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• Hover

  By hatbluemilk on 2011-02-23 • ( 2 )

  From the photographic series, The Girl Who Loves to Levitate by Natsumi Hayashi. “We are all surrounded by social stress as we are bound by the forces of earth’s gravity,” Natsumi says when asked why she took on the series…. Read More ›

• What if boys cared about gender equality?

  By hatbluemilk on 2011-02-22 • ( 1 )

  (Thanks to Emily Maguire for the link to this video from Sydney Boys High School on their Gender Equality Project). Cross-posted at blue milk.

• A new definition of functional

  By hatbluemilk on 2011-02-08 • ( 2 )

  This messy patchwork of care arrangements – its favours and returned favours; its sick children one week and different working hour requirements the next – are how the modern working parent operates these days.

• Politician parents

  By hatbluemilk on 2011-01-25 • ( 3 )

  Image credit. Check out this intriguing article from The Economist – “The Gruffulo Years: A striking number of Britain’s senior politicians have young children. That is a good thing”. The world changes much more rapidly once its leaders are personally… Read More ›

• Which books best capture a feeling of Australia for you?

  By hatbluemilk on 2011-01-21 • ( 30 )

  You readers who frequent here, I need your help. My friend and her husband are immigrants and they are raising their Australian-born children here. My friend is open-hearted but after almost a decade of living here she has reached a… Read More ›

• What would Anna Bligh do?

  By hatbluemilk on 2011-01-13 • ( 5 )

  Anna Bligh, the Queensland Premier seems to finally be living up to the potential she showed when she first became Premier. Her leadership during this flood crisis matches much of what I have heard from those who have worked for and with her during her time as Premier – that she is calm, intelligent, respectful, decent, personable, sensible and brave – but the reality of her style never previously translated to her broader public image. Some of the criticism of Bligh applies across the board to politicians generally, who these days seem to be over-prepared for public appearances to the point of coming across as robotic and false.

• Observations from West End, Brisbane

  By hatbluemilk on 2011-01-13 • ( 16 )

  You might have heard, Brisbane and huge parts of Queensland have gone under water in a catastrophic flood. To put that in perspective, this is an area of land the size of France and Germany combined affected by the floods. Brisbane, which is the capital of Queensland is the fastest growing city in Australia and rates third for size in the country. As you might imagine, some absolutely tragic events have been unfolding in this flood.

  I had to leave work in a bit of a hurry as I work right in the CBD, which was a surreal feeling; but apart from that my own family has been safe from the flooding, although we have no power for the foreseeable future and have had to be adopted into someone else’s home.

• Women, food, advertising

  By hatbluemilk on 2011-01-06 • ( 10 )

  Check out this collection of pictures over at the hairpin.

• Free yourself

  By hatbluemilk on 2010-12-27 • ( 17 )

• Stop looking at my Mom

  By hatbluemilk on 2010-12-18 • ( 3 )

  Bugs me to think that our children are introduced to sexual objectification so young by watching it happen to us. But on a positive note, how fantastic is this kid? Here is an interview with Astronomical Kid. (Do not read… Read More ›