As long as all I am doing here is linking to things I like rather than writing fresh content of my own this link should definitely be among them. If you are a judgemental sexist tool of a person with an axe to grind against working mothers (and some poor hapless working mother, and her [...]
Archive for October, 2010
The Internet is here to pass judgement
Posted in fatherhood, feminism, feminist motherhood, work and family (im)balance on October 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Things to know
Posted in abortion, fatherhood, feminism, GLBTI, motherhood sux, pop culture, pregnancy and birth, work and family (im)balance on October 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The world will get better. Some things that are wrong are righted. (And the law must change so that something this wrong doesn’t happen again). Don’t fuck around with ‘house-work strikes’. Deception, when art, can be beautiful.
French women are exhausted
Posted in babies, body image, feminism, feminist motherhood, maternity leave, motherhood, motherhood sux, pregnancy and birth, work and family (im)balance on October 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I know this article, French women have it all – except equality won’t surprise my close French mother friend one little bit, but for everyone else? It might have to be read to be believed. The French example illustrates how if you miss gender equality by an inch you might as well miss it by [...]
If you’re in the mood for links
Posted in feminism, motherhood, motherhood sux, pregnancy and birth, rape/sexual abuse, work and family (im)balance on October 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Spilt Milk, who is a fantastic writer, put together such a clever twist here in this post to illustrate the entrenched sexism in our discussions of domestic labour. I’m a good wife. We have a modern relationship – you know, equal and all that. I help out around the house all the time. I don’t [...]
Hopefully this is a milestone you will want shared with the Internet
Posted in cormac, motherhood, motherhood bliss, toddlers on October 9, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Cormac’s first sentence (while pointing to the puddle on the floor): Did that, penis. Technically even two-word sentences count as a sentence but until now Cormac’s two-word sentences have sounded more like a single word, like pickup? rather than pick up? or readis as opposed to read this. Or he has copied some of the [...]
In which I impart a parenting tip
Posted in babies, motherhood, toddlers, vegetarians are not fun on October 8, 2010 | 10 Comments »
I don’t usually do parenting tips but this is one I keep coming back to thinking it might be worth sharing. While we are vegetarians we do feed our children fish for the first few years of their life. Anyway, something I learnt about feeding fish to very small children? It is best done with [...]
Got ink
Posted in lauca, motherhood, motherhood bliss, preschoolers on October 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Image taken with mobile phone. During the wedding rehearsal I realised that bad ass flower girl has a tattoo. Not sure when she acquired it, contrary to popular wisdom kids’ tattoos last forever. Must remember to scrub this off before her wedding duties on the weekend. I know some brides would be all ‘oh tattooed [...]
For our sons but not for our daughters
Posted in cormac, feminism, feminist motherhood, lauca, motherhood, motherhood sux, preschoolers, toddlers on October 8, 2010 | 6 Comments »
A recent UK internet survey (sample size: 2,500 but non-random) found mothers are more critical of their daughters than their sons. The results sound utterly depressing: More than half said they had formed a stronger bond with their sons and mothers were more likely to describe their little girls as “stroppy” and “serious”, and their [...]
Having trouble making Mum friends?
Posted in feminist motherhood, motherhood, motherhood sux, your guide to perfect play dates on October 7, 2010 | 7 Comments »
This is really rather adorable – it is also why I mostly hate playgroups. I think these kinds of conversations with other mothers, in part, reflect the limits of small talk (and you need to make a lot of small talk in parenthood), and in part, also come about from misguided attempts to genuinely share [...]
Not a cup of Milo
Posted in feminism, rape/sexual abuse on October 6, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Commenting via Twitter, ex-footballer Peter Everitt said in relation to the woman making allegations about a serious sexual assault by two players after Collingwood’s grand final win: Girls!! When will you learn! At 3am when you are blind drunk & you decide to go home with a guy ITS NOT FOR A CUP OF MILO! [...]
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