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I don't know if you've ever attempted to do a HIIT workout while wearing a face mask, but I probably won't be trying that again. Technically I was doing vigorous outdoor exercise far away from everyone else in the park, so I would have been exempt from wearing a mask under current restrictions in Perth. …
Today was a funny old day. It started out like a pretty normal Friday in WA. I grabbed a coffee from my favourite cafe on my way into work. Recent talk of COVID-19 spreading through the ventilation in hotels was sort of in the back of my mind. But mostly I was thinking about what …
Content Warning: This post contains descriptions of sexual harassment and assault. Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com When I was 17, a middle-aged man in a faded green polo shirt and blue jeans exposed his erect genitalia to me and groped my buttocks. We were in a bookstore at the train station. I had seen this …
I'm currently staring out the window at the rain in Perth, where our five-day hard lockdown ended without another COVID-19 case being identified in the community. There are still a few restrictions in place for the time being, including wearing masks -- a foreign concept to most West Aussies until a week ago, though the …
Yesterday began like any other Sunday in a state that's had no community transmission of COVID-19 for 10 months. I went to a fitness class. I visited my aunt and uncle. I went home and had lunch. I started browsing Disney+. My phone was at my fingertips. And then I saw the news on my …
