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Bluey tackles subject of infertility better than most

Trust Australia’s collective cartoon obsession, Bluey, to tackle the subject of infertility and somehow do it better in seven minutes than the average adult drama.

Kate Emery

Kate Emery

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Would a four-day week on a five-day salary ever work?

Kate Emery wonders if a four-day work week could actually be the solution to a variety of problems plaguing working Aussies.

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Kate Emery

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Has Google created a sentient AI chatbot?

Would you know if this column was written by an artificial intelligence? Maybe. I’d like to think the good grammar and bad jokes would be a dead giveaway.

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Kate Emery

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Backhanded sexism in sport deters girls from taking part

As Rafael Nadal brought the French Open home with a straight-sets win over Casper Ruud, I know we were all thinking the same thing: what is this guy’s skincare regimen?

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Why my kids won’t be going to private school like I did

There is something bleak about a two-tier education system that fuels class stratification, rewards children for having wealthy parents and encourages the rich to silo their kids.

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Kate Emery

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Why I won’t be taking my mask off anytime soon

Isn’t it great that we can see each other’s faces again, a friend greeted me shortly after WA’s mask mandate was lifted. It’s lovely, I agreed, and I think she heard me although my voice was muffled by my mask.

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Trans kids are absolutely at risk — just not from surgery

Vulnerable transgender kids should not be a political football to be picked up every time the polls suggest the Government is about as popular as a coughing fit in a lift.

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Why abortion and motherhood are intertwined

Counterintuitive as it may sound, motherhood and the right to a safe and legal abortion are intertwined.

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Kate Emery

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Is it ever OK to stare at somebody?

For a show about nothing, 90s sitcom Seinfeld taught us a lot about some things.

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Kate Emery

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School holidays just don’t add up for working parents

Baby books are great at preparing you for some bits of being a parent. Except for this one tiny, actually very large pain in the bum.

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Kate Emery

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Let’s face it, Musk can’t make Twitter any worse

Fears that Musk’s Twitter takeover will lead to more bigotry on the platform ignore the reality that it’s already there.

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Why you shouldn’t be a c*ck, or draw one on election day

If you think drawing male genitalia on your ballot paper on May 21 represents any kind of a protest vote you’re wrong.

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From Perth to New York: COVID has left cities at crossroads

Perth is not New York. I know what you’re thinking: this kind of eye for detail is what has earned me the title of journalist. Bear with me.

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Awarding a Grammy to a ‘sex pest’ is beyond a joke

An awards body that chooses to recognise a man who gets off masturbating in front of women, over a bunch of other people who also made really funny comedy albums, is sending a message, writes Kate Emery.

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Conspiracy tin-foilers rewrite history again

Like the moon landing, Princess Diana’s death and, well, take your pick, this apparently spontaneous and unhinged assault was actually a well-planned chess move worthy of Garry Kasparov himself.

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Has jilted Frydo done enough with Budget to woo voters?

The pre-election Budget, with all the crowd-pleasing sweeteners that implies, had the hallmarks of a love letter from a dumped paramour pleading to be taken back.

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Our kids don’t just have problems, they have solutions too

Is it the best or the worst time in history to be a young person right now? Let’s consider the evidence.

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Kate Emery

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What does Hollywood’s silence over Will Smith’s slap say?

The slap will be a source of social media memes, fuel for talk show hosts and — you read it here first — the subject of a joke at next year’s Oscar’s ceremony - possibly delivered by Will Smith himself.

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Kate Emery

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Why this woke joke is no laughing matter

‘Woke’ has come to be pejorative shorthand for perceived virtue-signalling associated with hard-left politics. It’s become weaponised, mostly by those aligned with right-wing politics, as a kind of dog whistle.

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Embracing the joy of solo dining out

A door-stopper wedge of cake eaten straight from the fridge, the glow of the interior light like a flickering candle stuck in a Chianti bottle.

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Kate Emery

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How you spend your free time is nobody’s business but yours

If just one-fifth of our days, on average, are for us alone, we’d better enjoy them. How you spend that time should be nobody’s business but your own. Unless you spend it serial killing, writes Kate Emery.

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We should be red-faced over society’s view of female bodies

What does a giant fluffy panda, one-part cute, one-part terrifying, have to do with the sometimes messed-up way young women feel about their bodies?

Kate Emery

Kate Emery

See the rules CommentsPremiumAre two fights a month the secret to a healthy marriage?

How much fighting is healthy for a long-term relationship and when does it start to become a problem?

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Time to come clean on my role in COVID-19 conspiracy

I was skeptical when first approached to be part of the mainstream media COVID-19 conspiracy but, I’ve got to say, the spoils have been top notch.

Kate Emery

Kate Emery