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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.

In 1994 the American Psychiatric Association published its fourth revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for mental disorders (DSM). Here, you’ll find the worryingly popular one-size-fits-most measure for Depressive Disorder.

Tired? Eat too much? Irritable? Congrats, you're depressed.

In 1994 the American Psychiatric Association published its fourth revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for mental disorders (DSM). Here, you’ll find the worryingly popular one-size-fits-most measure for Depressive Disorder.

IKEA has done what many consider to be the unthinkable. The catalogue changed its typeface.

It's a Smaland after all

IKEA has done what many consider to be the unthinkable. The catalogue changed its typeface.

The pre-eminent voice of American celebrity’s inner word is dead. There has never been a greater gossip than Dunne, reflects <b>Helen Razer</b>.

Dominick Dunne, the great gossip, is dead

The pre-eminent voice of American celebrity’s inner word is dead. There has never been a greater gossip than Dunne, reflects Helen Razer.

Somehow, the Miss Universe pageant has survived an ironic age. And a post-ironic one, too.

Miss Universe's celebration of Camp transcends irony

Somehow, the Miss Universe pageant has survived an ironic age. And a post-ironic one, too.

In order for news organisations to survive, the US government must grant them exemption from antitrust and price-fixing laws so that they can essentially "collude for survival", argues <b>Tim Rutten</b>.

How the free market can save the free press

In order for news organisations to survive, the US government must grant them exemption from antitrust and price-fixing laws so that they can essentially "collude for survival", argues Tim Rutten.

For their championing of chubby, several media outlets have this week earned the Wankley.

And the Wankley goes to ... Fashion Week coverage, belittling the big

For their championing of chubby, several media outlets have this week earned the Wankley.

A law suit unfolding in California about privacy and Facebook, has been described, and possibly kindly, as a "jumbled mess", thanks to discrepancies in national privacy laws.

Facebook fail: privacy alert on uploaded minutiae

A law suit unfolding in California about privacy and Facebook, has been described, and possibly kindly, as a "jumbled mess", thanks to discrepancies in national privacy laws.

Poker is becoming more popular and women are placing their bets with purpose. <b>Helen Razer</b> entered a tournament in the hope of improving her game, but then things got out of hand.

The poker night I faced down Le Schiffre and made rent

Poker is becoming more popular and women are placing their bets with purpose. Helen Razer entered a tournament in the hope of improving her game, but then things got out of hand.

Director John Hughes will be remembered for his defining work <em>The Breakfast Club</em>, writes <b>Helen Razer</b>. Despite coy innuendos and jokes about sushi, the film remains an outstanding portrait of adolescence,

John Hughes wrote who we thought we were

Director John Hughes will be remembered for his defining work The Breakfast Club, writes Helen Razer. Despite coy innuendos and jokes about sushi, the film remains an outstanding portrait of adolescence,