The public has voted on the next Media Watch host,and you’re in for a shock

The public has voted on the next Media Watch host,and you’re in for a shock

With a couple of notable exceptions,the permanent hosting role usually goes to an older white man towards the twilight of his career. Not this time.

  • byAntoinette Lattouf

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In defence of Gina Rinehart,I hate my portrait too

In defence of Gina Rinehart,I hate my portrait too

The vanity in portraiture lies in the conceit of being selected in the first place,swiftly followed by dismay at the outcome.

  • byAntoinette Lattouf
I’m addicted to Christmas movies,even the turkeys
Opinion
Christmas

I’m addicted to Christmas movies,even the turkeys

The more contrived and overly sentimental the Christmas movie,the better.

  • byAntoinette Lattouf
Why the pluck are people shaving their eyebrows?
Opinion
Trends

Why the pluck are people shaving their eyebrows?

This should raise eyebrows:too many of us are obsessed with erasing them.

  • byAntoinette Lattouf
Certain noises enrage me,but I was relieved to hear it’s a thing
Opinion
Health

Certain noises enrage me,but I was relieved to hear it’s a thing

When I covered my ears at a dinner party earlier this year,I had to face some hard truths.

  • byAntoinette Lattouf
‘Dehumanising’:Models announce boycott amid fashion industry racism claims
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Fashion Week

‘Dehumanising’:Models announce boycott amid fashion industry racism claims

A collective of black models will boycott Melbourne Fashion Week this year,citing multiple experiences of racism across the industry.

  • byAntoinette Lattouf andOsman Faruqi
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Midlife Millennials know all about crisis – it started at birth
Opinion
Ageing

Midlife Millennials know all about crisis – it started at birth

The first of the Millennials are suddenly 40-something,but we’re different from our predecessors. We’ll be doing this ageing thing our way.

  • byAntoinette Lattouf
Don’t mention the (culture) war. Even I’m shutting up

Don’t mention the (culture) war. Even I’m shutting up

Listening to intolerance and fear rather than challenging it is easier said than done. But I’m trying.

  • byAntoinette Lattouf
Barbie-mania is turning some feminists pink - and I’ll be watching it with my daughters

Barbie-mania is turning some feminists pink - and I’ll be watching it with my daughters

I consider myself a feminist,yet I’m rooting for the blonde bimbo girl. How could this be?

  • byAntoinette Lattouf
You have to hand it to Boomers,they’ve won the economic generation game

You have to hand it to Boomers,they’ve won the economic generation game

To expect their less-well-off descendants to fund their continued privilege is,well,a bit rich.

  • byAntoinette Lattouf
We should be losing the plot over this grave real estate crisis
Opinion
Death

We should be losing the plot over this grave real estate crisis

Forget owning a property;the new Australian dream is finding somewhere to be buried.

  • byAntoinette Lattouf