Hannah Vanderheide
Hannah Vanderheide is a freelance health writer and actor based in Victoria.
Opinion
Marriage
Should I have married my husband? Red flag culture would say no
If I’d listened to the relationship experts on social media I wouldn’t have made the best decision of my life.
- by Hannah Vanderheide
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Weight loss
In a fat-phobic world, Ozempic is hardly the easy way out
The backlash labelling the drug akin to cheating is one of the most blatant examples of medical gaslighting to date.
- by Hannah Vanderheide
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Illness
No ill will but you could be making your sick friends feel worse
The healthy among us seem to lose all sense of decorum when speaking with the chronically ill or visibly pregnant.
- by Hannah Vanderheide
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Alcohol
Sobriety is your choice. Stop preaching that it should be mine
Sober sanctimony has infiltrated my social media feeds, and it’s driving me to drink.
- by Hannah Vanderheide
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Sex & relationships
Why couples should split the bill on the pill
There are all kinds of jobs involved in heterosexual sex, but it’s women who have long been tasked with outlaying the time and money to facilitate baby-free bangs.
- by Hannah Vanderheide
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Childcare
Should grandparents be paid for childcare or should Nanna do it for nada?
The best part of being a grandparent is getting to hand them back, right? Well, it doesn’t always work that way.
- by Hannah Vanderheide
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Parenting
My toddler is constantly misgendered. It may be the best thing for him
Every time someone compliments her son’s softness, Hannah Vanderheide hopes he will internalise those qualities.
- by Hannah Vanderheide
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Hair
Can we please find a vaccine for the mullet pandemic
We don’t seem to be talking about the most troubling thing to come out of our brush with total annihilation - the resurgence of the mangey mullet.
- by Hannah Vanderheide
I scoffed at everyone’s emotional support water bottle, until I got one
If you cast your eyes around at cafe tables, your colleague’s desk or the perimeter of your boutique gym class, you might have noticed a growing trend.
- by Hannah Vanderheide
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Cyber bullying
There’s only one reason we should be talking about Jelena Dokic right now
I’m an eating disorder survivor and, like the wonderful Jelena Dokic, I look forward to the day when women no longer have to explain why we are the size we are.
- by Hannah Vanderheide