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Wendy Syfret

Brisbane Times

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Everything I need to know I learnt from reality TV. I’m serious

Where we once sought advice from academics and philosophers, today it’s best provided by people who throw wine at each other in front of cameras.

04.03.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Wendy Syfret

Everything I need to know I learnt from reality TV. I’m serious

Where we once sought advice from academics and philosophers, today it’s best provided by people who throw wine at each other in front of cameras.

04.03.2026 20

The Age

Wendy Syfret

Everything I need to know I learnt from reality TV. I’m serious

Where we once sought advice from academics and philosophers, today it’s best provided by people who throw wine at each other in front of cameras.

04.03.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Wendy Syfret

Everything I need to know I learnt from reality TV. I’m serious

Where we once sought advice from academics and philosophers, today it’s best provided by people who throw wine at each other in front of cameras.

04.03.2026 20

WA Today

Wendy Syfret

Even more than kids, it’s our Boomer parents who need protecting from AI slop

Older adults are uniquely at risk from bot-designed, addictive online content. Cognitive decline can affect self-control and compulsive behaviour –...

05.10.2025 10

WA Today

Wendy Syfret

Even more than kids, it’s our Boomer parents who need protecting from AI slop

Older adults are uniquely at risk from bot-designed, addictive online content. Cognitive decline can affect self-control and compulsive behaviour –...

05.10.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Wendy Syfret

Even more than kids, it’s our Boomer parents who need protecting from AI slop

Older adults are uniquely at risk from bot-designed, addictive online content. Cognitive decline can affect self-control and compulsive behaviour –...

05.10.2025 10

The Age

Wendy Syfret

Even more than kids, it’s our Boomer parents who need protecting from AI slop

Older adults are uniquely at risk from bot-designed, addictive online content. Cognitive decline can affect self-control and compulsive behaviour –...

05.10.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Wendy Syfret

I’ve been engaged for 10 years. Here’s why I never plan on getting married

When my partner got down on one knee, it didn’t mark my trail to the altar. Instead, it was an entry into the “forever engaged” club.

26.08.2025 10

WA Today

Wendy Syfret

I’ve been engaged for 10 years. Here’s why I never plan on getting married

When my partner got down on one knee, it didn’t mark my trail to the altar. Instead, it was an entry into the “forever engaged” club.

26.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Wendy Syfret

I’ve been engaged for 10 years. Here’s why I never plan on getting married

When my partner got down on one knee, it didn’t mark my trail to the altar. Instead, it was an entry into the “forever engaged” club.

26.08.2025 10

The Age

Wendy Syfret

I’ve been engaged for 10 years. Here’s why I never plan on getting married

When my partner got down on one knee, it didn’t mark my trail to the altar. Instead, it was an entry into the “forever engaged” club.

26.08.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Wendy Syfret

Forget knee-jerk measures - parents know the change needed for safer childcare

For as long as childcare centres are places for profit, patch-up solutions like those offered by my centre are all that parents will be offered.

18.07.2025 10

The Age

Wendy Syfret

Why selling tweens self-care is the worst viral trend yet

While my generation was taught that no one would love you with pimples, today kids are learning that to love yourself is an unavoidably expensive...

21.04.2025 10

WA Today

Wendy Syfret

Why selling tweens self-care is the worst viral trend yet

While my generation was taught that no one would love you with pimples, today kids are learning that to love yourself is an unavoidably expensive...

21.04.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Wendy Syfret

Why selling tweens self-care is the worst viral trend yet

While my generation was taught that no one would love you with pimples, today kids are learning that to love yourself is an unavoidably expensive...

21.04.2025 10

The Age

Wendy Syfret

Why selling tweens self-care is the worst viral trend yet

While my generation was taught that no one would love you with pimples, today kids are learning that to love yourself is an unavoidably expensive...

21.04.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Wendy Syfret

Why watching male celebrities struggle has become my new online obsession

Upon first glance, I have nothing in common with Paul Rudd, Jake Gyllenhaal or Glen Powell. Yet despite our many differences, in one respect, we’re...

11.03.2025 10

WA Today

Wendy Syfret

Why watching male celebrities struggle has become my new online obsession

Upon first glance, I have nothing in common with Paul Rudd, Jake Gyllenhaal or Glen Powell. Yet despite our many differences, in one respect, we’re...

11.03.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Wendy Syfret

Why watching male celebrities struggle has become my new online obsession

Upon first glance, I have nothing in common with Paul Rudd, Jake Gyllenhaal or Glen Powell. Yet despite our many differences, in one respect, we’re...

11.03.2025 20

The Age

Wendy Syfret

Why watching male celebrities struggle has become my new online obsession

Upon first glance, I have nothing in common with Paul Rudd, Jake Gyllenhaal or Glen Powell. Yet despite our many differences, in one respect, we’re...

11.03.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Wendy Syfret

Pro-Palestine rallies are accused of sowing hate. This is the weekly reality

I’ve joined this Melbourne crowd many times. Whenever I am standing on the steps of the State Library I find myself asking the same question: Why am...

09.02.2025 10

WA Today

Wendy Syfret

Pro-Palestine rallies are accused of sowing hate. This is the weekly reality

I’ve joined this Melbourne crowd many times. Whenever I am standing on the steps of the State Library I find myself asking the same question: Why am...

09.02.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Wendy Syfret

Pro-Palestine rallies are accused of sowing hate. This is the weekly reality

I’ve joined this Melbourne crowd many times. Whenever I am standing on the steps of the State Library I find myself asking the same question: Why am...

09.02.2025 10

The Age

Wendy Syfret

Pro-Palestine rallies are accused of sowing hate. This is the weekly reality

I’ve joined this Melbourne crowd many times. Whenever I am standing on the steps of the State Library I find myself asking the same question: Why am...

09.02.2025 20

Brisbane Times

Wendy Syfret

Looking back, my birth plan was delusional. I wouldn’t change a thing

When I went into labour, I wasn’t cracking jokes in the delivery suite. But now, I recognise absurd mirth in the day, and in the expectations I held...

21.01.2025 20

WA Today

Wendy Syfret

Looking back, my birth plan was delusional. I wouldn’t change a thing

When I went into labour, I wasn’t cracking jokes in the delivery suite. But now, I recognise absurd mirth in the day, and in the expectations I held...

21.01.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Wendy Syfret

Looking back, my birth plan was delusional. I wouldn’t change a thing

When I went into labour, I wasn’t cracking jokes in the delivery suite. But now, I recognise absurd mirth in the day, and in the expectations I held...

21.01.2025 10

The Age

Wendy Syfret

Looking back, my birth plan was delusional. I wouldn’t change a thing

When I went into labour, I wasn’t cracking jokes in the delivery suite. But now, I recognise absurd mirth in the day, and in the expectations I held...

21.01.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Wendy Syfret