When I wrote about cyberhate in my book Troll Hunting (2019), I wanted people to understand two important points. First, that trolls are rarely those stereotypical lonely guys, spitting out vitriol...
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Terrible sleep and bad sex? It’s the menopause.
More than 2.5 million Australians are approaching perimenopause or in menopause. But so many women in their 40s and 50s suffer symptoms FOR YEARS without realising these are related. Beloved author...
Endometriosis isn’t funny. Libby doesn’t agree.
Let’s start at the start. What is endometriosis? Who does it impact? Endometriosis is a painful, chronic, incurable illness that affects one in nine people who menstruate. Gynaecologist and author...
‘Optimistic we will pull ourselves back from the brink’
In her book new book, Man-Made, Walkley Award-winning journalist Tracey Spicer asks the hard quesitons about how AI will change our lives. What’s the point in agitating to change the present, if...
The ‘manosphere’: understanding Andrew Tate’s appeal
Mega-influencer Andrew Tate is once again back in the news as he battles charges of organised crime and human trafficking in Romania. Tate gained infamy last year after being banned on most major...
COVID: how anti-vaccine influencers exploit mothers
Opposition to vaccination has existed for as long as vaccination itself. Ever since widespread smallpox vaccination began in the early 1800s, there have been cycles of questioning the safety and...