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No sex, please – we’re Gen Z. But this zero-eros movie neuters Homer’s Odyssey

No sex, please – we’re Gen Z. But this zero-eros movie neuters Homer’s Odyssey

The poem’s famous sex scenes have been excised, sapping erotic power from the female characters. Odysseus’ moral ambiguity is gone, too.

sunday 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

No sex, please – we’re Gen Z. But this zero-eros movie neuters Homer’s Odyssey

No sex, please – we’re Gen Z. But this zero-eros movie neuters Homer’s Odyssey

The poem’s famous sex scenes have been excised, sapping erotic power from the female characters. Odysseus’ moral ambiguity is gone, too.

sunday 10

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

No sex, please – we’re Gen Z. But this zero-eros movie neuters Homer’s Odyssey

No sex, please – we’re Gen Z. But this zero-eros movie neuters Homer’s Odyssey

The poem’s famous sex scenes have been excised, sapping erotic power from the female characters. Odysseus’ moral ambiguity is gone, too.

sunday 20

The Age

Maureen Dowd

No sex, please – we’re Gen Z. But this zero-eros movie neuters Homer’s Odyssey

No sex, please – we’re Gen Z. But this zero-eros movie neuters Homer’s Odyssey

The poem’s famous sex scenes have been excised, sapping erotic power from the female characters. Odysseus’ moral ambiguity is gone, too.

sunday 10

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

No sex, please – we’re Gen Z. But this zero-eros movie neuters Homer’s Odyssey

No sex, please – we’re Gen Z. But this zero-eros movie neuters Homer’s Odyssey

The poem’s famous sex scenes have been excised, sapping erotic power from the female characters. Odysseus’ moral ambiguity is gone, too.

sunday 20

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

No sex, please – we’re Gen Z. But this zero-eros movie neuters Homer’s Odyssey

No sex, please – we’re Gen Z. But this zero-eros movie neuters Homer’s Odyssey

The poem’s famous sex scenes have been excised, sapping erotic power from the female characters. Odysseus’ moral ambiguity is gone, too.

sunday 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

No sex, please – we’re Gen Z. But this zero-eros movie neuters Homer’s Odyssey

No sex, please – we’re Gen Z. But this zero-eros movie neuters Homer’s Odyssey

The poem’s famous sex scenes have been excised, sapping erotic power from the female characters. Odysseus’ moral ambiguity is gone, too.

sunday 10

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

No sex, please – we’re Gen Z. But this zero-eros movie neuters Homer’s Odyssey

No sex, please – we’re Gen Z. But this zero-eros movie neuters Homer’s Odyssey

The poem’s famous sex scenes have been excised, sapping erotic power from the female characters. Odysseus’ moral ambiguity is gone, too.

sunday 10

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Trump served us a batty stew of obsessive complaints ... about the time he was president

Trump served us a batty stew of obsessive complaints ... about the time he was president

There was barely a peep from Republicans on Capitol Hill about the speech. You could almost hear the fervent wish of the Republicans watching: Please,...

19.07.2026 20

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Trump served us a batty stew of obsessive complaints ... about the time he was president

Trump served us a batty stew of obsessive complaints ... about the time he was president

There was barely a peep from Republicans on Capitol Hill about the speech. You could almost hear the fervent wish of the Republicans watching: Please,...

19.07.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Trump served us a batty stew of obsessive complaints ... about the time he was president

Trump served us a batty stew of obsessive complaints ... about the time he was president

There was barely a peep from Republicans on Capitol Hill about the speech. You could almost hear the fervent wish of the Republicans watching: Please,...

19.07.2026 20

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Trump served us a batty stew of obsessive complaints ... about the time he was president

Trump served us a batty stew of obsessive complaints ... about the time he was president

There was barely a peep from Republicans on Capitol Hill about the speech. You could almost hear the fervent wish of the Republicans watching: Please,...

19.07.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

The lyin’ king Trump is the kind of leader Washington feared and reviled

America’s beloved first president famously wouldn’t tell a lie. The current one can’t stop telling lies.

05.07.2026 20

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

The lyin’ king Trump is the kind of leader Washington feared and reviled

America’s beloved first president famously wouldn’t tell a lie. The current one can’t stop telling lies.

05.07.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

The lyin’ king Trump is the kind of leader Washington feared and reviled

America’s beloved first president famously wouldn’t tell a lie. The current one can’t stop telling lies.

05.07.2026 20

The Age

Maureen Dowd

The lyin’ king Trump is the kind of leader Washington feared and reviled

America’s beloved first president famously wouldn’t tell a lie. The current one can’t stop telling lies.

05.07.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

‘Demagogue’ Trump would stun America’s founding fathers

As the United States celebrates 250 years of independence, the current president could not be more different than George Washington and his vision for...

05.07.2026 30

Financial Review

Maureen Dowd

Are Americans still fair, as my parents were? It’s unfair that I must ask

As America approaches its 250th birthday on July 4, I want to reclaim my faith in its decency.

28.06.2026 20

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Are Americans still fair, as my parents were? It’s unfair that I must ask

As America approaches its 250th birthday on July 4, I want to reclaim my faith in its decency.

28.06.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Are Americans still fair, as my parents were? It’s unfair that I must ask

As America approaches its 250th birthday on July 4, I want to reclaim my faith in its decency.

28.06.2026 20

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Are Americans still fair, as my parents were? It’s unfair that I must ask

As America approaches its 250th birthday on July 4, I want to reclaim my faith in its decency.

28.06.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Trump marched in to transform DC’s famed reflection pool. The result is just like his presidency

On the hallowed site where Martin Luther King jnr gave his “I Have a Dream” speech, Trump promised to turn the water “American flag blue”. The...

21.06.2026 30

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Trump marched in to transform DC’s famed reflection pool. The result is just like his presidency

On the hallowed site where Martin Luther King jnr gave his “I Have a Dream” speech, Trump promised to turn the water “American flag blue”. The...

21.06.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Trump marched in to transform DC’s famed reflection pool. The result is just like his presidency

On the hallowed site where Martin Luther King jnr gave his “I Have a Dream” speech, Trump promised to turn the water “American flag blue”. The...

21.06.2026 40

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Trump marched in to transform DC’s famed reflection pool. The result is just like his presidency

On the hallowed site where Martin Luther King jnr gave his “I Have a Dream” speech, Trump promised to turn the water “American flag blue”. The...

21.06.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

The spell of Jeffrey Epstein haunts the White House

After a week bristling with lurid revelations, it’s clear that no matter how much the US president wishes him away, Jeffrey Epstein is haunting...

14.06.2026 30

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

The spell of Jeffrey Epstein haunts the White House

After a week bristling with lurid revelations, it’s clear that no matter how much the US president wishes him away, Jeffrey Epstein is haunting...

14.06.2026 30

The Age

Maureen Dowd

The spell of Jeffrey Epstein haunts the White House

After a week bristling with lurid revelations, it’s clear that no matter how much the US president wishes him away, Jeffrey Epstein is haunting...

14.06.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

The spell of Jeffrey Epstein haunts the White House

After a week bristling with lurid revelations, it’s clear that no matter how much the US president wishes him away, Jeffrey Epstein is haunting...

14.06.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Why one woman has persisted as the world’s most shimmery sex symbol – and it wasn’t her looks

Norma Jeane Mortenson is getting the love she always craved. In a world that lacks artists who burn through the screen, Marilyn Monroe remains as...

07.06.2026 30

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Why one woman has persisted as the world’s most shimmery sex symbol – and it wasn’t her looks

Norma Jeane Mortenson is getting the love she always craved. In a world that lacks artists who burn through the screen, Marilyn Monroe remains as...

07.06.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Why one woman has persisted as the world’s most shimmery sex symbol – and it wasn’t her looks

Norma Jeane Mortenson is getting the love she always craved. In a world that lacks artists who burn through the screen, Marilyn Monroe remains as...

07.06.2026 30

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Why Marilyn Monroe has persisted as the world’s most shimmery sex symbol – and it wasn’t her looks

Norma Jeane Mortenson – who survived a mentally ill mother, 12 foster homes and a mudslide of sexual predation in Hollywood – is getting the love...

07.06.2026 40

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Suddenly, AI’s tech titans are talking up humanities. Wishful thinking or just a guilt trip?

After decades of dismissing liberal arts as useless, the tech world is coming around to the idea that learning about human nature could be a valuable...

17.05.2026 40

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Suddenly, AI’s tech titans are talking up humanities. Wishful thinking or just a guilt trip?

After decades of dismissing liberal arts as useless, the tech world is coming around to the idea that learning about human nature could be a valuable...

17.05.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Suddenly, AI’s tech titans are talking up humanities. Wishful thinking or just a guilt trip?

After decades of dismissing liberal arts as useless, the tech world is coming around to the idea that learning about human nature could be a valuable...

17.05.2026 30

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Suddenly, AI’s tech titans are talking up humanities. Wishful thinking or just a guilt trip?

After decades of dismissing liberal arts as useless, the tech world is coming around to the idea that learning about human nature could be a valuable...

17.05.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Why Captain Outrageous was nothing like the gutless billionaires who submit to Trump

The swashbuckler and great rival of Rupert Murdoch once laughed about how he could go off his medication and see off his tycoon rival once and for...

10.05.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Why Captain Outrageous was nothing like the gutless billionaires who submit to Trump

The swashbuckler and great rival of Rupert Murdoch once laughed about how he could go off his medication and see off his tycoon rival once and for...

10.05.2026 40

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Why Captain Outrageous was nothing like the gutless billionaires who submit to Trump

The swashbuckler and great rival of Rupert Murdoch once laughed about how he could go off his medication and see off his tycoon rival once and for...

10.05.2026 30

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Why Captain Outrageous was nothing like the gutless billionaires who submit to Trump

The swashbuckler and great rival of Rupert Murdoch once laughed about how he could go off his medication and see off his tycoon rival once and for...

10.05.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

His Majesty and our travesty: Amid No Kings protests, Charles trumped the tyrant president

Nobody cared what Charles had to say last time he visited America because all eyes were on Princess Di, the Sloane Square Cinderella. This time, he...

03.05.2026 60

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

His Majesty and our travesty: Amid No Kings protests, Charles trumped the tyrant president

Nobody cared what Charles had to say last time he visited America because all eyes were on Princess Di, the Sloane Square Cinderella. This time, he...

03.05.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

His Majesty and our travesty: Amid No Kings protests, Charles trumped the tyrant president

Nobody cared what Charles had to say last time he visited America because all eyes were on Princess Di, the Sloane Square Cinderella. This time, he...

03.05.2026 30

The Age

Maureen Dowd

His Majesty and our travesty: Amid No Kings protests, Charles trumped the tyrant president

Nobody cared what Charles had to say last time he visited America because all eyes were on Princess Di, the Sloane Square Cinderella. This time, he...

03.05.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

All of his assumptions proven wrong, Donald Trump is Iran’s newest hostage

Iran’s hardened, fanatical generals are tormenting Trump, out-trolling the master troller, and viciously mocking the president as a Bibi puppet who...

26.04.2026 70

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

All of his assumptions proven wrong, Donald Trump is Iran’s newest hostage

Iran’s hardened, fanatical generals are tormenting Trump, out-trolling the master troller, and viciously mocking the president as a Bibi puppet who...

26.04.2026 70

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

All of his assumptions proven wrong, Donald Trump is Iran’s newest hostage

Iran’s hardened, fanatical generals are tormenting Trump, out-trolling the master troller, and viciously mocking the president as a Bibi puppet who...

26.04.2026 80

The Age

Maureen Dowd

All of his assumptions proven wrong, Donald Trump is Iran’s newest hostage

Iran’s hardened, fanatical generals are tormenting Trump, out-trolling the master troller, and viciously mocking the president as a Bibi puppet who...

26.04.2026 40

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Watching Pope Leo school Trump is a blessed sight

Amoral US President Donald Trump has taken on the saintly Pope Leo, the first American to lead the Catholic Church. Trump’s not winning.

19.04.2026 30

WA Today

Maureen Dowd