When it’s late, when I’m bored or feeling insecure or nosy or destructive, I follow the pad of my thumb to one place I have no good reason to go: Megan’s Instagram. It’s an endless grid of Frenchie puppies, wine bars in the inner north, trips to Whistler, 30th birthday parties, hollow cheekbones, and daily […]
[ad_1] My father, John Dunn, was born in 1975, which was two years after the White Australia Policy ended. He was followed by my aunts, Winnie and Margaret. In the early ’80s, my grandmother became one of the few Tongan women to not only marry a White man but to divorce one as well. The […]
[ad_1] One reason friendship is so vital for health is rather straightforward. Friends, Kim says, are “checking up on people and encouraging people to exercise or eat healthy”. They can also, he says, provide important information, such as “where can I get a flu shot?” Studies have found that people who are socially isolated produce […]