Antoinette Lattouf
Antoinette Lattouf is a broadcaster, columnist and author. She is co-host of The Briefing podcast and co-founder of Media Diversity Australia.
Opinion
Racism
After #BLM, Aussie newsrooms became more white
Australia is all the richer for its cultural diversity, but you wouldn’t know that based on who gets to tell our stories.
- by Antoinette Lattouf
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Parenting
Poor little rich kids: Why isn’t anyone talking about their woes?
Is it possible for my daughters to be empathetic and resilient when their biggest hardship was the one time they had to share a bed at a luxurious resort in Singapore?
- by Antoinette Lattouf
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Gender equality
It’s unfair to expect men to do more unpaid work until something gives
Persistent inequities in the division of unpaid work won’t shift because of well-meaning blokes alone.
- by Antoinette Lattouf
Opinion
Parenting
Whoever invented Book Week needs their costumed head read
I love books – and I love kids reading – but not the angst and cost that this event puts on time-poor parents.
- by Antoinette Lattouf
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Social media
Attacks on ABC presenter Fauziah Ibrahim go too far
If you’re a woman of colour who is perceived to have made a mistake, the trolling can be brutal and sustained. It can hurt your career and threaten your safety.
- by Antoinette Lattouf
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Psychology
Injectables hinder not only the way people read your face, but the way you read theirs
A new TV experiment recruits first-time Botox users to take a closer look at the long-term effects of cosmetic injectables. It’s easy to forget the face plays a fundamental social role.
- by Antoinette Lattouf
Opinion
Water safety
I’ve made a promise to my children: I’m going to learn to swim
It goes against the stereotype, but one in four Australians are weak swimmers or can’t swim at all.
- by Antoinette Lattouf
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
‘Segregation’ and ‘apartheid’: Strange bedfellows are misusing the language of oppression
When it comes to the rhetoric around vaccines and lockdowns, something odd has happened.
- by Antoinette Lattouf