Isn’t the world just a case study in ugly misogyny at the moment? I mean even more than usual. If you’re finding yourself horrified by the Roman Polanksi coverage then you really must see Kate Harding unpick what must be the ultimate in “Don’t you know who I am?” behaviour. And I defy any of [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Relief from the Polanski ugliness
Posted in bratz hatred/pornification/sexualising children, feminism, rape/sexual abuse on September 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Our lady of the hens
Posted in lauca, motherhood bliss, preschoolers on September 30, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Lauca adores these two hens. They have special privileges at my mother’s house – promenading around her garden while their colleagues remain in a large, but none the less fenced, chicken run. Lauca hand feeds them grated cheese and helps them find one another when they become separated in the garden. She has also been [...]
Bloody awful
Posted in feminism, miscarriage, motherhood, motherhood sux, pregnancy and birth, work and family (im)balance on September 28, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Like Penelope Trunk my miscarriage started at work. Ms Trunk was relieved to be miscarrying, I was devastated. Regardless of those differences, the process of having to maintain a professional appearance (ie. silence) in a very male environment while experiencing something so uniquely female, and so physically and mentally consuming is tough and deserves talking [...]
And bring wine
Posted in babies, cormac, lauca, maternity leave, motherhood, motherhood bliss, preschoolers, work and family (im)balance, your guide to perfect play dates on September 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Image: Baby wondering what happened to his hands? A couple of mothers, apparently as bored with school holidays as I was, rang me up one morning and invited me along with them for an impromptu holiday. Today, they said, we’re leaving now. I should be on the run from the law because I can pack [...]
Not a scrap of feminism in this baby food post… oh wait
Posted in babies, body image, cormac, feminism, feminist motherhood, motherhood on September 23, 2009 | 15 Comments »
Image: Have I mentioned how much I love having a baby that friends can hold? Maybe a long bow to be drawing but developing a healthy and autonomous approach towards food is a feminist goal and also a big part of the reason why I’m interested in baby-led weaning. Yeah, that and laziness. Aaanyway. Just [...]
10 things we enjoy with Cormac most (age 3mths and a bit)
Posted in 10 things, 10 things about cormac, babies, body image, breastfeeding, co-sleeping, cormac, fatherhood, lauca, motherhood, motherhood bliss, pregnancy and birth, toddlers on September 20, 2009 | 5 Comments »
See here for what wasn’t so peachy at three months of age. Mine. 1. Those first nights together, except for the very first night which was spent with you wide awake for about eight hours constantly feeding (and I am not even joking and didn’t we think we had another ‘killer’ baby on our hands), [...]
10 things we enjoy least with Cormac (age 3mths)
Posted in 10 things, 10 things about cormac, babies, breastfeeding, co-sleeping, cormac, fatherhood, lauca, motherhood, motherhood sux, pregnancy and birth on September 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
See also here for what was just grand at three months of age. Mine. 1. The breathing difficulties that came with your bronchialitis. The way you choked and gasped and couldn’t draw breath and then did and screamed and sunk into my arms. 2. Some breastfeeding difficulties again. Oh babies and your tiny pinchy mouths. [...]
Come play gender stereotypes
Posted in cormac, feminism, feminist motherhood, lauca, motherhood on September 20, 2009 | 34 Comments »
When parents observe their children it is truly staggering how often they will attribute an individual trait to that child’s gender. Three things spring to mind for me when they do it. Firstly, you are more likely to notice and remember instances that confirm your stereotypes than those which fall outside a stereotype. Secondly, children [...]
This monkey gone to heaven
Posted in babies, pop culture, pregnancy and birth on September 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »
We’ve got this weird deal going with The Pixies where they tour Australia every time we have a baby. Not entirely convenient, but who argues with The Pixies. If you’re a fan of The Pixies then you probably think we should have had more babies or that we should have started having babies a little [...]
On hate mail
Posted in feminism on September 17, 2009 | 5 Comments »
In which I continue to bring you other people’s content rather than compose content of my own. You may recall I said recently that I only have enough spare time at the moment to either read blogs or write my own blog, but not do both. And at this precise moment I am more reading [...]
Categories
Twitter: what can I say? Inane and pointless like everyone else’s.
- Boys with English accents in my neighbourhood need to pipe down at this time of night. #noisyconversations 2 hours ago
-
Recent Comments
i wrote this and stuff
read my book
The Internet’s Favourite blue milk Rants
Meta
Archives
