I admit to finding this blog parody, Seriously So Blessed quite funny but also rather mean-spirited, because poking fun at mummy blogs? Well, it’s a pretty soft target. Here’s how the joke goes – we’re self-absorbed, shallow, smug, boring, competitive, stupid and gratingly girly.. Okaaaaaay, but we’re also women writing about women’s lives and when [...]
Archive for November, 2011
Am I the punchline?
Posted in feminism, motherhood, motherhood sux on November 29, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Economists with crying babies on aeroplanes
Posted in feminism, feminist motherhood, motherhood, motherhood sux, toddlers, travelling with a toddler on November 29, 2011 | 24 Comments »
Thank you Economist for a sensible response on the crying babies in planes issue. Thank you, because you are written and read by more than a few conservative men and when I saw that you were looking at this issue, well, there was a little trepidation in me, and then I read your piece and [...]
Will boys watch stories about girls?
Posted in feminism, pop culture, raising daughters, raising sons, school kids on November 29, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Seen the line up of children’s films this year? This is why we get so excited about a film like, Brave, even before we see it. (Ask yourself these questions before you shill out to take your kid to see a film). When I began my writing career working in theatre for children I was [...]
When will we finally see an article about new parents that doesn’t include the following sentiments?
Posted in babies, fatherhood, feminism, motherhood, motherhood sux, sex of the icky parental kind, the first year of motherhood on November 28, 2011 | 3 Comments »
“But men are used to being centre of the universe. It’s like they throw a tantrum when the baby is born because their world as they knew it is thrown off kilter.” And (my use of bold).. “Men go to work all day but are still expected to come home and help with the babies. [...]
On the art of conversation
Posted in cormac, toddlers on November 28, 2011 | 7 Comments »
We have Bill’s punk brother staying with us at the moment. He terrifies kids, except for our own who are all over him to read them more stories. He’s tall and brooding, shirtless and tattooed, with rockstar-style thin hips in low-slung jeans. He wants to be left in peace, that’s all any punk really wants. [...]
Not so different to me
Posted in feminism, motherhood, sex of the icky parental kind on November 27, 2011 | 16 Comments »
This poster is part of an impressive campaign being run by a sex worker group in Ireland: The Turn Off the Blue Light poster campaign has been designed to challenge the Irish public’s perception of sex workers, to get away from the overly negative or positive images of sex work that are so often seen, [...]
On resourcefulness
Posted in downsized living, motherhood, work and family (im)balance on November 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
This article from The Daily Beast courtesy of Tedra O. fascinated me. It is so depression-era, all that resourcefulness and the idea of making money out of whatever you have. I felt rich with potential after reading it, instead of over-loaded with bills. Did I mention I’m making money from renting stuff I wasn’t using [...]
Changing the paradigm of global rape
Posted in feminism, rape/sexual abuse on November 27, 2011 | 3 Comments »
I am over violence against women not being a #1 international priority when one out of three women will be raped or beaten in her lifetime — the destruction and muting and undermining of women is the destruction of life itself. No women, no future, duh. I am over this rape culture where the privileged [...]
Into orbit: expat parenting experiences in Iraq
Posted in me, motherhood, race/anti-racism, travelling with a toddler on November 26, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Image: My mother with my brother and I when we were living in Iraq. This is part of a series on my mother’s experience of parenting in Iraq. Our family lived in Iraq for a couple of years during my childhood. We were the only Australians in the country at the time. My brother and [...]
Baby thin
Posted in babies, body image, feminism, motherhood on November 23, 2011 | 17 Comments »
The first thing both the baby’s mother and her grandmother tell me is that she has dark hair. The second thing they tell me is that she looks petite. She takes after her father, they say. She has his slim build. They rush to tell me. They search for different ways to emphasize the point [...]
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