Doula by choice
Traditionally offering non-medical support to women during pregnancy, doulas are now providing care during abortions
In light of recent events
To combat COVID-19, a Japanese amusement park asked thrillseekers to “please scream inside your heart” — npr.org, July 2020
Oslo Davis is a widely published illustrator and artist. Raised Eyebrows, his yearly newspaper of drawings, is out now.
Storm in a port: The unfolding disaster of the Ruby Princess
The system breakdowns onboard and onshore that led to the docking of the coronavirus cruise ship
The art of class war
How decades after Murdoch and Packer destroyed the popular appeal of a game created for the masses, Peter V’landys is putting rugby league back on top
Julian of Norwich
Might challenges to neoliberal orthodoxies emerge from the pandemic, as challenges to Christian faith did after the Black Death?
Fallow the leader
Is the electorate willing to give Scott Morrison time to do better?
Serenity
Give us not serenity but a sense of urgency in the face of catastrophic climate change
Bitter pill: ‘Collective’
This staggering documentary exposes institutionalised corruption in Romanian hospitals
All things considered: Emily Maguire’s ‘Love Objects’
The Australian writer’s latest novel portrays hoarding with an acute understanding of the deeply human desire to connect