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Too successful. Too sexual. Too talented. Of course split was Nicole’s fault

Too successful. Too sexual. Too talented. Of course split was Nicole’s fault

It didn’t take long for sexist tropes to be trotted out to “explain” why this glamour couple called it quits.

04.10.2025 10

WA Today

Julia Baird

Too successful. Too sexual. Too talented. Of course split was Nicole’s fault

Too successful. Too sexual. Too talented. Of course split was Nicole’s fault

It didn’t take long for sexist tropes to be trotted out to “explain” why this glamour couple called it quits.

04.10.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Julia Baird

Too successful. Too sexual. Too talented. Of course split was Nicole’s fault

Too successful. Too sexual. Too talented. Of course split was Nicole’s fault

It didn’t take long for sexist tropes to be trotted out to “explain” why this glamour couple called it quits.

04.10.2025 10

The Age

Julia Baird

Too successful. Too sexual. Too talented. Of course split was Nicole’s fault

Too successful. Too sexual. Too talented. Of course split was Nicole’s fault

It didn’t take long for sexist tropes to be trotted out to “explain” why this glamour couple called it quits.

04.10.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Julia Baird

What are the tiny things in life that I love? I’ve made a list

I love birds, dancing bees, disco balls … and old men who blow their noses the way a novice blows a tuba.

20.09.2025 20

WA Today

Julia Baird

What are the tiny things in life that I love? I’ve made a list

I love birds, dancing bees, disco balls … and old men who blow their noses the way a novice blows a tuba.

20.09.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Julia Baird

What are the tiny things in life that I love? I’ve made a list

I love birds, dancing bees, disco balls … and old men who blow their noses the way a novice blows a tuba.

20.09.2025 20

The Age

Julia Baird

What are the tiny things in life that I love? I’ve made a list

I love birds, dancing bees, disco balls … and old men who blow their noses the way a novice blows a tuba.

20.09.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Julia Baird

Dark woke: Have Democrats finally found a way to torment Trump?

Governor of California Gavin Newsom seems to be getting under the US president’s thin skin. It’s not pretty, but it’s pretty effective.

06.09.2025 6

WA Today

Julia Baird

Dark woke: Have Democrats finally found a way to torment Trump?

Governor of California Gavin Newsom seems to be getting under the US president’s thin skin. It’s not pretty, but it’s pretty effective.

06.09.2025 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Julia Baird

Dark woke: Have Democrats finally found a way to torment Trump?

Governor of California Gavin Newsom seems to be getting under the US president’s thin skin. It’s not pretty, but it’s pretty effective.

06.09.2025 7

The Age

Julia Baird

Dark woke: Have Democrats finally found a way to torment Trump?

Governor of California Gavin Newsom seems to be getting under the US president’s thin skin. It’s not pretty, but it’s pretty effective.

06.09.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Julia Baird

Gilead rising: In Trump’s America, misogyny has found a powerful toehold

Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has endorsed a Christian pastor who wrote that “unsubmissive” women are a “truly destructive force”. They’re...

23.08.2025 7

WA Today

Julia Baird

Gilead rising: In Trump’s America, misogyny has found a powerful toehold

Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has endorsed a Christian pastor who wrote that “unsubmissive” women are a “truly destructive force”. They’re...

23.08.2025 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Julia Baird

Gilead rising: In Trump’s America, misogyny has found a powerful toehold

Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has endorsed a Christian pastor who wrote that “unsubmissive” women are a “truly destructive force”. They’re...

23.08.2025 7

The Age

Julia Baird

Gilead rising: In Trump’s America, misogyny has found a powerful toehold

Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has endorsed a Christian pastor who wrote that “unsubmissive” women are a “truly destructive force”. They’re...

23.08.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Julia Baird

Good jeans? Why JD Vance is right about Sydney Sweeney

The worlds of politics, showbiz and business have converged over a jeans advertisement that’s sparked accusations of white supremacism. Only in...

08.08.2025 5

WA Today

Julia Baird

Good jeans? Why JD Vance is right about Sydney Sweeney

The worlds of politics, showbiz and business have converged over a jeans advertisement that’s sparked accusations of white supremacism. Only in...

08.08.2025 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Julia Baird

Good jeans? Why JD Vance is right about Sydney Sweeney

The worlds of politics, showbiz and business have converged over a jeans advertisement that’s sparked accusations of white supremacism. Only in...

08.08.2025 5

The Age

Julia Baird

Good jeans? Why JD Vance is right about Sydney Sweeney

The worlds of politics, showbiz and business have converged over a jeans advertisement that’s sparked accusations of white supremacism. Only in...

08.08.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Julia Baird

Why Mountainhead’s ‘tech bro’ satire rings eerily true

A new movie from the creator of hit series Succession has shown us what happens when AI and social media are unregulated.

14.06.2025 3

WA Today

Julia Baird

Why Mountainhead’s ‘tech bro’ satire rings eerily true

A new movie from the creator of hit series Succession has shown us what happens when AI and social media are unregulated.

14.06.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Julia Baird

Why Mountainhead’s ‘tech bro’ satire rings eerily true

A new movie from the creator of hit series Succession has shown us what happens when AI and social media are unregulated.

14.06.2025 10

The Age

Julia Baird

Why Mountainhead’s ‘tech bro’ satire rings eerily true

A new movie from the creator of hit series Succession has shown us what happens when AI and social media are unregulated.

14.06.2025 6

Brisbane Times

Julia Baird

Trump has declared war on Harvard, but there are degrees of concern in Australia

We cannot be naive about how Donald Trump’s full-blooded assault on America’s finest universities will affect us.

31.05.2025 10

WA Today

Julia Baird

Trump has declared war on Harvard, but there are degrees of concern in Australia

We cannot be naive about how Donald Trump’s full-blooded assault on America’s finest universities will affect us.

31.05.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Julia Baird

Trump has declared war on Harvard, but there are degrees of concern in Australia

We cannot be naive about how Donald Trump’s full-blooded assault on America’s finest universities will affect us.

31.05.2025 10

The Age

Julia Baird

Trump has declared war on Harvard, but there are degrees of concern in Australia

We cannot be naive about how Donald Trump’s full-blooded assault on America’s finest universities will affect us.

31.05.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Julia Baird

When does tracking become stalking? Tell your kids. There’s one key warning sign

For better or worse, young people live in a world of surveillance. The best we can do as parents is to make sure they know how to identify shifts in...

16.05.2025 4

WA Today

Julia Baird

When does tracking become stalking? Tell your kids. There’s one key warning sign

For better or worse, young people live in a world of surveillance. The best we can do as parents is to make sure they know how to identify shifts in...

16.05.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Julia Baird

When does tracking become stalking? Tell your kids. There’s one key warning sign

For better or worse, young people live in a world of surveillance. The best we can do as parents is to make sure they know how to identify shifts in...

16.05.2025 5

The Age

Julia Baird

When does tracking become stalking? Tell your kids. There’s one key warning sign

For better or worse, young people live in a world of surveillance. The best we can do as parents is to make sure they know how to identify shifts in...

16.05.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Julia Baird

Politics is still a man’s world. Let’s reimagine the law of this jungle

The absence of women in key political debates has led many of us to turn down the sound and disengage. The natural world may offer a template for...

02.05.2025 6

WA Today

Julia Baird

Politics is still a man’s world. Let’s reimagine the law of this jungle

The absence of women in key political debates has led many of us to turn down the sound and disengage. The natural world may offer a template for...

02.05.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Julia Baird

Politics is still a man’s world. Let’s reimagine the law of this jungle

The absence of women in key political debates has led many of us to turn down the sound and disengage. The natural world may offer a template for...

02.05.2025 10

The Age

Julia Baird

Politics is still a man’s world. Let’s reimagine the law of this jungle

The absence of women in key political debates has led many of us to turn down the sound and disengage. The natural world may offer a template for...

02.05.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Julia Baird

Our love of the ocean runs deep, but yet, we’re in troubled waters

Images of a baby colossal squid this week reminds us that the deep sea is an almost inexhaustible source of awe.

18.04.2025 10

WA Today

Julia Baird

Our love of the ocean runs deep, but yet, we’re in troubled waters

Images of a baby colossal squid this week reminds us that the deep sea is an almost inexhaustible source of awe.

18.04.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Julia Baird

Our love of the ocean runs deep, but yet, we’re in troubled waters

Images of a baby colossal squid this week reminds us that the deep sea is an almost inexhaustible source of awe.

18.04.2025 10

The Age

Julia Baird

Our love of the ocean runs deep, but yet, we’re in troubled waters

Images of a baby colossal squid this week reminds us that the deep sea is an almost inexhaustible source of awe.

18.04.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Julia Baird

I’ve been nicely severed. It’s my dystopian escape that beats Ted Lasso

Severance has become Apple’s most-watched series. It taps the anxiety of the modern working person.

21.03.2025 20

WA Today

Julia Baird

I’ve been nicely severed. It’s my dystopian escape that beats Ted Lasso

Severance has become Apple’s most-watched series. It taps the anxiety of the modern working person.

21.03.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Julia Baird

I’ve been nicely severed. It’s my dystopian escape that beats Ted Lasso

Severance has become Apple’s most-watched series. It taps the anxiety of the modern working person.

21.03.2025 10

The Age

Julia Baird

I’ve been nicely severed. It’s my dystopian escape that beats Ted Lasso

Severance has become Apple’s most-watched series. It taps the anxiety of the modern working person.

21.03.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Julia Baird

Elon Musk is wrong. To spurn empathy is to spur evil

Elon Musk claims empathy is a weakness of Western civilisation. Perhaps he fears a more hopeful view of human nature.

07.03.2025 3

WA Today

Julia Baird

Elon Musk is wrong. To spurn empathy is to spur evil

Elon Musk claims empathy is a weakness of Western civilisation. Perhaps he fears a more hopeful view of human nature.

07.03.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Julia Baird

Elon Musk is wrong. To spurn empathy is to spur evil

Elon Musk claims empathy is a weakness of Western civilisation. Perhaps he fears a more hopeful view of human nature.

07.03.2025 10

The Age

Julia Baird

Elon Musk is wrong. To spurn empathy is to spur evil

Elon Musk claims empathy is a weakness of Western civilisation. Perhaps he fears a more hopeful view of human nature.

07.03.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Julia Baird

This most despised author’s task may soon vanish. I won’t miss it

Book blurbs have been around for centuries and have long been panned for hyperbole. Happily, at least one major publisher has decided enough’s enough.

21.02.2025 8

WA Today

Julia Baird

This most despised author’s task may soon vanish. I won’t miss it

Book blurbs have been around for centuries and have long been panned for hyperbole. Happily, at least one major publisher has decided enough’s enough.

21.02.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Julia Baird