It paved the way to sexual freedom, equality and pre-marital sex, but it also unleashed a host of side effects that have become progressively less common over the years. Yes, I’m referring to the Pill. This form of contraception is produced with synthetic estrogen and progesterone deceiving the female body into believing that it’s pregnant…
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Recently a group of friends and I went to Melbourne Central’s Asian Beer Cafe. After a few drinks I made my way to the bathroom as one tends to do after consuming a few ciders. What I found made me pause. On the urinal there were three manga girls. And they weren’t wearing much in…
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I don’t like change. When I arrived in Sydney from Singapore, we moved into a brown brick house in Lakemba. I was twelve years old. I stayed in that house for almost fifteen years, excluding my two year exodus to the deserts of Arabia. That’s another story altogether. You can imagine my trepidation early this…
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I currently reside in a room which is predominantly made up of my bed. The rest of the space is taken up with a desk, a bookshelf, and a window which overlooks an alley where people love to a) pee, or b) have drunken D and Ms, thinking that no one can hear them. My…
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When US Senator Todd Akin was asked about abortion in cases of rape, he said, ‘From what I understand from doctors, that’s really rare. If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let’s assume that maybe that didn’t work or something. I think there…
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Shortly after being rushed off stage in the middle of her victory speech, Pauline Marois, premier-elect of the French province of Quebec, Canada took to the podium, and said: ‘This is an example of a woman head of state. Voila.’ She then calmly told everyone to evacuate the building. On 3 September, Marois and the…
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Name: Gemma Watson Age: 20 Occupation: Writer, student, retail/shop assistant, bookworm. How would you describe yourself and your life? I grew up in the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne on a steady diet of politics, comedy and literature. Casual work, full-time study, and coffee are my daytime pursuits while at night I am furiously honing my…
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A boy’s face contorts itself into a twist of anger. The left strap of his dungarees slips down over his shoulder. The dappled afternoon light skims across the path behind him. He clenches a toy grenade in his fist. A couple clutch each other on the streets. It looks cold out and they wear the…
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Michelle Bridges’ exercise and diet plan. Ashy Bines’ Bikini Body Challenge. Clean Eating. Healthy Living Tips. You may have noticed a recent proliferation of these kind of pages on social media of late. Some seem to be more legitimate than others (Ashy Bines has been accused both of ripping off those who paid for her…
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Adelaide women protect themselves from sexual predators A spate of sexual attacks and attempted abductions have happened recently in Adelaide. In response, self-defence classes for women have expanded and more women are walking together to avoid attacks. The city has also extended their CCTV network and police have released images of the attackers. People care…
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Recently there has been a push in the US to highlight the “fact” that organic food is ‘no better for you than conventional food‘. According to Stanford University’s recent study – highly publicised by the media – there’s ‘little evidence of health benefits from organic foods‘. Hmm. In response to these findings, Liz Oates (RMIT…
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Abdication is an imagined experience of the tumultuous thirties. Through the eyes of an overweight spinster Evangeline Nettlefold and young chauffeuse May Thomas, the novel is written from an outsider’s perspective assessing the social climate in England. May grew up an independent and beautiful daughter of Scottish immigrants living in Barbados. The beginning of the…
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Hey there Voiceworks, I hope you slept well and aren’t feeling too seedy this morning! I don’t know about you, but I had a super-duper time last night. The beats, your sexy words, the buzz of a room of hot young things, and the thrill of finding out you agree that it’s okay to…
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Standing in an eighteenth century period costume complete with hoops, looking like The Joker with tears streaming down my face at 4am on Adelaide’s Rundle Street, I wondered how it had come to this. Until that moment, I thought that I was pretty good at gauging situations and had the smarts to keep out of…
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