@sister_ratched imo that's a cracker of an observation / remark. in bygone years i avidly read &/or listened to her, but that exposure gradually brought me to the same realisation you just summarised, so nowadays it's rare for me to seek her out. sometimes i only end up in one of her columns by accident (these days i largely don't directly read the actual smh, abc, guardian etc homepage sites but instead use an #RSS feedreader in my browser to fetch articles, & often it's unclear who wrote them (from the RSS summary) til i click the link if i wanna read more, then bam... oh, tis MG, damn. heehee).