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2016-12-07

Dear Mum and Dad, How did you carry the grief of having to leave home, of losing the warm embrace of your mothers and your homeland forever. I feel such...

2016-12-01

I was hit hard by the betrayal and abandonment of my female friends in high school. I was harshly judged and scorned. Targeted, isolated, and then suddenly...

2016-11-17

All that is old is new again. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, a diverse crew of determined Australians fought with the utmost tenacity to save the...

2016-11-16

A few years a go, I came across a homeless man on the street, his face covered in small cuts. He had difficulty walking so, at his behest, I helped him...

2016-11-08

A few months ago I woke up to my husband Jack whispering, “Davey. Something happened in Florida. A lot of people were killed at a gay club.” Jack and...

2016-11-03

Dumbo Feather may be about conversations with extraordinary people but we happen to think that you’re pretty extraordinary too! We’d love to hear from...

2016-10-25

Last month I was driving past a park in Berkeley, California. A place renowned for its Ivy League education. A place synonymous with sophisticated, enlightened...

2016-10-21

When drooling over the latest sustainable build on Grand Designs, it’s easy to feel that a green home is a luxury few can afford. But whether you own...

2016-10-12

Thanks to our wonderful friends at Think West, the new festival of philosophy and culture running across Melbourne’s inner west, you’re in with a chance...

2016-10-06

Over two years ago, my husband died suddenly. Without warning or consent, at 37 years old I became a single mother of six-year-old twins. I had been...