Winnie Dunn

Aug 28, 2024 | theguardian.com | Winnie Dunn

Cheezburger was my introduction to the internet. Back before memes were memes. From there it was a rabbit hole full of 4chan trolls, pasta of the creepy variety, Wholockians tumbling in Tumblr, “fluff” emanating out of fanfiction.net, Rickrolling around YouTube, liking Facebook pages about “Taking Your Girl to Macca’s Cause She’s the One”, and men on Vine sitting five feet apart because they’re not gay. The internet just kept growing … Instagram. Twitter. Snapchat. Tinder. Bumble. TikTok. Stories. Reels.

Jun 15, 2024 | theguardian.com | Winnie Dunn

My mother passed away from cancer when I was four years old. Grief-stricken, I still considered myself fortunate to have been raised in a Tongan household: my father, stepmother, paternal grandmother and paternal aunts all shared the responsibility of raising me and my seven siblings. This is normal in Tongan culture as we have no word for “aunt” or “grandmother” or “uncle” or “grandfather” or “cousin”; instead, each of them is a type of mother, father or sibling.

May 13, 2024 | smh.com.au | K Patrick |Winnie Dunn |Jake Adelstein |Mirandi Riwoe

Fast-forward to 2022, when I stumbled upon an old, dusty house filled with junk in a small seaside town near Kyoto. It had eight rooms, a warehouse, and it was a steal. I asked my partner, Jessy Nakamura, who loves the beach and can surf, whether we should buy it. "Hell, yes," she said. "It'll be paradise during Tokyo's horrible summers and a place for you to have a fresh start, away from all those crime scenes." She was right.

May 13, 2024 | theage.com.au | K Patrick |Winnie Dunn |Jake Adelstein |Mirandi Riwoe

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. From a half-demon dog and the rules of takeaway to an island revelation and a burglar who got more than he bargained for, we asked four writers to respond to the theme of this year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival, Take Me Away. A bark from both endsBy K PatrickOnce a bitch at the yard had puppies and my jockey father brought one home.

May 11, 2024 | theage.com.au | Winnie Dunn

By Winnie Dunn May 12, 2024 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. This story is part of the May 12 edition of Sunday Life.See all 13 stories. “Ya mum.” It’s the most common joke in Australia, especially in the western suburbs of Sydney, where I was raised. “Ya mum” is derivative of the African-American jest, “Yo’ momma”.