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Published February 15, 2021 To sign up for our daily newsletter filled with the latest news, goss and other stuff you should care about, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or, bookmark the PEDESTRIAN.TV homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix. It’s here, it’s finally gonna happen – the Pfizer vaccine has landed in Australia ahead of the rollout starting on January 22. As footage and images flood the news of these unassuming boxes being handled as delicately as airport ground staff can (read: not chucked around like a footy) something abou...

ABC Everyday Making a flippant thought public or a joke about how horrible it would be to get fat perpetuates the feedback loop that makes sure all of us are kept feeling bad about ourselves, Bec Shaw writes. ( Share Print text only Hi Fat, I'm Dad. You might recognise this as a classic joke structure. And you might also notice it is a joke involving someone who is fat. But different to a lot of fat jokes you may have seen recently, it isn't aimed at making fat people feel bad. It simply contains the fact that I, the subject of the joke, am fat. And it is a fact! I'm fat. Lots of people are f...

ABC Everyday Body shame has very real consequences on physical and mental health. ( Print text only Love the skin you're in. Embrace your curves. Stop comparing yourself. While these are all great messages, feeling confident about your body takes more than reading an inspirational quote on Instagram. Body confidence is not just a "women's issue". People of colour, people with a disability and the LGBTIQA+ community experience additional pressures too. The list of things an unhealthy body image can impact in your life is long — from sexual confidence and pleasure, to mental health and celebr...

Move over COVIDSafe, we have the Contact Tracys now. We missed you too. Sign up to our newsletter, and follow us on Instagram and Twitter, so you always know where to find us. While Australia’s handling of COVID-19 has been pretty good compared to the rest of the world (*cough* the US *cough*), our contact tracing has left a lot to be desired. In particular, Victoria’s contact tracing system was overwhelmed when the major second wave hit, which sent Melbourne citizens into lockdown for weeks on end. But lucky for us, a sketch from The Chaser’s  War on 2020 livestream has imagined wha...

Black Lives Matter New Orleans Chef Jason Goodenough isn’t having it. The only thing I know for sure about this week is I’m getting food at his Carrollton Market. pic.twitter.com/ttO3b2rNzx — Michael Tisserand (@m_tisserand) December 14, 2020 Support local businesses. Seinfeld how im talking to everyone once i get the vacine pic.twitter.com/tfmCvrr3V9 — Seinfeld Current Day (@Seinfeld2000) December 14, 2020 Close-talkers are the worst. Stop the bullying just found out they wouldn’t let rudolph join in any reindeer games pic.twitter.com/7qqXXjZEqU — anja (@internetanja) December 13...