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In photos: Heatwaves, a rising threat to children

By Freja Newman
10 October, 2024

From Sudan to Pakistan, extremely hot days are becoming more frequent and are having devastating impacts on children’s lives.

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Climate Anxiety and Psychology Video Series

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Are you feeling both anxious and avoidant about the climate crisis? Freja’s unpacking all our feelings about climate change 🌏    #unicef #unicefaustralia #fyp #foryoupage #climatechange #climatecrisis #climateaction #climateanxiety

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Climate change – to care or not to care? Freja explains how uncertainty can make us avoid climatechange.    #unicefaustralia #unicef #fyp #foryoupage #climateanxiety #climate

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Mental Health, Digital Wellbeing and Climate Conference Coverage

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There’s a lot of tips out there for maintaining your mental health – sometimes an overwhelming number. Join us in trying out some techniques and put your mental wellbeing first 💙    #unicefaustralia #unicef #fyp #foryoupage #mentalhealth #wellbeing #tips

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Is it possible to stay authentic online? Let’s chat about it with Freja 🌸    #unicef #unicefaustralia #fyp #foryoupage #online #authentic

♬ growth – Gede Yudis
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sometimes it’s depressing seeing all the news about climate change, sometimes it’s inspiring seeing young people take climate action 🫶    #unicef #unicefaustralia #fyp #foryoupage #climatechange #climateaction #youngpeople

♬ Notícia de Impactos – DJ Reverb & Ads

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The Monster, The Muse

By Freja Newman
1 May, 2024

To be in and represent a female body in the early twenty-first century is to explore the beautiful and discarded, and tell one’s story through new forms.

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Diana Costantini at The Other Art Fair: “My relationship with art is really just centred on my love to create.”

By Freja Newman
19 Oct, 2023

All aspects of Diana Costantini’s life are marked by creativity. Whether it’s heading a large team of multi-discipline creatives as creative director at the ABC, or experimenting with mixed-media in her spare time, the importance of art is an ever present reality for her. 

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Can you commercialise chaos?

By Freja Newman
21 Nov, 2021

Freja Newman wonders whether anything good can come out of the commercialisation of Punk.  

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Spotted: A new generation of influencer-obsessed elites in Gossip Girl 2.0

By Freja Newman
7 Oct, 2021

Freja Newman argues that the Gossip Girl fails to capture the complexity of living in an online world

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Hopping on The Milk Lorry: my family’s story in verse

By Freja Newman
10 Oct, 2023

Poetic vignettes of wildlife in the bush have welcomed stories I could never imagine, like the time my grandma quite literally killed and chopped up a snake with a shovel to protect my aunt who was sleeping in a bassinet nearby.

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Finding Solidarity on Bathroom Walls

By Freja Newman
5 Apr, 2023

While there were countless messages about beauty, love and encouragement for moments in the future, there were also conversations. People were responding, despite not knowing if the original writer would see. That didn’t matter.

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