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Helen Razer — Writer and broadcaster

Helen Razer

Writer and broadcaster

Helen Razer is a writer whose work appears in The Saturday Paper, Daily Review, SBS Online and Frankie. She has previously worked as a columnist for The Age and The Australian.

Sorry Telstra, individual excellence, noble though it may be, does not help us all

The participation of women and of other “minorities” in military action neutralises the nature of the participation itself.

Growing your own food makes no economic (or even taste) sense, and those (like me) who do it are in fact freaks. But believing what you see on TV as real is far, far worse.

Michelle Bridges is right, people who grow their own food are freaks

Growing your own food makes no economic (or even taste) sense, and those (like me) who do it are in fact freaks. But believing what you see on TV as real is far, far worse.

What happens when highly shareable youth content creators take money from highly profitable companies and turn it into a choose-your-own-agenda getaway for Twitter’s most fabulous?

Instagram it. Hashtag it. Save the world.

What happens when highly shareable youth content creators take money from highly profitable companies and turn it into a choose-your-own-agenda getaway for Twitter’s most fabulous?

Amy Schumer used to be funny. Then she met Judd Apatow, and her edge became dull.

Razer: how a culture of 'empowerment' ruined Amy Schumer

Amy Schumer used to be funny. Then she met Judd Apatow, and her edge became dull.

Sex work should be safe and legal, because if it is not the latter, it will not be the former.

To hell with your morality, decriminalising sex work saves lives

Sex work should be safe and legal, because if it is not the latter, it will not be the former.

Australia has accepted the watchful eye of the master for so long that we don't know how to do anything else.

The nightmare of anxiety that’s all your fault

Australia has accepted the watchful eye of the master for so long that we don't know how to do anything else.

When everyone on the internet feels that they should have an opinion at all times, things get ugly.

Razer: mea culpa, or, how the internet turns you into a fuckwit

When everyone on the internet feels that they should have an opinion at all times, things get ugly.

Screwing people at the bottom half of income distribution doesn’t actually work to stimulate an economy. Plus, it can be fatal.

The 2nd Amendment is a terrible idea. But unfettered capitalism is worse.

Screwing people at the bottom half of income distribution doesn’t actually work to stimulate an economy. Plus, it can be fatal.

The ABC is not helping people with mental illness. You know what would help people with mental illness? Actual healthcare.

Razer: sick to death of Mental As platitudes

The ABC is not helping people with mental illness. You know what would help people with mental illness? Actual healthcare.