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Published March 3, 2021 To sign up for our daily newsletter filled with the latest news, goss and other stuff you should care about, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or, bookmark the PEDESTRIAN.TV homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix. CONTENT WARNING: This article discusses rape and suicide. Australia watched in shock as Attorney-General Christian Porter reveled himself to be the person accused of raping a 16-year-old girl in 1988, allegations which he wholly denies. The alleged rape was first reported to police in February, 2020, before the woman took her own life in June of that year. The government was formally made aware of the allegations last week, but it wasn’t until Wednesday that Porter publicly admitted that he was the alleged perpetrator. ....
Published February 15, 2021 To sign up for our daily newsletter filled with the latest news, goss and other stuff you should care about, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or, bookmark the PEDESTRIAN.TV homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix. It’s here, it’s finally gonna happen – the Pfizer vaccine has landed in Australia ahead of the rollout starting on January 22. As footage and images flood the news of these unassuming boxes being handled as delicately as airport ground staff can (read: not chucked around like a footy) something about the whole surreal event has caused everyone’s brains to go all weird and react accordingly: with vaccine memes. ....
ABC Everyday Making a flippant thought public or a joke about how horrible it would be to get fat perpetuates the feedback loop that makes sure all of us are kept feeling bad about ourselves, Bec Shaw writes. ( Share Print text only Hi Fat, I m Dad. You might recognise this as a classic joke structure. And you might also notice it is a joke involving someone who is fat. But different to a lot of fat jokes you may have seen recently, it isn t aimed at making fat people feel bad. It simply contains the fact that I, the subject of the joke, am fat. And it is a fact! I m fat. Lots of people are fat. Someone you love is probably fat. ....
ABC Everyday Body shame has very real consequences on physical and mental health. ( Print text only Love the skin you re in. Embrace your curves. Stop comparing yourself. While these are all great messages, feeling confident about your body takes more than reading an inspirational quote on Instagram. Body confidence is not just a women s issue . People of colour, people with a disability and the LGBTIQA+ community experience additional pressures too. The list of things an unhealthy body image can impact in your life is long from sexual confidence and pleasure, to mental health and celebrating gay pride. Whatever your gender, sexuality, colour, size or shape, there are ways to improve the way you see your body, to learn to appreciate what it does, and enjoy it more. And there is plenty of evidence that this will improve your physical and mental health too. ....
Move over COVIDSafe, we have the Contact Tracys now. We missed you too. Sign up to our newsletter, and follow us on Instagram and Twitter, so you always know where to find us. While Australia’s handling of COVID-19 has been pretty good compared to the rest of the world ( cough the US cough ), our contact tracing has left a lot to be desired. In particular, Victoria’s contact tracing system was overwhelmed when the major second wave hit, which sent Melbourne citizens into lockdown for weeks on end. But lucky for us, a sketch from The Chaser’s War on 2020 livestream has imagined what tracking systems would’ve been like if we enlisted the experts in all things social media stalking: Gen-Z. ....