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Poor form: We’re doling out the abuse to the wrong people

Poor form: We’re doling out the abuse to the wrong people

by Rick Boland | Feb 23, 2021 | Featured, My take on.., Residents

The “dole bludger” has been our go-to problem for years, both in the comment and ballot box. The problem is that they’re actually not the problem.

Dylan Thomas: The superior poet forever remembered as a drunk

Dylan Thomas: The superior poet forever remembered as a drunk

by Loretta Barnard | Feb 20, 2021 | Featured, My take on.., Residents

Sometimes, the mud sticks. Welsh poet Dylan Thomas will be forever known as a man who expired with a bottle in hand, but his final act belies his genius.

#MeToo: Men, this is what we want you to do

#MeToo: Men, this is what we want you to do

by Eve Connell | Feb 16, 2021 | Featured, Gender, My take on.., Residents

The #MeToo movement has given women a voice, revealing the prevalence of sexual harassment, assault, and predation in our society and exposing its scope, and I’m no different. But, what next?

Beheadings, mash notes and enforced singledom: The disputed history of St Valentine and his day

Beheadings, mash notes and enforced singledom: The disputed history of St Valentine and his day

by Loretta Barnard | Feb 14, 2021 | Featured, My take on.., Residents

Before we all get drunk on woo, it’s best we honour St Valentine. Problem is, according to history, there are three claimants. 

Want lasting love? Learn to embrace the re-runs

Want lasting love? Learn to embrace the re-runs

by TBS Learns To Love | Feb 8, 2021 | Featured, Lifestyle, Loves and Lives, My take on.., Residents

Love is a fine thing, but gets old quick. The only true solution to making it last is doing things you absolutely hate.

The swastika in a Moorabbin fruit shop proves we’ve normalised the Nazis

The swastika in a Moorabbin fruit shop proves we’ve normalised the Nazis

by Jordan King Lacroix | Feb 8, 2021 | Equality, Featured, My take on.., Residents

The appearance of a swastika in a Melbourne fruit shop is fitting, as the soft-validation of the Nazis has been vogue since the turn of the millennium. 

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