Many cultures embrace the notion that a higher power maintains a complete record of our lives and, at key moments, reviews it to judge us and determine our fate. Each of us keeps a similar narrative ...

I had told my Mum over and over again that I was a girl – and I always had been (Picture: epicfilms.com.au) Buckled into my seatbelt after a long day at school, I couldn’t wait to show Mum what I made ...