Stories about who we are and how we live

Journalist, documentary maker, writer and presenter

Exploring the people, ideas and cultural trends shaping modern life.

Siobhan Marin

TV documentaries

How the manosphere is fuelling teen misogyny in Australian schools.

Inside the lives of polyamorous and ethically non-monogamous Australians.

Why more Australians are turning to surrogacy, despite huge costs and risks.

A community-run experience helping school students feel what it’s like to be a refugee.

The unglamorous reality of being an Only Fans content creator.

Amidst a loneliness epidemic, meet the Australians trying to find friendship.

Podcasts

From pop culture to politics, we feed you big ideas in bite-sized pieces

A four-part series on our obsession with cosmetic enhancement.

Inside the cults and conspiracy theories that are spreading like wildfire online.

Selected writing

The Australian Women’s Weekly

For the first time in decades, younger generations have more regressive views than those who came before. But is the tradwife phenomenon part of this cultural shift, or merely a source of aesthetic inspiration?

How weight loss movements have weaponised Christianity to idealise thinness and cast gluttony as a moral sin.

Australians desperate to start a family are being driven overseas into markets that can be dangerous, costly and ethically dubious. Is it time for a national conversation about paying surrogates here?