Health

How Binge Eaters Cope With Christmas Excess

How Binge Eaters Cope With Christmas Excess

Warning: This article contains descriptions of an eating disorder, which some readers might find upsetting “I eat until I’m so full it hurts,” I told my therapist who, as therapists are meant to do, nodded understandingly. “I lie in bed with my eyes closed until it stops hurting, then as […]

A Week In Dallas, TX, On A $665,000 Joint Income

A Week In Dallas, TX, On A $665,000 Joint Income

Welcome to Money Diaries where we are tackling the ever-present taboo that is money. We’re asking real people how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period — and we’re tracking every last penny. Today: an engineering manager who has a joint income of $665,000 per year and spends […]

Pregnancy x2? All The Wildest Predictions For Season 4 Of Succession

Pregnancy x2? All The Wildest Predictions For Season 4 Of Succession

If, earlier this week, you found the very foundations of your existence shaken via the explosive season 3 finale of Succession, chances are you have a lot of questions. In a huge twist, amid Caroline’s grand Tuscan nuptials, Logan delivered a crushing decision to sell Waystar Royco to Swedish tech […]

Venus Retrograde Is Here, & It’s Asking Us To Face The Chaotic Mess Of 2021

Venus Retrograde Is Here, & It’s Asking Us To Face The Chaotic Mess Of 2021

Starting on December 19 and lasting until January 29, Venus will station retrograde in the practical and ambitious sign of Capricorn. The last time Venus went retrograde, the world looked a little different. It was May of 2020 and we were in the thick of the COVID-19 pandemic, trying to […]

‘Fashion Means Nothing, Style Means Everything’: Tash Sultana Enters The Unisex Fashion World

Melbourne-based musician Tash Sultana has accolades in every colour: the ARIA award winner has staged a world tour, amassed over a million Instagram followers and hit 126 million views on their bedroom recording of ‘Jungle’.  But what is quintessential to their identity is live performance. “My fucking pinnacle of existence […]

TikTok’s Lip Lift Trick Plumped My Lips (Without A Needle In Sight)

Welcome to Beauty In A Tik, where each week we put TikTok’s viral beauty hacks and innovative trends to the test. TikTok’s makeup hacks range from game-changing (it turns out freezing your Beauty Blender is actually legit) to the downright ridiculous (like drawing a pair of glasses on your face […]

How To Have A Conversation About Not Wanting Children

How To Have A Conversation About Not Wanting Children

The magnitude of bringing a person into this world cannot be overstated. Sure, some might argue that it’s our biological purpose to procreate, but we live in a time that when we have choices — not to mention overpopulation. Raising children is one of the most difficult things in life, […]

Please Stop Asking Me Why I’m Not Having Children

The playground was overflowing with young families taking photos. It was chaos — a joyous kind of chaos — but I wasn’t ready for it. “Babe,” I said, turning to my girlfriend as I watched a little boy chucking something at another. “I’m so glad we’re never having kids.” She […]

#CorporateTikTok Is The Place For Bored Office Workers

For corporate workers, the frustrations of the remote office are well known, from hours of meetings that could easily have been an email to that one colleague who always has their camera switched off. Now, dozens of workers are venting their frustrations online – and gaining plenty of followers in […]

Money Diary: A 28-Year-Old Freelance Voice Coach On 27.5k

Money Diary: A 28-Year-Old Freelance Voice Coach On 27.5k

Welcome to Money Diaries, where we’re tackling what might be the last taboo facing modern working women: money. We’re asking a cross-section of women how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period – and we’re tracking every last penny. This week: “I’m a 28-year-old freelance voice and accent coach, mostly […]