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How Stoicism Eased my Severe Depression
Derren Brown, Happy (2016). A Review.
Mar 22, 2023 • 
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On Sleeping with Younger Men
I often hear that, in a relationship across an age gap, the older partner is the more powerful.
Jun 1, 2022 • 
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The Women of 7 October
I can’t stop thinking about them: the women and girls of the Israeli kibbutzim, who were raped on 7 October, less than 8 weeks ago.
Nov 18, 2023 • 
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On Casual Anti-White Racism
Let's not do this.
Jun 8, 2023 • 
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Falling Out of Love
After ten weeks of persistent daydreams, painful memories and unrequited longings, I am finally, slowly, beginning to fall out of love.
May 3, 2023 • 
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Knots Gather at the Comb
In defence of snags, barbs and tangles
Jun 22, 2022 • 
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Online dating in my mid-fifties
Apr 20 • 
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The Skin I'm In
(You can find the audio version of this article here.)
May 25, 2022 • 
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Why I Suspect Gender Is Real
And Not Just Socially Constructed
Apr 26, 2023 • 
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The Eye of the Beholder
Beauty in Brisbane
Mar 3, 2023 • 
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Tinder and the Illusion of Control
As some of you might know, I recently ended a two-year relationship (which actually began through Twitter—I write about this here) and returned to the…
Sep 21, 2022 • 
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Mistress of Bricks
Counterintuitively, my surname, Italia, has nothing to do with the country of Italy.
May 31, 2023 • 
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