We’re on the precipice of Melbourne Fashion Festival, new music from Rihanna, Chappell Roan, and we couldn’t be more feral. Plus, Kylie Minogue got her flowers! We yap about elections in Germany, the upcoming federal election, and trans rights in the US. Plus… has skincare gone too far with this latest trend?

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✎ These are the links we mentioned:

• Hunter Schafer on her passport gender marker
• Having Sex Before Dinner
• Is anyone having sex after their 12-step night time skincare routine?
• The Morning Shed Creator Speaks Out
• Why Tech CEOs Are Drawn To Ayahuasca And Other Psychedelic Drugs
• 2016 Makeup (in praise of artifice)
• Paranoid Reading and Reparative Reading; or, You’re So Paranoid, You Probably Think This Introduction is About You | EVE KOSOFSKY SEDGWICK
• Peter Dutton claims Labor is fast-tracking citizenship so that migrants can vote. Here’s what we know | Australian election 2025 | The Guardian
• Labor and the Coalition have pledged to raise GP bulk billing. Here’s what the Medicare boost means for patients
• Ernst Röhm - Wikipedia
• Conservatives win German election but far-right AfD doubles support | Germany | The Guardian
• The Radical True Meaning Of Self-Care: It’s Not Face Masks & Bubble Baths

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