Jo Stubbings
Jo Stubbings is a freelance writer and reviewer.
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The jet-skis of suburbia are more popular than ever. I can’t believe leaf blowers are allowed to exist
The noise of a leaf blower sounds like 1000 mosquitoes whining their way to the core of my brain. You can’t even go camping without someone pointlessly waving one around.
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- Australian Open
Death stares and dirty laundry: This tennis revolution made the hissy-fit problem worse
France’s Elsa Jacquemot made conspiratorial accusations against her coach on court in front of everyone. He refused to take any more of it.
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- Streaming
What has America done with Nicole Kidman’s freckles, and why does she no longer blush?
And how can I follow the murder plot when I’m confronted by the greatest mystery of all: what have they done to her eyes?
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- Death
Situation grave … I can’t keep it together at funerals
I struggle to control my emotions at solemn events: laughing or bawling inappropriately. And that’s when I don’t even know the deceased.
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- Motherhood
You’d be surprised what women talk about at mothers’ groups, especially men
As our children grew, our mum’s group conversation changed, but the bonds of friendship did not.
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- Insects
I’ve worked out why Aussies are laid-back, and I didn’t even have to leave the house
Wasps, slugs, redbacks, possums, snakes … Australians encounter them before we even venture outdoors.
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- Baby Boomers
Good things come in coloured envelopes, but only Boomers know that
Alas, we no longer send birthday cards like we used to. It’s a hallmark of the times.
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- Wildlife
Fun gal seeks fungi … because mushrooms have had such a bad rap
I won’t settle for any old fungus when I’m out foraging. I’m going for the holy grail.
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- Retail
Why haggling in op shops should be banned
I work in an op shop and have reluctantly discovered that charity often begins - and ends - at home.
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- Chicken
I’m fed up with food labels that come with a side-serve of guilt
It was the label on the chicken thawing on our kitchen bench that undid me. It read: “Our chooks forage and socialise outdoors.”
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