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A couple of things to bear in mind with the 'slacker mum' movement

A couple of things to bear in mind with the ‘slacker mum’ movement

By blue milk on February 17, 2013

Jane Caro has just written a rather charming article, “Over-mothered? No, over mothering” for the Sydney Morning Herald. For birthdays, I bought two packs of 12 lamington fingers and stuck a candle in each one. They served a whole class. I was very bad at any sort of preparation. I only once helped a daughter [...]

Posted in gender & feminism, media, parenting, social justice | Tagged motherhood, mums | 9 Responses

Antibreastfeeding Bingo

By Lauredhel on February 20, 2009

We’ve done the other Bingos, and this one’s long overdue. With a nod to all the misogynist trolls out there who’ve provided the material for this card, I present: Antibreastfeeding Bingo! It’s focussed on public breastfeeding conversations, not “mommy wars” type conversations, which are well covered by the Bingo at Mom’s Tinfoil Hat, and by [...]

Posted in Culture, gender & feminism, law & order, Meta, social justice | Tagged abuse, babies, baby, bigotry, breastfeeding, breasts, conversations, gratuitous ogling, misogyny, moral panics, mums, Play Bingo!, reproductive justice, women | 58 Responses

Two little slices of stupid

By Lauredhel on January 31, 2009

WA Today: “Marketers cash in on Obama girls”

But what will the first mum make of the next wave of lookalikes: child models who are being recruited throughout America because they look like Sasha and Malia?

Posted in gender & feminism, health, Politics | Tagged baby, breast pump, breastfeeding, breastmilk, mums, obama, race & racism, reproductive justice | 14 Responses

Does it really take a divisive stereotype to catch a divisive stereotype?

By Guest Hoyden on September 30, 2008

Author: blue milk – kinda radical feminist who kinda identifies with the “suburban mum” tag these days. Not so long ago Monica Dux, in promoting the publication of jointly-authored book The Great Feminist Denial, attempted to initiate a conversation about re-branding feminism (in this opinion piece). You might recall that this didn’t end well for [...]

Posted in gender & feminism, work and family | Tagged feminists, motherhood, mums | 40 Responses

Friday Hoyden: who’s your hoyden?

By tigtog on August 15, 2008

And when were you last hoydenish?

Open nomination thread for your favourite hoydens: any woman with a whiff of unconventionality about her!

Yes, stay-at home mums absolutely do count: there’s nothing to stop us being audacious, exuberant, and boisterous in our mothering. And you can count yourself, too, if you’ve done anything particularly hoydenish lately. Here’s me:

Posted in arts & entertainment, Life | Tagged hoydens, mums, nomination, photography | 19 Responses

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother’s Day

By tigtog on May 11, 2008

I’m well chuffed with my complete set of Hornblower DVDs. (Thinks: what would a cage-wrestling match between JDF and the Ioan would be like?)

Posted in relationships, work and family | Tagged lunch, mums | 9 Responses

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