Zoya Patel
Zoya Patel is an author and freelance writer from Canberra.
Opinion
Christmas
I was hot, bothered and pregnant. Then my waters broke on Christmas morning, six weeks early
A 3am trip to the hospital, riding in an ambulance and an unexpected arrival – it felt like the plot of a Christmas movie.
- by Zoya Patel
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Parenting
Millennials are changing the grandparenting rules – and not always for the better
One word has had a constant presence in recent online conversations about family dynamics: boundaries.
- by Zoya Patel
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Parenting
I thought our friendship could survive anything. Then I fell pregnant
We tend to assume that it’s parents who ditch their child-free friends when a baby arrives. For me, though, it’s been the other way around.
- by Zoya Patel
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Olympics
Did Snoop Dogg just save an Olympic sport from itself? Sort of
Equestrian events have been engulfed in a major welfare controversy during the Olympics, but an unlikely advocate for the sport could help it turn a corner.
- by Zoya Patel
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Parenting
As the child of immigrants, I feel a loss for experiences my son will never have
I knew my partner and I were on the same page about raising children, but I didn’t anticipate the impossibility of giving my son full access to my culture and the opportunity to embrace his heritage.
- by Zoya Patel
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Film & TV production
What makes Bridgerton so bingeable? It holds men to women’s beauty standards
The one thing we’ve learned over decades of watching actors arrive on the world stage and be labelled heartthrobs is that the burden of attractiveness rests much more easily on men than it does women.
- by Zoya Patel
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Friendship
We were the closest of friends through our 20s. Then something changed
Once, we’d shared everything, but I knew there was an inherent difference between us now, as we began to solidify into the adult women we would become.
- by Zoya Patel
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Social media
I don’t censor myself on social media, and you shouldn’t either
Our digital lives are now as central to our identities and relationships as our “real” lives are. That’s why we shouldn’t be afraid to express our views online, even if it puts our relationships at risk.
- by Zoya Patel
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Pregnancy
To all the women who love pregnancy, tell me, what am I doing wrong?
From the moment I discovered I was pregnant six months ago, my reactions have been seemingly incorrect.
- by Zoya Patel
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