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JULY 2018

'I am a functioning alcoholic and I’m not alone. This is what alcoholism looks like for Australian women.'
A woman has used her obituary to speak out about fat-shaming.
Sarah fell and injured herself on the side of a mountain. Then her date abandoned her.
Tom Meagher's devastating tribute to Jill on what would have been their 10th wedding anniversary.
Sarah thought she had the flu. Within 12 hours doctors were telling her family to say goodbye.
“People of the land, they don’t like to ask for help, but they need it the most right now."
Wren and Ayla's story: When your wife is trans.
My scars are a constant reminder of what happened to me. But they're also why I'm speaking out.
How Instagram just became unnecessarily cruel.
"I often embarrass people when I talk about my condition. That needs to change."
Caitlin Moran first learned about sex from books. Unfortunately, most of them got it wrong.
The chilling story behind the invention of the first baby monitor.
"I went to the doctor for a general check-up. What I found out changed my life."
A dad writes to his former self: “You had it all and you didn’t even realise it.”
'I was 15 years old when I first felt the lump in my back.'

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