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Julia Pound

Julia Pound

Julia Pound is a high school teacher from Melbourne.

The Eiffel Tower has become an iconic symbol of France.

I learnt a scary lesson while living in France. Playing it safe can be risky

My first inkling of French values came when I got into a taxi, aged 25, and the older male driver gave me an odd look. I wondered what faux pas I could have committed in just 20 seconds.

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Latest

Anti-social behaviour can be contagious.

I can’t forget the rude woman in the polka dot dress. But now I know the cure

Rudeness is contagious – don’t be a super-spreader.

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Julia Pound shared images from her holiday in the Alps and her followers assumed they were AI-generated. 

I posted my holiday shots on Instagram and no one believes they’re real

Something about the way the sun hit the Alps that day, coupled with a miniature bottle of Schnapps, made me hurl my rule book out the window.

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Life in Fitzroy.

Loud, crowded and crammed: How moving to the inner-city radically changed me

As a moody, classical-music obsessed, pimple-ridden dork, leaving the outer suburbs was the equivalent of winning the lottery.

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