Van Badham
Van Badham is a theatre-maker and author of QAnon And On: A Short and Shocking History of Internet Conspiracy Cults. An occasional broadcaster, critic and trade union feminist, she writes columns for the Guardian and lives in Melbourne.
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With the death of Australia’s patron of ‘the unloved and unlovely’, who remains as the public face of cultural Catholicism?
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The ban by a local surf club echoes the energy of present censorship campaigns being run by agenda-ridden moralisers in Australia and the US
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It’s not a failure of collective willpower that’s jeopardising our health, but a diet of bad food that’s culturally familiar, low in nutrition and super available
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As the domain of human potential is staked by the powerful older, it’s not unreasonable to imagine beauty standards may one day shift too
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The New Zealand prime minister’s bold and resolute leadership neutralised hoary stereotypes that insisted female power is soft or weak
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From Colorado Springs to China, Ukraine to Afghanistan, Iran to Wieambilla, lessons in fearlessness and fortitude serve to inspire us all
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I’m ready to love the pumpkin, change out of my regular clothes and laugh at our inescapable mortality
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My mother epitomises cancer ward optimism – and it shines amid all the world’s ills
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I wouldn’t vote for her if I were on fire, but I’m in nauseated awe of what it must take for a woman to succeed among hard-right conservatives
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The Kardashian children, and others, are working in adult spaces for the family business, whether the parents admit it or not
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The story of Lynette Dawson’s murder is notable not merely because it is sensationally grisly and impossibly sad
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Sanna Marin is a symbol of feminist achievement that closet cultural-Putinists are fighting to contain
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The anti-vaxxers obstructing hospital entries in Melbourne are consuming the same misinformation and subsuming the same moral values as the Americans
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The national carrier was the only airline trusted by Dustin Hoffman’s Rain Man. But that was before it was privatised
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From their rekindled romance to their marriage, Bennifer have inspired an all-too-rare feeling of hope
Inflation, unemployment, interest rate hikes: is it any wonder Australia’s misery index is rising?