O’Brien: Raygun’s response shows why she’s adored
Who the hell cares that B-girl Raygun looked like Kath from Kath & Kim or that she didn’t win a single Olympic point? It’s what she did next that really mattered.
Susie O'Brien
O’Brien: Chickens coming home to roost for Higgins in Reynolds case
Having spent years creating legal turmoil for many others, it was inevitable that Brittany Higgins’ actions caught up with her — even from the other side of the world.
O’Brien: Five stupid words enough to end 40 years of friendship
Jack Black’s ridiculous decision to cancel Tenacious D’s Australian tour over a silly off-the-cuff remark is proof a heartfelt apology no longer puts things right.
Married, kids? Taylor Swift is a powerforce without either
Pop superstar Taylor Swift doesn’t need to be married or have kids to be a role model to young girls— being a self-made billionaire who writes her own songs is enough.
More Stories
Modern praise plague destroying our kids’ resilience
Australia’s top cop says Gen Z needs praise “three times a week” but how will our youth ever learn to confront their own failings if we keep playing the affirmation game?
ABC review could turn into another Hawthorn scandal
While the ABC must take Stan Grant’s allegations seriously, the last thing we need is another organisation reviewing itself to discover whether it is racist.
Ordinary Aussies miss out in Federal Budget
Despite some worthy measures to help battlers, middle income earners will be looking through this budget asking “what about me?”.
Heads should roll at ABC over coronation coverage
There are many important conversations we must have about the bloated British monarchy but viewers tuning in to watch the coronation didn’t want tales of genocide shoved down their throats.
Let’s unite to chant for a republic
Suggestions of chants of allegiance to King Charles during the coronation are tone-deaf — the entrenched privilege of the monarchy has no place in a modern democracy.
Scooter infestation a blight on our city
Please rid our lovely city streets, paths, parks and waterways of these lurid louts, or if scooters are to be made permanent there needs to be stricter rules, writes Susie O’Brien.
One-sided school lessons fail students
A politicised school curriculum which teaches only one side of highly complex debates fails us all.
Keep your consent labels off our movies
Affirmative consent is an important topic for sex ed class but less likely to be relevant to dark films with flawed characters making bad choices — so let’s keep the classification off our movies.
Seafolly’s woke campaign more controversial than inclusive
Making a transgender, non-binary activist the face of a women’s swimwear brand is just courting controversy for the sake of it.
Depressing reality facing breastfeeding mums
It’s been 20 years since the furore around breastfeeding in state parliament and sadly, it seems, women are still copping the same appalling treatment.
Original URL: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/susie-obrien/page/4