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Melbourne

On abuse, abortions, hospitals, and the men who stayed with me.

By Lai Yin

/ 21 Dec 2025

Melbourne

On roundabouts

On school mornings, school runs and needing to breathe again.

By Lai Yin

/ 14 Dec 2025

On roundabouts

I map him with my mouth

On knowing what enters my body.

By Lai Yin

/ 7 Dec 2025

I map him with my mouth

On marriage

Marriage is a really, really bad idea. Separation has been in the air we breathe since the beginning.

By Lai Yin

/ 1 Dec 2025

On marriage

On childbirth

I had just given birth when her little sister followed.

By Lai Yin

/ 30 Nov 2025

On childbirth

On c-section

Years after our daughters were born, I was still chasing a son. Conception wasn’t instant like it was with our daughters.

By Lai Yin

/ 24 Nov 2025

On c-section

Why would a man want to be placed?

A man doesn’t resist direction. He recognises it as freedom and devotion. The highest form of power.

By Lai Yin

/ 23 Nov 2025

Why would a man want to be placed?

On phở

On broth and heat, raw meat and raw nerves.

By Lai Yin

/ 19 Nov 2025

On phở

London

On why I don’t get to London often enough. Fish and chips on Notting Hill. Noodles and dumplings steaming in Chinatown. And the correct Brasier.

By Lai Yin

/ 16 Nov 2025

London

Verona

On summer innocence, ice cream, first love, condoms and heartbreak.

By Lai Yin

/ 14 Nov 2025

Verona

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