The 68-year-old neuroscientist,electrical engineer and entrepreneur discusses why he is striving for an “electric planet”,being comfortable with no afterlife,and how he feels about his ageing body.
Unfair treatment due to body size or appearance was the most common,followed by race and sex-based discrimination.
The New York City-based Australian cook discusses being vegetarian,why losing her father as a teen made her grow up instantly,and how her sexual awakening was due to a gay man.
While the government has clamped down on free expression in recent years,the young have rejected some conservative norms of the past,even if only in how they wear their hair.
The publisher-at-large for Hachette discusses the impact of the sexual revolution on her life,growing up in a Jewish household,and how she is finding her 60s.
Anti-wrinkle injections,dermal fillers,laser treatments – and that’s just for starters. When did looking good become so complicated?
The LA-based Australian actor discusses changing stereotypes around Asian males in film,coping with grief,and the inappropriate fan mail he receives.
The UK-based Australian actor discusses why she feels alienated from religion,her stubborn streak,and Australia’s lack of employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
Body anxiety. Friendship break-ups. Social media obsessions. Tears,so many tears. For today’s Australian girls,tweens are growing up faster than ever. Welcome to the life of the “ten-ager”.
When Ryu Han-na,a 20-year-old university student,got cosmetic surgery on her nose in mid-December,she had a simple reason:it might be the last chance to do so covertly before people start taking off masks this year as vaccines are distributed.
Here,we revisit some of our favourite Dicey Topics interviews from 2020,where Benjamin Law asks public figures to discuss the subjects we're told to keep private.