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NOVEMBER 2020
'It got to midday on Boxing Day.' How Shanna realised she was an alcoholic.
My gentle husband went to Afghanistan. He returned a different man.
'If you have to ask whether you're having an emotional affair, you probably are.'
'I wear a cloak of invisibility in certain shops.' And other things I’ve noticed since turning 50.
Three teenage sisters who were 'one grand experiment': The real-life Queen’s Gambit.
'I met my husband in an addiction recovery group. We were 9 years clean when I found drugs.'
The harrowing true story of the conjoined twins who were kidnapped at birth and experimented on.
"To be in love, what's that like? I'm 45 and I've never been in a serious relationship."
'My mum’s favourite daughter died, and I can't replace her no matter how hard I try.'
"I don't believe homewreckers exist." When I met my partner, he was with someone else.
"I’ve been called a liar by my own therapist." Stop blaming me for my son's mental illness.
"I was 11 and told to cover up." Women on the first time they noticed men looking at them sexually.
'As a 28-year-old Aboriginal woman, I am anxious every time I see a police officer.'
'I've had 3 children, and 3 c-sections.' An honest account of what it was like to get a tummy tuck.
'She was overwhelmed and confused.' Dembe was just 11 when she was forced into marriage.
'My Aboriginality is my superpower.' Shahni Wellington is hosting the first all-Indigenous breakfast TV show.
"I'm suffering from friendship fade and I'm not trying to stop it."
'I matched with my ex on Tinder while we were getting divorced. It was the hottest sex ever.'
'I've lost control': I can’t stop pulling and plucking out my hair.
'I am not a pretty woman. And that's never felt like more of a crime than in 2020.'
Gemma's husband died suddenly on Saturday. She's 7 months pregnant with their second child.
I have been a victim of domestic violence, but I don't believe we should criminalise coercive control.
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