Books: Shelf-Care

Find a little respite in this season’s most exciting new reads

Men's Rites

Deciding to go through a gender transition isn’t easy for anyone. But the hardest person for journalist Daniel Mallory ortberg to convince was himself

Kick Start

In these uncertain times, louis vuitton’s artistic director nicolas ghesquière is looking to the past to help make sense of the future

Music: Everything Is Illuminated

Phoebe Bridgers is a musician who revels in the darkness, albeit having earned her place in the spotlight

SUPER NATURE ESCAPISM WILDERNESS BREATHING INFRESH AIR BATHING IN SUNSHINE

IN THE SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY AND NEW HORIZONS, MODEL GEORGIA FOWLER HEADS FOR THE GREAT OUTDOORS

THE big CLEANSE

WE’VE PURGED OUR KITCHEN CABINETS OF SUGAR AND CULLED THE CLOTHES THAT DON’T SPARK JOY, BUT WE MAY HAVE ARRIVED AT THE MOST BENEFICIAL (AND EASIEST) CLEANSE OF ALL

TALKING to strangers

SINCE THE EARLY 1900S, AN AGONY AUNT HAS BEEN A WILLING EAR. BUT AT A TIME OF DMS AND ASKME-ANYTHINGS, SEEKING ADVICE FROM SOMEONE YOU DON’T KNOW HAS BECOME RISKY BUSINESS

singled OUT

WE’VE ENTERED AN ERA OF MYRIAD RELATIONSHIP STATUSES – COUPLED, FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS, OPEN, POLYGAMOUS, THREE-DIGITALDATES-IN-BUT UNSURE-WHERE-THIS-IS-GOING. But is flying solo the last taboo?

GYPSY CREEK

INTERIOR DESIGNER LOUELLA BOÌTELGILL TAKES US INSIDE HER QUIRKY BYRON BAY HINTERLAND CREATION, WHICH OVERFLOWS WITH A BEACHY, HAPPY VIBE

DRIVE: DESIGN in motion

HOW THE HOTTEST INTERIOR TRENDS COULD DEFINE WHAT YOUR NEXT CAR LOOKS LIKE

To The Australian Dreamers...

There are still not enough indigenous stories being told in Australia in an extract from her memoir, Miranda tapsell explains why – and what to do about it

The Cost Of Being Strong

Why do we only worship women who are “killing it”?

How To Save A Life

In a world reeling with crises, domestic violence is one we can solve. But it will be hard, says jane gilmore, a journalist who specialises in the topic

Wave Rider

ALTHOUGH HER SPORT IS A SOLO ONE, SEVEN-TIME WORLD SURF CHAMP STEPHANIE GILMORE IS ALL ABOUT THE POWER OF COMMUNITY PHOTOGRAPHY

The New Tough

WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES SOMEONE WANT TO RUN FOR 83 HOURS NON-STOP? REBECCA NEWMAN MEETS THE WOMEN PUSHING THEIR BODIES (and minds) TO THE EDGE

New Direction

ESCHEWING BEAUTY VLOGGER DRAMA ON YOUTUBE AND INSTAGRAM’S OVERLY CURATED AESTHETIC, WE’RE TURNING TO TIKTOK FOR A TONGUE-IN-CHEEK TAKE ON BEAUTY — AND BRANDS ARE FOLLOWING SUIT

Girl's Got Game

LIZ CAMBAGE HAS REACHED OLYMPIAN HEIGHTS OF SUCCESS, PLAYING BASKETBALL FOR THE LAS VEGAS ACES AND SCORING A SPOT ON AUSTRALIA’S TEAM FOR TOKYO. BUT SPEAKING OUT ABOUT HER MENTAL HEALTH BROUGHT HER TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL

High Flyer

WHEN A VIRAL PHOTO OF HER ATTRACTED SEXIST TROLLING, AFLW PLAYER TAYLA HARRIS FOUGHT BACK. A YEAR LATER, AS SHE LAUNCHES HER BOOK ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE, SHE TELLS ELLE WHAT SHE LEARNT

Dream Team

EVANIA PELITE, CHARLOTTE CASLICK AND ALICIA LUCAS HAVE BEEN PLAYING RUGBY TOGETHER FOR YEARS, BREAKING BOUNDARIES AS THEY GO

Balancing Act

FORMER COMPETITIVE RUNNER SUSAN* REFLECTS ON THE SHIFT THAT OCCURRED WHEN HER BODY LET HER DOWN WHILE SHE WAS AT HER STRONGEST, THREATENING TO DERAIL HER DREAMS OF STARTING A FAMILY

Earth Friendly Aquaponics Is Set To Revolutionise The Way We Eat

Aquaponics could be the solution to sustaining inner-city fine dining in an everchanging climate

SUSTAINABLE SWAPS

A MORE PLANET-FRIENDLY ROUTINE IS EASIER THAN YOU MIGHT THINK

ZEITGEIST: substance CONTROL

HOW WOKE ARE OUR WEEKEND HABITS, REALLY?

SUPER NATURAL

EMBRACE THE CALL OF THE WILD IN FREE-SPIRITED COLOURS AND DOWN-TO-EARTH STYLING

STREAMING leading lady

PART OF A NEW GENERATION BOLDLY TACKLING TOUGH ROLES AND TABOOS, BAZLUHRMANN FAVOURITE OLIVIA DE JONGE SAYS IT’S TIME TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY

RADAR: calm down already

WHEN WE GET SENSITIVE ON THE INSIDE, OUR SKIN SOMETIMES FOLLOWS SUIT

GLOBAL GRIEF

Feeling sad about the state of the world? DON’T BE TOO HARD ON YOURSELF, SAYS SOUGHT AFTER RESILIENCE AND MINDSET COACH VASHTI WHITFIELD. YOUR FEELS ARE VERY REAL

FRESH ink

THANKS TO BETTER PIGMENTS AND ARTFUL TECHNIQUES, NEXT-GEN PERMANENT MAKEUP IS CREATING AN OPTICAL ILLUSION

EARTH MOTHER

SHE’S AN ACCLAIMED ACTOR, ENTREPRENEUR AND NOW AUTHOR, BUT TERESA PALMER IS AS GROUNDED AS THEY COME

BOOKS : THE future is written

THREE AUTHORS MOVING THE CONVERSATION FORWARD WITH THEIR POWERFUL PERSPECTIVES AND WORDS OF CHANGE