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Strippers on film: battlers, showgirls and hustlers

  • Written by: Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
Strippers on film: battlers, showgirls and hustlersWatch and learn. Is Hustlers just another Hollywood stripshow? IMDB

In her landmark 1975 essay, Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema, Laura Mulvey argues classical Hollywood style is built upon the fetishisation of the female body.

Female characters are frequently photographed in wide, full body shots, constructed to please an imaginary male...

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Opioid dependence treatment saves lives. So why don't more people use it?

  • Written by: Suzanne Nielsen, Associate Professor and Deputy Director, Monash Addiction Research Centre, Monash University
Opioid dependence treatment saves lives. So why don't more people use it?To reduce opioid-related harms, we must ensure treatments for opioid dependence are accessible to those who need them. From shutterstock.com

In Australia last year, 1,123 people died from opioids – illicit drugs such as heroin, and pain relievers such as codeine, oxycodone and morphine. If used regularly, physical and psychological dependence...

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the secrets of the Kerguelen Plateau

  • Written by: James Dell, Post Doctoral Fellow, University of Tasmania
the secrets of the Kerguelen PlateauEvening light on a Heard Island icescape. The island is part of the Kerguelen Plateau, which is being jointly studied by France and Australia.Matt Curnock

Stretching towards Antarctica lies a hidden natural oasis - a massive underwater plateau created when continents split more than 100 million years ago.

Straddling the Indian and Southern Oceans,...

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'I cheated on a school exam and I feel terrible. How can I get past this?'

  • Written by: Lydia Woodyatt, Senior Lecturer, College of Education, Psychology and Social Work, Flinders University
'I cheated on a school exam and I feel terrible. How can I get past this?'We often spend a lot of time beating ourselves up over something that seems worse in our heads than in reality.from shutterstock.com

With so many external pressures, I yielded to cheating on an exam. I feel absolutely terrible as it is not what I stand for at all, a lot of people seem to hate me and I totally respect their opinion as what I did was...

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  1. How we feel about our cars means the road to a driverless future may not be smooth
  2. Twitter is banning political ads – but the real battle for democracy is with Facebook and Google
  3. Nearly all your devices run on lithium batteries. Here's a Nobel Prizewinner on his part in their invention – and their future
  4. Government to announce more home care packages for aged before Christmas
  5. Involving kids in making schools sustainable spreads the message beyond the classroom
  6. The aged care royal commission's 3 areas of immediate action are worthy, but won't fix a broken system
  7. Australia's hidden opportunity to cut carbon emissions, and make money in the process
  8. Michelle Grattan on the aged care royal commission report
  9. Are the Wallabies' struggles a sign of rugby union's decline in Australia?
  10. There's mounting evidence against cashless debit cards, but the government is ploughing on regardless
  11. Friday essay: thinking like a planet
  12. What time of day should I take my medicine?
  13. As the prime minister heads to ASEAN, trade, Vietnam and China will be high on the agenda
  14. Mosque clean-up shows Hong Kong is a city that stands up for everyone's rights
  15. Dingoes found in New South Wales, but we're killing them as 'wild dogs'
  16. Would you notice if your calculator was lying to you? The research says probably not
  17. Ken Wyatt juggles identity and politics
  18. Boris Johnson sends UK voters to the polls, hoping for the 'right' kind of Brexit. But it just might backfire
  19. 3 in 4 people with a mental illness develop symptoms before age 25. We need a stronger focus on prevention
  20. Robots can outwit us on the virtual battlefield, so let's not put them in charge of the real thing
  21. The science of drought is complex but the message on climate change is clear
  22. In Japan, supernatural beliefs connect the spiritual realm with the earthly objects around us
  23. are military dogs war heroes or just tools? It's time the law protected our furry troops
  24. how new tourism opportunities can empower the traditional owners of Uluru
  25. Don't just blame YouTube’s algorithms for ‘radicalisation’. Humans also play a part
  26. how the ghosts we believe in reflect our changing fears
  27. Hell, no! Halloween is not 'satanic' – it's an important way to think about death
  28. Behind those headlines. Why not to rely on claims robots threaten half our jobs
  29. Planning a baby? A fertility app won't necessarily tell you the best time to try
  30. Choosing a school for your kid? Here's how other Australian parents do it
  31. We made a database to help boost fire safety in our buildings
  32. Ken Wyatt's proposed 'voice to government' marks another failure to hear Indigenous voices
  33. Why water quality should have been an issue when NZ government joined with farm sector to curb emissions
  34. Michelle Grattan and Amanda Dunn in Melbourne: get your tickets today
  35. The lowdown on Lina Wertmüller
  36. Labor's reset on climate and jobs is a political mirage
  37. Sydney lockout laws review highlights vital role of transparent data analysis
  38. static growth, but more original productions
  39. Having a baby at a birth centre is as safe as hospital but results in less intervention
  40. Some animals pause their own pregnancies, but how they do it is still a mystery
  41. Proposed indigenous 'voice' will be to government rather than to parliament
  42. here are 7 ways our nature laws must be fixed
  43. As the 9-to-5 work day disappears, our lives are growing more out of sync
  44. 5 charts on what a Newstart recipient really looks like
  45. letting kids explore real-world scenarios will keep them in maths class
  46. Ross Gittins on the government's 'surplus obsession'
  47. The ACCC is suing Google over tracking users. Here's why it matters
  48. Does eating dairy foods increase your risk of prostate cancer?
  49. Labor looks to boost protections for workers in insecure jobs: Albanese
  50. Why a sense of kinship is key to caring about the living world

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