Eureka Street

Author: Jen Vuk

ARTS AND CULTURE

Imagination beguiles in dystopic Russian debut
- Jen Vuk
- 11 July 2008
Amid the Eastern Bloc ruins, Sasha wears her disenfranchisement like a seasoned dissident, while her mother wants to turn her into a good little Soviet. Petropolis employs comic absurdity in order to examine the human condition.
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AUSTRALIA

Paid leave fans the maternal flame
- Jen Vuk
- 02 July 2008
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Parenting deserves more than a bonus, it deserves to be exulted and supported in its many and varied forms. With so many women in the workforce a paid maternity leave scheme is the linchpin upon which other 'family-friendly' policies depend.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Bars not always made of iron
- Jen Vuk
- 11 April 2008
By their very nature, zoos are perverse places. But this 'story of survival from the West Bank' is as much about a scarred community clinging to normality as it is about empathetic veterinarian Dr Sami and his endeavours.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Green consumerism counterproductive
- Jen Vuk
- 15 February 2008
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It's time to scrutinise the rapid rise of the 'shopping green' movement in the US and elsewhere, and assess the sum total of its effect on the environment. By buying bottled water, organic food, or sunscreen, consumers are arguably shutting the healthy individual in and the threatening world out.
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AUSTRALIA

Short changing working mothers
- Jen Vuk
- 13 December 2007
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The leaders' election promises of more child care and tax breaks for private school fees were simply icing on a non-existent cake. And while the baby bonus is undoubtedly a welcome addition to the family purse, it's just that — a bonus. A 'generous' package filled not only with promise but problems.
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CONTRIBUTORS

Jen Vuk
- Barry Gittins and Jen Vuk
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Eureka Street columnist Jen Vuk is a freelance writer and editor whose work has appeared in The Herald Sun, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, The Age and The Good Weekend.
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