years, my husband was sleeping with different women. I wish I'd trusted my gut.'
'I live in a tiny house with my husband and our two children. Here's how we make it work.'
HOROSCOPES: How this week's new moon will affect your week, according to your star sign.
We regret to inform you that Venus retrograde is here to ruin all of your relationships.
'My entire life I've been the "crazy girl" who's too much. At 24, it all made sense.'
With carers and support staff cancelled, it's up to Valerie and Robin to keep their son alive.
'There's a test to help predict fertility. But at age 34, my GP wouldn't give it to me.'
"I'm lonely and I miss him." In the middle of quarantine, I let my boyfriend go.
"Couples are saving thousands": The unexpected silver lining of a COVID-19 wedding.
'I was 10 weeks pregnant when I started miscarrying. That same week my partner left me.'
"Blood went everywhere and he fainted." 13 women confess their most embarrassing sex stories.
Molly Ringwald in Pretty Woman and Hugh Jackman as Bond: 15 actors who passed on iconic roles.
'I had a threesome with two men that focused solely on me. It changed how I had sex forever.'
The 3 most important things to teach your quarantine puppy, according to a dog trainer.
'I was ghosted after the perfect date. When I ran into him years later, he didn't recognise me.'
'I got shamed for my wedding dress online by a person I have never met.'
"It energises and horrifies me." The emotional battle of binge-eating recovery.
"The week Australia went into lockdown, my husband cut off finances to my children and I."
'In two months, Zoom has completely changed my relationship with my face.'
Oh. It turns out there's a specific equation to tell you what clothes you... actually need.
'As I tucked my daughter into bed, she told me she felt fat. So I lied to her.'
From an A cup to an F cup, 18 women share the best bra they’ve ever worn.
'I was drowning'. Kim gave birth to quints. Now her marriage has ended.
Just 8 of the wildest things that happened on Big Brother Australia.
"Because it was... sunny." 17 parents share the reasons their toddler has cried in isolation.
'Parenting is a job. A hard f***ing job. This is what happened when I quit.'
"Isolation is giving people a glimpse into life with chronic pain. It's time I talk about mine."
10 years ago, I ghosted and blocked my best friend. Then we came face to face.
It's been 3 years since Charlie Gard died. This is what his parents' lives look like now.
‘As a stay at home mum, I thought having my husband home all day would be great. I was wrong.'
HELLO WORLD: The original cast of The Saddle Club, 19 years after it first aired.
'My friend left an abusive relationship. Three years later, I'm still terrified of her ex.'
In 2012, Benjamin Norris won Big Brother and proposed to his boyfriend. This is their life now.
Where are they now? The cast of Scrubs, 19 years after the show first aired.
An unexpected silver lining of lockdown: The mental load is more visible than ever.
"Contestants are given a heads-up on challenges": 9 MasterChef behind-the-scenes secrets.
'Listen to your team.' The 4 lessons Trinny Woodall's learnt since becoming her own boss.
The Pubes Diaries: We asked 52 Aussie women to draw what their pubes look like.
'I had a threesome with my best friend and her fiance. Then she and I began an affair.'
'It's no longer catching up after months apart.' The sweet silver linings of self-isolation.
Days after Alison Wilson's husband died, she learned she wasn't his only wife.
“I feel like someone masquerading as a parent”: The difficult balance of being a stepmum.
'I know it feels like a nightmare'. To every woman facing infertility in this pandemic.
"He was on the edge of too good for me... What I remember about the night I wasn't raped."
HOROSCOPES: New relationships and positive communication. The week ahead, according to your star sign.
'My daughter doesn't owe you her affection. It's a violation of her boundaries.'
'From someone with an autoimmune disease, please stop complimenting me on my weight loss.'
'I feel like I’ve always been this tired.' The unspoken frustration of being a single mum.
'Where are the cards for sh*t, absent mums?' What Mother's Day is like when you're estranged.
The 'evil eye' trend is everywhere. Here's what you need to know before you wear one.
"It's too late now darling." I delivered our baby boy, knowing we would never take him home.
YUM: The easy 3 ingredient fudge we can’t stop making in lockdown.
'My whole life I thought I was lazy and unmotivated. Age 33, I was diagnosed with ADHD.'
'We've... lied about what's closed': 17 parents share their lockdown confessions.
'My marriage was in trouble. Then I started finding bottles full of urine around our house.'
"Every year, I feel grief and gratitude." My mum neglected me, but she also loved me.
'I was convinced my husband and I were heading for divorce. Then COVID-19 hit.'
The 40 movies you need to watch before you die.
We've discovered how Ashley Graham gets her lips to look so plump and it's... brow pencil.
"It's my head on the chopping block." A Year 12 teacher's open letter to parents.
From Petal Blossom Rainbow to Fuschia: A definitive ranking of the wildest celebrity baby names.
"All other jeans are dead to me": 30 women share their favourite pair of jeans, for every budget.
Marnie's family of four lives in a tiny home that's smaller than their swimming pool.
"I bathe in this stuff": Just 32 beauty products we've used and loved to the very last drop.
'A boyfriend, a husband: At 44 I fell pregnant, and the fallout has devastated my life.'
“Food courts are not your friend”: 20 things you know to be true if you're gluten intolerant.
From Slow-Cooker Pork to Cauliflower Bake: 4 warming dinners you can batch cook.
Daisy Edgar-Jones and Anne Hathaway: 37 celebrities who are basically the same person.
Since lockdown started, I've been having the most X-rated sex of my life.
"I've waited all my life for a show like Never Have I Ever. I cried when it was over."
"I just can’t bear one more touch”: An open letter to my husband about sex after kids.
If you loved Tiger King, watch one of these 17 true crime docos immediately.
These 4 diets are trending. We looked at the science (or lack of it) behind each one.
Three ways people are reacting to coronavirus: 'accepting', 'suffering' and 'resisting'.
Teamwork parenting, training with Snez and "organised chaos": A day in the life of Sam Wood.
'I'm pregnant again after multiple miscarriages. And it's a constant battle between head and heart.'
"I was so desperate for a 'normal pregnancy', I didn't follow my doctor's advice."
"I pray you have found a way to heal the wounds I created." A letter to my estranged daughter.
"You'll long to send them to childcare": All the things no one told me about becoming a mum.
'I'm going through a divorce and can’t wait to have 50/50 care of my kids.'
"I feel guilty and ashamed." It took me nearly three decades to realise I had an eating disorder.
'People don't want to know that I'm not OK.' The reality of being single and isolating alone.
'I watched my girlfriend have sex with my boyfriend. And it's happened more than once.'
'When I was 2, my beautiful mother took her life. This is how I honour her.'
A definitive list of the best retro horror movies that will still scare the pants off you now.
"I absolutely swear by this": 20 blondes share their holy-grail hair product.
KELLY MCCARREN: 'At 32, I thought by the end of the year I'd want kids. Now everything has changed.'
'I live in a jail inside my brain.' A letter to the man who raped and abused me.
'While in isolation, I found out my husband had spent $500,000 on escorts.'
"I broke off my engagement": 9 women share how isolation has changed their relationships.
'In one of our final conversations, my wife told me: "I wish we all lived like we had cancer".'