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• Violence by Numbers

  By Helen on 2009-08-06 • ( 23 )

  People who followed White Ribbon Day a few months ago will remember that WRD was bitterly resented by (a) many members of the public who saw it in impossibly crude terms – but, but, but, you mean men are all… Read More ›

• Spirit of P P McGuinness, leave Razer’s body!

  By Helen on 2009-06-29 • ( 9 )

  One of the scary things about getting older is watching other people, who used to be younger and groovier than yourself, age and settle into the sclerotic patterns of unexamined privilege and rightwing attitudes. In the 90s, as a thirtysomething,… Read More ›

• Heads up for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians

  By Helen on 2009-05-20 • ( 19 )

  I see an article in today’s SMH about yet another survey about sexual culture and mores which, of course, is in no way influenced by gender stereotypes. Sex-education classes are failing to teach young women the skills they need to… Read More ›

• International Women’s day: On being the Groke

  By Helen on 2009-03-08 • ( 28 )

  Helen writes at the Cast Iron Balcony. She’s a blogger, she’s a grinner, she’s a mother, she’s a sinner. She plays her music in the sun.     There wasn’t any buzz about IWD last week among friends, family or… Read More ›

• The writer and the cartoonist

  By Helen on 2009-02-28 • ( 5 )

  Helen writes at the Cast Iron Balcony. She’s a blogger, she’s a grinner, she’s a mother, she’s a sinner. She plays her music in the sun. Last year, some cartoons which appeared with two of Miranda Devine‘s articles caught my… Read More ›