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Wendy Syfret

Wendy Syfret

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Returning to uni at 36 has convinced me: This is no place for teenagers

One of life’s stranger ironies is that the older we get, the younger we feel. Sadly, I don’t mean in a physical sense. Skin and tendons rarely...

22.04.2024 8

WA Today

Wendy Syfret

Returning to uni at 36 has convinced me: This is no place for teenagers

One of life’s stranger ironies is that the older we get, the younger we feel. Sadly, I don’t mean in a physical sense. Skin and tendons rarely...

22.04.2024 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Wendy Syfret

Returning to uni at 36 has convinced me: This is no place for teenagers

One of life’s stranger ironies is that the older we get, the younger we feel. Sadly, I don’t mean in a physical sense. Skin and tendons rarely...

22.04.2024 8

Brisbane Times

Wendy Syfret

Returning to uni at 36 has convinced me: This is no place for teenagers

One of life’s stranger ironies is that the older we get, the younger we feel. Sadly, I don’t mean in a physical sense. Skin and tendons rarely...

22.04.2024 20

The Age

Wendy Syfret

I thought not Googling everything would set me free. Instead, it ruined my garden

I don’t remember when I first noticed the butterflies. Perhaps while watering my garden, or checking the mail, or attempting to revive a gasping pot...

07.04.2024 9

WA Today

Wendy Syfret

I thought not Googling everything would set me free. Instead, it ruined my garden

I don’t remember when I first noticed the butterflies. Perhaps while watering my garden, or checking the mail, or attempting to revive a gasping pot...

07.04.2024 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Wendy Syfret

I thought not Googling everything would set me free. Instead, it ruined my garden

I don’t remember when I first noticed the butterflies. Perhaps while watering my garden, or checking the mail, or attempting to revive a gasping pot...

07.04.2024 9

The Age

Wendy Syfret

I thought not Googling everything would set me free. Instead, it ruined my garden

I don’t remember when I first noticed the butterflies. Perhaps while watering my garden, or checking the mail, or attempting to revive a gasping pot...

07.04.2024 10

Brisbane Times

Wendy Syfret

Celebrities are taking life’s greatest pleasure and making it feel like work

Mark Wahlberg wakes up at 2.30am to work out, then eats oats, peanut butter, blueberries and eggs at 3.15am for breakfast. Nicola Peltz Beckham gets a...

31.03.2024 30

WA Today

Wendy Syfret

Celebrities are taking life’s greatest pleasure and making it feel like work

Mark Wahlberg wakes up at 2.30am to work out, then eats oats, peanut butter, blueberries and eggs at 3.15am for breakfast. Nicola Peltz Beckham gets a...

31.03.2024 10

The Age

Wendy Syfret

Celebrities are taking life’s greatest pleasure and making it feel like work

Mark Wahlberg wakes up at 2.30am to work out, then eats oats, peanut butter, blueberries and eggs at 3.15am for breakfast. Nicola Peltz Beckham gets a...

31.03.2024 9

Brisbane Times

Wendy Syfret

Celebrities are taking life’s greatest pleasure and making it feel like work

Mark Wahlberg wakes up at 2.30am to work out, then eats oats, peanut butter, blueberries and eggs at 3.15am for breakfast. Nicola Peltz Beckham gets a...

31.03.2024 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Wendy Syfret

I’m living my best commune life in the ’burbs. Nudity aside, I think we’re onto something

From ashrams to monasteries and even the mythical mould-free share house, humans have always been drawn to the promise of cohabitation. We like the...

27.02.2024 8

WA Today

Wendy Syfret

I’m living my best commune life in the ’burbs. Nudity aside, I think we’re onto something

From ashrams to monasteries and even the mythical mould-free share house, humans have always been drawn to the promise of cohabitation. We like the...

27.02.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Wendy Syfret

I’m living my best commune life in the ’burbs. Nudity aside, I think we’re onto something

From ashrams to monasteries and even the mythical mould-free share house, humans have always been drawn to the promise of cohabitation. We like the...

27.02.2024 10

The Age

Wendy Syfret

I’m living my best commune life in the ’burbs. Nudity aside, I think we’re onto something

From ashrams to monasteries and even the mythical mould-free share house, humans have always been drawn to the promise of cohabitation. We like the...

27.02.2024 10

Brisbane Times

Wendy Syfret

What the darkness of parenting memes taught me about motherhood

When you have a kid, you discover worlds that you had no idea existed. Parent groups, council nurse offices, meal train hookups, midnight Whatsapp...

21.02.2024 10

WA Today

Wendy Syfret

What the darkness of parenting memes taught me about motherhood

When you have a kid, you discover worlds that you had no idea existed. Parent groups, council nurse offices, meal train hookups, midnight Whatsapp...

21.02.2024 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Wendy Syfret

What the darkness of parenting memes taught me about motherhood

When you have a kid, you discover worlds that you had no idea existed. Parent groups, council nurse offices, meal train hookups, midnight Whatsapp...

21.02.2024 10

The Age

Wendy Syfret

What the darkness of parenting memes taught me about motherhood

When you have a kid, you discover worlds that you had no idea existed. Parent groups, council nurse offices, meal train hookups, midnight Whatsapp...

21.02.2024 10

Brisbane Times

Wendy Syfret

Working class isn’t just a way of life. Thanks to ‘brokecore’, it’s a fashion trend

It’s hard to put a positive spin on the cost of living crisis. Good luck serving a $12 carton of eggs sunny side up. But here’s some good news for...

22.01.2024 6

WA Today

Wendy Syfret

Working class isn’t just a way of life. Thanks to ‘brokecore’, it’s a fashion trend

It’s hard to put a positive spin on the cost of living crisis. Good luck serving a $12 carton of eggs sunny side up. But here’s some good news for...

22.01.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Wendy Syfret

Working class isn’t just a way of life. Thanks to ‘brokecore’, it’s a fashion trend

It’s hard to put a positive spin on the cost of living crisis. Good luck serving a $12 carton of eggs sunny side up. But here’s some good news for...

22.01.2024 10

Brisbane Times

Wendy Syfret

Working class isn’t just a way of life. Thanks to ‘brokecore’, it’s a fashion trend

It’s hard to put a positive spin on the cost of living crisis. Good luck serving a $12 carton of eggs sunny side up. But here’s some good news for...

22.01.2024 20

The Age

Wendy Syfret

My summer job is a love story. Just, not one where anyone loved me

The story of my first summer job is a love story. Just, not one where anyone loved me. It was the early 2000s and the gig was at Australia’s...

02.01.2024 4

WA Today

Wendy Syfret

My summer job is a love story. Just, not one where anyone loved me

The story of my first summer job is a love story. Just, not one where anyone loved me. It was the early 2000s and the gig was at Australia’s...

02.01.2024 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Wendy Syfret

My summer job is a love story. Just, not one where anyone loved me

The story of my first summer job is a love story. Just, not one where anyone loved me. It was the early 2000s and the gig was at Australia’s...

02.01.2024 10

The Age

Wendy Syfret

My summer job is a love story. Just, not one where anyone loved me

The story of my first summer job is a love story. Just, not one where anyone loved me. It was the early 2000s and the gig was at Australia’s...

02.01.2024 7

Brisbane Times

Wendy Syfret

In my hunt for the most elusive summer staple, it hit me. I’ve become my mother

There are some objects and ideas that humans will spend their entire lives searching for. A flattering haircut you don’t need to blow dry. A pair of...

31.12.2023 10

WA Today

Wendy Syfret

In my hunt for the most elusive summer staple, it hit me. I’ve become my mother

There are some objects and ideas that humans will spend their entire lives searching for. A flattering haircut you don’t need to blow dry. A pair of...

31.12.2023 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Wendy Syfret

In my hunt for the most elusive summer staple, it hit me. I’ve become my mother

There are some objects and ideas that humans will spend their entire lives searching for. A flattering haircut you don’t need to blow dry. A pair of...

31.12.2023 10

The Age

Wendy Syfret

In my hunt for the most elusive summer staple, it hit me. I’ve become my mother

There are some objects and ideas that humans will spend their entire lives searching for. A flattering haircut you don’t need to blow dry. A pair of...

31.12.2023 10

Brisbane Times

Wendy Syfret

My mother had a never-ending quest for the perfect Hot Day Dress

There are some objects and ideas that humans will spend their entire lives searching for. A flattering haircut you don’t need to blow dry. A pair of...

30.12.2023 10

WA Today

Wendy Syfret

My mother had a never-ending quest for the perfect Hot Day Dress

There are some objects and ideas that humans will spend their entire lives searching for. A flattering haircut you don’t need to blow dry. A pair of...

30.12.2023 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Wendy Syfret

My mother had a never-ending quest for the perfect Hot Day Dress

There are some objects and ideas that humans will spend their entire lives searching for. A flattering haircut you don’t need to blow dry. A pair of...

30.12.2023 7

The Age

Wendy Syfret

My mother had a never-ending quest for the perfect Hot Day Dress

There are some objects and ideas that humans will spend their entire lives searching for. A flattering haircut you don’t need to blow dry. A pair of...

30.12.2023 10

Brisbane Times

Wendy Syfret

I was a corporate greenwasher. Sorry for making you think metal straws would fix climate change

The climate crisis is a disaster centuries in the making. Globalisation, deregulated capitalism, unfettered resource expansion and a pathological...

19.12.2023 5

WA Today

Wendy Syfret

I was a corporate greenwasher. Sorry for making you think metal straws would fix climate change

The climate crisis is a disaster centuries in the making. Globalisation, deregulated capitalism, unfettered resource expansion and a pathological...

19.12.2023 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Wendy Syfret

I was a corporate greenwasher. Sorry for making you think metal straws would fix climate change

The climate crisis is a disaster centuries in the making. Globalisation, deregulated capitalism, unfettered resource expansion and a pathological...

19.12.2023 20

The Age

Wendy Syfret

I was a corporate greenwasher. Sorry for making you think metal straws would fix climate change

The climate crisis is a disaster centuries in the making. Globalisation, deregulated capitalism, unfettered resource expansion and a pathological...

19.12.2023 6

Brisbane Times

Wendy Syfret

For a sullen teen, my suburb was a bore. To a middle-aged woman, it’s paradise

Growing up, I didn’t appreciate Mount Waverley’s charms. As a teen in the 2000s, its zone 2 status made it feel a world away from where I...

11.12.2023 10

The Age

Wendy Syfret

I used to spend all year dreaming of summer. Now it just brings anxiety

Nothing occupies our collective consciousness like summer. We dream of it all year, desperate to replicate its singular feeling. In the depths of...

04.12.2023 8

WA Today

Wendy Syfret

I used to spend all year dreaming of summer. Now it just brings anxiety

Nothing occupies our collective consciousness like summer. We dream of it all year, desperate to replicate its singular feeling. In the depths of...

04.12.2023 5

Brisbane Times

Wendy Syfret

I used to spend all year dreaming of summer. Now it just brings anxiety

Nothing occupies our collective consciousness like summer. We dream of it all year, desperate to replicate its singular feeling. In the depths of...

04.12.2023 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Wendy Syfret

I used to spend all year dreaming of summer. Now it just brings anxiety

Nothing occupies our collective consciousness like summer. We dream of it all year, desperate to replicate its singular feeling. In the depths of...

04.12.2023 2

The Age

Wendy Syfret

‘New nihilism’: How Gen Z is embracing a life of futility and meaninglessness

The opinions of Gen Z are a global fixation. Those of us born before Titanic came out obsess over how they think and feel. We want to know what they...

22.10.2023 2

WA Today

Wendy Syfret

‘New nihilism’: How Gen Z is embracing a life of futility and meaninglessness

The opinions of Gen Z are a global fixation. Those of us born before Titanic came out obsess over how they think and feel. We want to know what they...

22.10.2023 6

Brisbane Times

Wendy Syfret

‘New nihilism’: How Gen Z is embracing a life of futility and meaninglessness

The opinions of Gen Z are a global fixation. Those of us born before Titanic came out obsess over how they think and feel. We want to know what they...

22.10.2023 60

The Sydney Morning Herald

Wendy Syfret

‘New nihilism’: How Gen Z is embracing a life of futility and meaninglessness

The opinions of Gen Z are a global fixation. Those of us born before Titanic came out obsess over how they think and feel. We want to know what they...

22.10.2023 10

The Age

Wendy Syfret

The best thing about reality TV pregnancies? There’s nothing realistic about them

Despite the name, few would argue that “reality” TV has much connection to facts. Maybe in its infancy there was some passing resemblance to...

08.10.2023 5

WA Today

Wendy Syfret

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