Einstein called it “spooky action”
When I was born my mum thought my head was bleeding, the only child in the family born with hair the colour of blood,…
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reunion episode
a quarter-life crisis outstaying its welcome seeping like cask wine through a carpet i can’t write anything honest i’m always imagining someone reading and…
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Semi-Slav
I read the term ‘semi-Slav’ in a Julie Koh story, pinned it to my breast by tweeting it I thank the god my full-Slav…
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Mai’s Super Sweet 16: July
This column is an ongoing experimental diary series exploring the life of a fictional teen Vietnamese girl, Mai. 3 July 2005 Lately I’ve been thinking…
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Sochi is proud to host the Winter Olympics, 2014
I am only watching from a distance, Wellington is home. Here, I discover the problem with kissing: teeth. In St Petersburg, warming…
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Chickens
Keeping chickens makes me feel like a witch. It is old-fashioned and earthy to feed them every morning and collect their eggs. We have…
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Home Maintenance
Against the odds, Helena and Rudy buy a small 70s brick house in Sunshine West. They are happy about the dizzying array of ethnic…
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THE SNAKE PEOPLE’S HANDBOOK FOR VIRTUAL PET REARING
There’s a woman I follow on Instagram who paints characters from 90s Australian kids cartoons onto denim patches. She sells the patches to designers,…
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Mai’s Super Sweet 16: June
This column is the fifth entry in an ongoing experimental diary series exploring the life of a fictional teen Vietnamese girl, Mai. 2 June 2005 The…
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