Koraly Dimitriadis
Content writer
Experience in personal essays and opinion on lifestyle, culture, single-parenting, parenting, race, migrants, dating. Qualifications in business, accounting, computing, tech.
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neoskosmos.com
SEXPO: ‘You’re Greek, oh my God! Do your parents know you’re here?’
My account of being a Greek woman exhibiting at SEXPO
farandwide.com
Tips for Traveling with Chronic Pain
It's estimated that chronic pain — generally defined as pain that lasts longer than 12 weeks — affects a staggering 100 million Americans. Globally, 10% of adults are newly diagnosed with chronic pain every year. For the millions upon millions of sufferers, the idea of traveling can be, to say the least, daunting.
kidspot.com.au
My daughter wants to walk to school and I don't know what to tell her
"I am not going to lie – I’m scared."
On the afternoon of Eurydice’s vigil at Princes Park, I flew home after a week-long work trip in Sydney and picked up my daughter from school.
I missed her like crazy but every fibre of my being was telling me that I needed to be at the vigil, to stand with my community, not just for Eurydice, but for all women who had been raped or murdered at the hands of a man.
But I didn’t know how to explain to my primary school aged daughter why the time I had promi...
news.com.au
Why Roseanne cancellation was wrong
She should have stayed on air and her racism should have been addressed in her show which could have been used as a vehicle for change. She has a huge Trump support base who listen to what she says
The Independent
Kim Kardashian chatting politics at the White House makes a mockery of America's democracy
Kardashian’s seeming influence in politics is troubling, especially since it was Trump’s celebrity status that gained him his seat. This spectacle only reinforces the idea that wealth and fame can buy you inordinate amounts of power
news.com.au
Women aren’t being warned about the dangers of Mirena IUDs
More research needs to be done into the Mirena IUD
heraldsun.com.au
Australia: Where even a school picnic is a piss-up
Parents brought along alcohol to a picnic on school grounds. Is this acceptable Australian behaviour?
SBS World News Australia
Why I felt ashamed about shopping at the op shop
For Koraly Dimitriadis, buying items brand new was always tied to migrant success - until she discovered the hidden treasures at her local op shop.
SBS World News Australia
I use sex to relieve my chronic headaches
Had I just found the key to my pain relief? Could sex actually be good for me as opposed to a sin or wrong unless married as it so taught by my Greek Orthodox culture?
SBS World News Australia
Why moving house was more difficult and stressful than I ever imagined
Moving has been ranked one of the top five most stressful life events. Our house is symbolic of ourselves, our safe haven from the outside world, which is why it is so hard to leave and start all over again.
mobile.abc.net.au
Renters should be allowed to list their homes on Airbnb
As a tenant who goes away for work trips or short holidays once or twice a year, one of my plans to bring me closer to buying my own home is having someone stay at my place.
heraldsun.com.au
How the church sexually represses and impacts relationships
If you do not have his blessing you are a step away from Heaven, one closer to Hell. How do you stay pure? Your body and mind must be free from sin.
These are just some of the teachings I received in the Orthodox Church as a growing girl.
Masturbation was a sin, sex before marriage was a sin, sexual thoughts also a sin.
Greek culture and the Orthodox religion are inextricably linked, which is why teachings influence the way in which parents raise their children.
Boys were turned a blind eye t...
SBS World News Australia
How Sex and The City liberated us (and why it’s time to let go)
A look back on how Sex And The City liberated a generation of women from migrant backgrounds living in repressive circumstances.
SBS World News Australia
Menstruation: There's nothing dirty about it
Being raised in the Greek Orthodox religion, I was taught that to receive Holy Communion, you had to be ‘clean’. As a young growing girl, this meant I had to be free from sin, free from ‘unclean’ thoughts, showered, dressed formally, have abstained from meat and dairy products, and not be menstruating.