The Algorithm Age

Who mops the kitchen floor in your house? Or oversees the grocery shop and meal prep every week? For generations, the burden of household labour often came down to traditional gender roles — dad went to work, while mum stayed home with the kids. Today, many families split these responsibilities or juggle them alongside dual careers. But now some young women are choosing to quit work altogether and stay at home. They call themselves "traditional wives", or "tradwives". The term was made famous by social media influencers like Nara Smith, a model and mother of three young children, with a fourth on the way. She seemingly spends most of her day cooking food from scratch, from the cereal she serves her kids at breakfast to the hundreds and thousands she uses on their ice cream. In highly curated clips posted on their online accounts, self-proclaimed tradwives tend to their gardens, homeschool their children and bake sourdough bread. ...

After Robyn was promoted to an officer, she soon realised how important women were to the Australian army On peacekeeping missions, local women felt safe enough to confide in Robyn so she could help implement important changes in their lives Later she became one of the first ever women to ever take the Commando selection course and later became the first woman to earn the coveted green beret But when she retired after 22 years of service, she struggled with chronic pain and it was taking a toll on her mental health Robyn Fellowes, from Ravensbourne, Qld, shares how she saved her own life when she was just seconds from death… Sweat poured down my forehead as I lifted the heavy stretcher. I can do this, I told myself. It was 1999, and I was part-way through the commando selection course. Thankfully, the ‘body’ we were carrying was actually a heavy sandbag, but everything else about the arduous 30km march was as tough as real-life condition...