Tilly Lawless
07 May 2026
Why is having sex with an animal worse than eating one? Discuss…
Our society does horrendous things to animals, but this one taboo is regarded as sickening and wrong above all others – and people find it hard to say exactly why
Read the full article29 April 2026
What does the global economic downturn mean for sex work?
Global crises can have all sorts of effects – after Covid, so many Japanese girls arrived in Sydney, the brothels needed Japanese receptionists. Now we are heading for an economic slump and the signs aren’t good
Read the full article01 April 2026
So you want to have a child. Why?
Paid surrogacy is banned in Australia. But the consequences for women in other, poorer nations are terrible, and that raises questions about the nature of parenthood itself
Read the full article04 March 2026
How Epstein used sex as a weapon
He drew other men towards him and trapped them in a state of complicity. But the cynical use of young women as tools to achieve power is nothing new
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