Bethenny Frankel was struggling to pay her rent. Then she landed a $100 million deal.
MAMAMIA - Former Real Housewife Bethenny Frankel sits down with Rebecca Davis to share her entrepreneurial journey and business tips ahead of her Australian speaking tour next week.
#MeToo - Unless you’re a Jew: ‘Where the hell are you?’
THE AJN - Following October 7, “It would appear that the pain of Israeli women is not valid. Indeed, the women’s movement at large by its silence, seems to accept that rape is an acceptable ‘act of resistance’.”
Australian Jews stand strong
THE AJN - As the days since October 7 have passed, and we continue to come to terms with war and the ever-evolving details of the horror inflicted on slaughtered and kidnapped Israelis; we also grapple with the world that remains.
Report from the frontline: ‘Hell on earth’
THE AJN - “The stench of death was strong, with the bodies of both terrorists and victims lying near each other, in the 30 degree heat, and flies…” A harrowing account from Kibbutz Kfar Aza, a site of Hamas’ massacre on October 7.
OPINION: When inaction allows incitement
THE AJN - “History has shown us; persecution does not begin in a vacuum… Our governments and law enforcement must send a clear message – and act with firmness.”
Simply Noa
THE AJN - From Hollywood actress and producer to pro-Israel activist with a prolific following, Noa Tishby reflects on her journey in an intimate interview with Rebecca Davis.
EXCLUSIVE: Leifer sentencing ‘good – but not good enough’
THE AJN - Disgraced former school principal Malka Leifer is sentenced 15 years imprisonment for 18 sexual offences – including six counts of rape. An exclusive interview with one of her accusers, Nicole Meyer.
Make me a match
THE AJN - Aleeza Ben Shalom is the shadchan star of the hit Netflix series Jewish Matchmaking. She shares her insights and tips for navigating the modern dating world.
EXCLUSIVE: I spent a day inside a family violence refuge. What I heard from women was chilling.
MAMAMIA - When Renee* comes rolling through the doors of the Safe Steps Family Violence refuge, she is frenetic. Her movements are quick. Sharp. And her words are too. In tow are her four children - aged 16, 14, 12 and 9 - negotiating overflowing bags of groceries…
Victorians head to the polls today - but the result may not be quite what you’d expect.
MAMAMIA - No sooner have the democracy sausages cooled from May's Federal election, as Victorians return to the polling booths today - this time, to decide upon the 60th state parliament and the fundamental question: Dan or Matt as premier?”
An investigation, a culture of silence, and the one conversation we need to be having.
MAMAMIA - “I can’t change what has happened to you in the past – but if we work together, we may be able to put your pain to some productive use." It was the line that The New York Times (NYT) investigative reporter Megan Twohey offered to fellow NYT journalist Jodi Kantor; an appeal to the women who were too afraid to talk…
OPINION: No one is talking about the gravity of Kanye’s antisemitism.
MAMAMIA - “I didn’t want to write this article. Not for an absence of thoughts, or feelings. So many feelings. Because it's exhausting to feel this heavily. This frequently.”
‘The 5 ways I’m challenging my pessimism in 2022.’
MAMAMIA - “I’m not gonna beat around the bush – the last few years have been a little bit sh*t … So friend, allow me to share with you the 5 ways I’ve challenged my pessimism in 2022 – and what’s worked for me.”
'Meet our village.' The two families who have chosen to live under one roof.
MAMAMIA - On any given night, entrepreneur and One Roof founder Sheree Rubinstein could be cooking for 10 people – at least. “We never know who will turn up. It’s an open-door policy – and that’s how we like it.” Indeed, it’s an outlook that saw the two families come together to live under one roof earlier this year. By choice…
In 2022, everyone can be cancelled - except if you’re a badly behaved AFL player.
MAMAMIA - In case you missed it, ex-AFL player, now-commentator Wayne Carey dropped an ominous little bag of white powder at Perth's Crown casino last week. He denied the substance was illegal, rather just a crushed anti-inflammatory drug, he said…
Grace Tame jailed her abuser 11 years ago. He’s still threatening 'revenge'.
MAMAMIA - She was a 15-year-old high school student. He was her 58-year-old maths teacher - and abuser…
Apparently there are too many lonely, single men. I have a message for them.
MAMAMIA - Dear Men, We understand you are feeling... some things. Very lonely. Much single, says psychologist Greg Matos…
5 Australian women were killed in one week. This is why we will never stop talking about it.
MAMAMIA - Jifeng 'Eileen' Liu. Lametta Fadlallah. Amner 'Amy' al-Hazouri. Tania Trickey. Florrie 'Kory' Reuben. Five Australian women, each killed in the past week. Five Australian women, each killed by violence perpetrated by men…
No education, no work, no freedom: The reality for women in Afghanistan one year since the Taliban takeover.
MAMAMIA - For millions of Afghans, August 15 is more than the date their beloved country collapsed to the treacherous rule of the Taliban. It's the date their freedom and dreams collapsed too. Particularly for women…
The one golden nugget that Esther Perel wants you to know about your relationship.
MAMAMIA - “Earlier today, I asked one of my patients how their relationship was going,” iconic couples' therapist Esther Perel tells Mamamia from her New York City apartment. “And it started with, ‘He’s making a real effort.’…