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FEBRUARY 2021
"I'm no insolent, misguided child." What's left unsaid in the 'estranged child' narrative.
'I had $8 in savings when I left my husband. But as a broke single mum, I finally felt secure.'
'To the man who used to jerk off in the window across from mine.'
"It was my dirty secret." While I was married, I fell in love with a man I met at work.
'My childhood friend died after we lost touch. It's a unique kind of grief.'
Most survivors of sexual assault never report it. Here, 4 share the complicated reasons why.
The 16 things I wish my husband's therapist would tell him.
'I was semi-estranged from my dad when he died. The guilt almost destroyed me.'
'My husband cheated on me. I know I drove him to it.'
'I found my forever person in a "paediatrician". Then I discovered his much younger girlfriend.'
'Gender conversion 'therapy' is a public health crisis. I know this because I lived it.'
'How COVID-19 changed my mind about welfare.'
'I knew I was a woman from the age of 7. I didn't start living as one until I was 46.'
A day in the life of a single person on Valentine's Day who's just petty as hell.
'My boyfriend of 2 years said he doesn't want to be with me forever. But we're not breaking up.'
'At 12 years old, my family shamed me for my anxiety. It affected me for years afterwards.'
Heart palpitations and vomiting: 3 women on the side of heartbreak we never talk about.
'I moved back in with my parents after 13 years out of home. Here's what I learned.'
"Beware of all the d***heads." 8 women on the reality of dating after divorce.
'After I left my abusive ex, he tormented me by text message for another 5 years.'
As Paula and Carlton fought for custody, DNA showed their baby girl belonged to neither of them.
'What did you do?' My friends don’t understand my estrangement from my daughter.
"Sentenced to indefinite solitary confinement." Becoming a mum made me a terrible friend.
"She blamed me for everything." What I learned after walking away from my toxic best friend.
"People are saying I'm 'not Australian enough' to be our Miss Universe."
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