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How sexist is your favourite fairy tale?

Shelley Bridgeman reviews some of our favourite fairy tales and discusses whether or not they promote a misogynistic world view.

The 'porn face' trend needs to end

COMMENT: What will we see when, years from now, we look back on the current generation? "Porn face."

Polly Gillespie: Our mental health system isn't working

Mental healthcare workers are overworked and the sick are not getting the care they need, writes Polly Gillespie.

Louise Thompson: Stop waiting

How about we stop with the waiting? If we are not mindful, happiness can be deferred for so many good, and not so good, reasons.

How to ease children's ear infections

My two sons get terrible ear infections regularly. It makes them very uncomfortable and miserable. Are there any natural remedies you can suggest?

Doctor says he saw 'glimpse of hell'

A doctor in the UK dismissed patients' stories of out-of-body experiences during surgery until he went in for his own operation where he saw visions of his family and former patients.

Megan Nicol Reed: In praise of childish wonder

Life, in the beginning, is a little like a backyard Guy Fawkes display. Often hazardous. Ever startling. A string of explosive and

Wendyl Nissen: A good chicken feed

COMMENT: Free-range nuggets beat the previously foul rap-sheet.

The man who ate Lincoln Rd hears the word of God

The man who ate Lincoln Rd asked as to the whereabouts of God at a couple of food joints this week.

Why you shouldn't dread death

Obviously death awaits us all and presumably her sooner rather than later, yet my grandmother is still so very alive, so very sure of her own mind, that it's almost impossible to fathom her absence.

Kyle MacDonald: Why do people worry?

Why some people are worriers and what to do about it.

Shelley Bridgeman: Cards not for me

I'm not interested enough to want to spend the time understanding how loyalty schemes work.

Why do men get away with sex scandals?

It's not right or fair, but a sex scandal of the straight adult kind, even of the same-sex adult kind has never hurt a man. A woman? Yes.

How to resign from your job - without resigning

Before you decide to resign from your job, think about resigning from some of the aspects of the role that are making you unhappy.

Is this Auckland's worst motorway pinch point?

This interchange defies more than a few well-established principles of driving. Shelley Bridgeman has devised a series of manoeuvres to help you through.

Has marriage gone out of fashion?

The joy of a union between two adults is amplified by the symbolism and cultural importance of matrimony, writes Juliet Samuel.