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JUNE 2020
"People still mistake me for his daughter." 14 women on the reality of age-gap relationships.
“Why did you say I raped you?” he asked. I burst into tears, and said: “Because you did.”
'My husband left his Facebook open. Then I found out he'd been cheating on me for 10 years.'
'My mum lied about my medical history so I couldn't be vaccinated. Then I was hospitalised.'
'My father decided to die by voluntary euthanasia. This is what his last moments were like.'
Forbidden love: Anupam hasn't spoken to her deeply religious family for four years.
'I couldn’t see myself, so I took myself out of the picture.' How racism influenced my life.
"It felt like an exorcism." I am one of the few people who's been diagnosed with Lyme disease.
'My mum was puritanical about nudity so when I had a daughter, we became a naked house.'
'Last year, I found out my breast implants had given me cancer. This is what I wish I knew.'
"I spoke to the men in my life to discover the harsh truth behind why they 'ghost' women."
'An old friend sent me a letter. He was in prison, and asked me not to look at his conviction.'
BMI testing and 'approved hairstyles': 10 women share their workplace 'dress codes'.
“You speak English so well.” The comments I grew up hearing as a person of colour in Melbourne.
'I was labelled a sl*t for having sex at 13. On the inside, it was much more complicated.'
At 11 years old, Terry Jo's family were murdered on a boat. She was left to die at sea.
Joe and Karen adopted six blind children. This is what their life is like.
"It's given me a peace I've never had before." 5 lessons I'm taking from lockdown to normal life.
"It's gutting": When Trystan and Tanya's baby is born by surrogate overseas, they won't be there.
'I've started sharing my experiences of racism in Australia. People are horrified.'
'I overheard strangers say how upsetting it is to be avoided in public. That's normal for me.'
'I won't go back to wearing normal clothes.' 16 women on what they're wearing to work right now.
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