Archive for August, 2011
Up in the air
Posted in nothing on August 11, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Yummy mummies, volunteerism and community-building
Posted in ableism, fatherhood, maternity leave, motherhood, work and family (im)balance, yummy mummy on August 7, 2011 | 7 Comments »
This is an interesting post from Gaby Hinsliff, it is about the satirising of the ‘yummy mummy’ in the media – who is the yummy mummy? all we know is that she is very silly and that she isn’t us – but it was Hinsliff’s conclusions that I liked best. The argument that paid work [...]
Make a sticker, stick it on the face of someone who tells you breastfeeding (for whatever reason – in public, of a toddler etc) is unnatural
Posted in breastfeeding, feminism, feminist motherhood, motherhood, motherhood sux on August 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Breastfeeding’s unnatural! Drink cow’s milk.. from a plastic bottle… in the fridge!” – Lauredhel.
When high-end fashion sexualises little girls
Posted in bratz hatred/pornification/sexualising children, classism, feminism, motherhood sux, pop culture, preschoolers, school kids on August 7, 2011 | 15 Comments »
This is a fascinating discussion – where is the line between sexualising little girls and dressing up, between exploitation and cynical fashion industry humour; what makes a particular pose adult or even too sexy for a child? I have some pretty firm views on the matter – see here, here, here, here, here, here, here [...]
Come for the guinea pigs, stay for the cleavage
Posted in me, sex of the icky parental kind on August 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I took a bunch of photos of Lauca’s very photogenic little guinea pig, Yuko, and it was only after I downloaded them that I noticed they were also full of my cleavage. So, something for everyone.
Möbius strip of blogging
Posted in bill, fatherhood, lauca, motherhood, motherhood bliss, school kids on August 7, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Lauca: On the weekend can we go for a big walk somewhere. Not just a walk, but a big walk somewhere? Me: That sounds nice. Lauca: Yeah, I need something to write about in my journal for school. Me: What?! … Well, what about the fact that I am babysitting this weekend and you will [...]
Hanging out the washing
Posted in cormac, montessori, motherhood bliss, politics, toddlers on August 5, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Yes, it really is a post about hanging out the washing. Five seconds of your life that you’ll never get back. Oh Kerry, please do ask me. Back of the t-shirt. (What does that even mean?) And my todder son, Cormac, at Montessori playgroup hanging out the washing. This is one of his favourite activities, [...]
Giving and receiving
Posted in body image, feminism, feminist motherhood, motherhood, school kids, sex of the icky parental kind on August 3, 2011 | 10 Comments »
More about teenagers and sex and specifically, talking about sex to your teenage children. I love the bit where the mother hears her daughter say receiving oral sex is “gross” and she decides she can’t let that go past, she’s going to tackle it… the way we, as women, grow up thinking that giving blow [...]
Don’t let 200 children go disappointed, everyone needs holidays
Posted in school kids on August 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
You know I am a huge fan of being with kids in the outdoors – the creek-walk, the evening walk, time at the beach, horse riding, bike riding, camping – (camping at a music festival as a family? Not so much), so… I don’t normally plug things specific to a small location unless it is my [...]
All I hear is blah blah blah
Posted in bill, cormac, fatherhood, motherhood bliss, toddlers on August 3, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Bill: Hitting is wrong, Cormac. You can’t hit. It hurts people when you hit. Especially no hitting with things.. like that toy rake. That hurts. You see how it hurt when Lauca hit you back with the rake? Did you like that? Why would anyone else want to be hit, do you want to be [...]
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