Ageing
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Taking the blood of your 17-year-old son? Anti-ageing has gone too far
If you’re swapping blood with your teen son, snorting stem cells and counting the erections you have every night, your obsession with youth needs checking.
- by Sarah Berry
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Sunday Life
The May 28 Edition
In our cover story this week, 52-year-old model Luisa Dunn talks about why she took to social media to document her hair transitioning to grey.
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Sunday Life
A sisterhood of sisters? There’s nothing more powerful
If you’re not lucky enough to have sisters, don’t forget that you do have the Sisterhood – close, loving, loyal girlfriends are also one of life’s great joys.
- by Kathy Lette
‘I was confronted with 1000 messages from people telling me how old I looked’
When Luisa Dunn began to document her hair’s transition to grey, she had no idea the profound impact it would have on herself and half a million others.
- by Lorna Gray
‘Get over it – or die’: Author Jeanette Winterson on her generation’s problem
The English writer discusses body-shaming, transphobia and what makes a bad literary sex scene.
- by Benjamin Law
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Trends
I’m 36 and on the cusp: cosmetic injectables or age disgracefully?
At 81, Martha Stewart looks amazing in a swimsuit, but shouldn’t ageing be about not giving a damn what people think?
- by Cherie Gilmour
How ‘perfect’ do we have to be to age well?
Some genetic outliers can live past 100 with unhealthy diets, but the rest of us don’t have that luxury. So how can we live longer?
- by Sarah Berry
AustralianSuper to refund $70 million after overcharging 100,000 people
AustralianSuper will pay about $70 million in refunds to around 100,000 people after finding members with multiple accounts had been overcharged.
- by Clancy Yeates
Opinion
Motherhood
Mothers and daughters always share both tenderness and tension
I’m reaching that juncture where a woman starts to think of herself as the sum of all the compromises she’s made. Most days I seethe with a rage I can barely articulate.
- by Julie Szego
Joe Biden is owning his age like a boss
The US president says he was a senator for 270 years and “Jimmy” Madison was a pal. Why is he so eager to poke fun at himself?
- by Seung Min Kim
Can we all be as ‘healthy and vigorous’ at 80 as Joe Biden?
With a marathon campaign ahead of him, and a job that would exhaust people half his age, how does he do it?
- by Sarah Berry