Wendy Squires
The Sydney Morning Herald
Australia
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Past articles by Wendy:
What anyone posting their highlight reel on Instagram needs to know
With all due respect, you are making some people feel terrible with your perfect, concocted worlds. → Read More
The pain and the privilege of loving an old dog.
Wendy Squires on the beautiful privilege of loving an old dog. "I refuse to measure moments while I’m still making memories," she writes. → Read More
Turnbull's rage has come forth hitting us like a limp lettuce leaf
It has taken long, painful days for the Prime Minister to speak out about Barnaby Joyce. And how underwhelming it was. → Read More
I signed up for Febfast ... and can't wait for it to be over
I miss the distraction that comes with having something to do when socialising and for me, that’s the constant rise and fall of a glass to my lips. → Read More
No question: schools must stick to the script in sex education
A message of clear consent in sexual encounters is important and needs to be taught. → Read More
If I did have children, I wouldn't treat them like criminals
Monitoring a child's every moment is already under way, thanks to child tracking devices and other apps. → Read More
13 new year's resolutions I'd like everybody else to keep in 2018
Stuff it. I'm not going to lose weight, exercise more, eat better, learn a new language or get my tax organised earlier this year. → Read More
Ho ho ho my arse: Christmas sucks big time
It's the toughest time of the year – for me, always – and I am no longer ashamed or shy to admit it. → Read More
Wendy Squires: There are plenty of reasons why you should travel solo
Travelling alone frees you to have adventures, says solo sightseer Wendy Squires. → Read More
Thanks to Meghan Markle, I've become a royalist (for now, at least)
Apologies to my dear friend (I hope still after my next words) Peter FitzSimons and the Republican Party en masse, but I have decided I'm a royalist – for the moment, anyway. → Read More
Our treatment of refugees is a cruel and criminal act which has to stop – NOW
We are denying basic human rights to some 380 men languishing in a tropical hell hole, the remnants of what I am not shy to call a concentration camp. → Read More
I was among the early supporters of #metoo, but this is starting to get ugly
Why the online campaign is starting to make me feel a little bit sick and uneasy. → Read More
An inheritance used to be a windfall. Now people think it's an entitlement
I have never expected an inheritance, and can't help feeling scornful of those who do. → Read More
Sexist men, you should be terrified: this avalanche has a long way to go
At last, the public is not just aware but are actively railing against the outrage that is gender inequality. → Read More
Wendy Squires: As the years speed along, I take solace in happy maturity
Taking stock of her life as she approaches a birthday,Wendy Squires realises she has grown older – but also wiser. → Read More
Wendy Squires: As the years speed along, I take solace in happy maturity
Taking stock of her life as she approaches a birthday,Wendy Squires realises she has grown older – but also wiser. → Read More
How many more people will be killed before this sinks in?
Owning a gun is not a right, it is a liability. Americans must disarm itself. → Read More
Why didn't I blow the whistle on harassment? Because I knew I'd never work again
Nearly every woman I have worked with in the media has been subjected to sexism and discrimination. → Read More
Engagement rings are a sexist and outdated tradition
It is time to see this romantic symbol for what it is. → Read More
Worry about weight and shape behind many a woman's anxiety
Beauty doesn't come in one size and we need to celebrate this fact. → Read More