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Are we sedating with self-care?
Wellness  
Are we sedating with self-care?
The wellness industry claims to cure all our stresses and symptoms, and it rakes in $4.4tn a year. But as Katherine Rowland points out in this essay, it's not exactly working out for us.
Lights out  
Darkness is essential to human health. So why are we so intent on destroying it?
Jab doubt  
Should you be getting Botox? Ask Ugly, a new beauty column by the incomparable Jessica DeFino, has the answer.
Good shout  
So how do you take care of yourself when chaos reigns? Here are six humble suggestions.
Cook this
Rissoles
Rissoles
Alice Zaslavsky makes a case for the rissole revival with these chicken and cauliflower numbers. And the side is a star in its own right.
Extremely online
Extremely online
Icons on icons: Helen Sullivan on Helen Garner; Naaman Zhou on Inspector Rex; Lauren Oyler on Franz Rogowski. 

SEO ruined the internet and Martin Scorsese saved it. Phoebe Philo has always been cool and Creed – the band – are cool again. 

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The funniest things on the internet
Kavi shows us his tabs
Kavi shows us his tabs
This is the most online column we've ever published.
Top of the list
A list – ear candy  
It's list time! Here are the best songs to listen to this month, including author-producer Jamie Marina Lau, folk sensation Jess Ribeiro, and everyone's favourite: Troye Sivan.
It's list time! Here are the best songs to listen to this month, including author-producer Jamie Marina Lau, folk sensation Jess Ribeiro, and everyone's favourite: Troye Sivan.
Another list – so handy  
And here are the best shows and films to stream. We regret to inform you that it includes Baz Luhrmann's even longer re-edited version of Australia.
And here are the best shows and films to stream. We regret to inform you that it includes Baz Luhrmann's even longer re-edited version of Australia.
An album – rock band-y  
London trio Bar Italia broke out with no backstory and no public identities. Now, they're stepping into the limelight with their new album The Twits, which sounds like Pulp put through a blender.
London trio Bar Italia broke out with no backstory and no public identities. Now, they're stepping into the limelight with their new album The Twits, which sounds like Pulp put through a blender.
Another album – not bland-y  
Tkay Maidza's last three releases were each titled 'Last Year Was Weird'. Her latest record Sweet Justice is pretty weird too – and cements her status as one of Australia's most captivating rappers.
Tkay Maidza's last three releases were each titled 'Last Year Was Weird'. Her latest record Sweet Justice is pretty weird too – and cements her status as one of Australia's most captivating rappers.
This week's weirdest story
IN RATS
The power of imagination  
IN RATS
Study shows rodents are just like us.
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