THERE are days when I’m one big ball of psycho-fun mummy. I’m all: let’s walk to playgroup, let’s make more playdough, come on kids, let’s take the bikes with us and have a picnic… then there are days like today. Days where, when my son says something like “I wish … Continue reading
Category Archives: Feminism
Holding on: thin threads and tight smiles
MY two separate sides crashed together during a radio interview last week. In my very best “phone voice” (louder, an octave higher and filled with witty – maybe just silly – repartee) I discussed my book, my work, my ambition, how far I’d come since I left my family home. … Continue reading
Big bum not ‘Germaine’ to the argument
DID Germaine Greer throw herself on the sword last night on ABC’s Q&A? If you haven’t seen the clip – where she says our female Prime Minister has a big arse – you can see it here. But her asinine remarks went viral overnight. People ousting the 73-year-old feminist as … Continue reading →