Personal Essays Archives – Stephanie Wood – Award-winning Australian long-form features journalist

Personal Essays

In a series of personal essays covering loneliness, childlessness, a family member’s hoarding, and a damaging relationship with an emotionally manipulative man, I’ve explored elements of the human condition in the 21st century and connected with a huge number of readers.

Story	Publication	Date
How smartphones became the con man’s secret weapon	Primer	Mar 2022
“I can see now what I have gained by not having children”	Vogue Australia	Aug 2021
Sea change: my 84-year-old mother knows architect-designed McMansions now	The Guardian Australia	Apr 2021
Stories from the dog park: ‘In this new world of tangled worries, my puppy keeps me sane’	The Guardian Australia	Aug 2020
Streaming the flow: a Zoom yoga class	The Guardian Australia	Apr 2020
After falling for a con artist, I lost trust in the world – but I am anything but a damaged soul	The Guardian Australia	Jul 2019
‘He broke me’: the destructive trail left by romantic con men	Good Weekend magazine	Jun 2019
A garden that connects communities	The Guardian Australia	Dec 2017
‘Internet searches reveal only so much’: A memoir of my relationship with a romantic con artist	Good Weekend magazine Fairfax Media	Apr 2017
Keeping the sensual art of handwriting alive in a world of emoticons	Good Weekend magazine Fairfax Media	Jan 2017
Childless: How women without kids are treated in 2016	Good Weekend magazine Fairfax Media	Jul 2016
Home truths: Clearing out the family home	Good Weekend magazine Fairfax Media	Apr 2015
No one wants to buy books	Good Weekend magazine Fairfax Media	Dec 2014
Coming of age: A swim that nearly ended in tragedy	Good Weekend magazine Fairfax Media	Jun 2014
All the lonely people	Good Weekend magazine Fairfax Media	Sep 2013
A life lived, and lost, for Labor: My grandfather	The Sydney Morning Herald	Mar 2013
Suddenly last season	Good Weekend magazine Fairfax Media	Aug 2012
The family table	Sunday Life magazine	Jun 2012

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