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The Intern and Rethinking Intimate Friendships

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

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Paternalism is a loaded, buttock-clenching, devil of a notion. For feminists, it’s up there with all the worst of the P-words. Like panties and pussy and phlegm.

Paternalism was certainly the word on my mind when I saw the trailer for The Intern a month ago, and it’s evidently also the one Rebecca Beirne was thinking about when she saw...

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Turnbull tests the water on same-sex marriage

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageMalcolm Turnbull risks provoking the conservatives within his party on the issue of same-sex marriage.AAP/Mick Tsikas

It was another good day at the office for the Turnbull government. Finally, Labor came on board with the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement. And a package of changes for savings from Family Tax Benefits, replacing the disastrous...

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  3. Serial commenting, serial killing: some notes on Web 2.0 and Kevin Williamson’s The Following
  4. Japan's whaling gambit shows it's time to strengthen the rule of science in law
  5. Medications pregnant women should take, avoid, and think about
  6. The Conversation heads to the Paris climate talks
  7. The security benefits of warrantless surveillance are as clear as mud
  8. Hockey calls for swingeing economic reform in farewell speech
  9. Spotless leopards? Decoding hype on e-cigarettes
  10. PM's Prize for Science for revealing nature's solar power
  11. Wealth bubble: PM's Prize for Innovation goes to Aussie invention worth billions
  12. Spoiler alert: old-man-power trumps a successful young woman in The Intern
  13. The 'fatal five' causes of road trauma: who’s in control?
  14. Why Labor should come to the party on the competition review
  15. Why are Australian livestock still turning up in places where they are treated cruelly?
  16. Children in care are falling behind in literacy and numeracy – but the problem is far bigger than that
  17. Imported factoids should have no place in Australia's gun control debates
  18. Banning under twos from screens has little basis in evidence
  19. Hop aboard Patti Smith's M Train – a memoir on the right side of the tracks
  20. As Treasurer, Hockey proved to be an ordinary Joe
  21. It's Back to the Future Day today – so what are the next future predictions?
  22. The Turnbull government gets practiced at pivots
  23. Liberals storm to surprise majority in Canadian election
  24. Avoiding Medusa's gaze: what sharks can tell us about a rare human disease
  25. Two plus two equals 1984: is this Orwell's nightmare or a smug satire for the inner party?
  26. River flows drop as carbon dioxide creates thirstier plants
  27. Super members the winner in sensible financial inquiry response
  28. MH17 ‘justice’ takes several forms, none simple
  29. Want good conservation? Treat animals like trees, and 'plant' them in new areas
  30. Explainer: what causes necrotising fasciitis, the flesh-eating bug?
  31. Government to act against businesses exploiting credit card charges
  32. Careers education must be for all, not just those going to university
  33. To make people buy into fighting corruption, we first need to know how to sell it
  34. If we want to promote innovation we need to focus on businesses
  35. 15 things you should know about Australia's love affair with pokies
  36. Anxious conservative or easygoing rebel? Busting the birth-order myths
  37. Do you want trees with that? How to stop consumer products destroying the rainforests
  38. Rising mortgage rates - is it time to refinance your home loan?
  39. Young and free? Why I declined to sing the national anthem at the 2015 AFL Grand Final
  40. ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, September 2015
  41. Pre-Christmas byelection for Joe Hockey's seat of North Sydney
  42. A counsellor should be sent to Nauru to help 'Abyan'
  43. Your questions answered on the medicinal marijuana
  44. When Uber is legal the taxi industry will have nowhere to hide
  45. We created a new material from orange peel that can clean up mercury pollution
  46. If I be left behind: Toni Morrison's Desdemona reminds us too many voices remain unheard
  47. Don’t get rid of corporate ethics – go deeper
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