I didn’t have a home birth, one of my children was born in a birth centre and the other one in a mainstream hospital but I absolutely support the right for other women to choose home birth if they so… Read More ›
parenting
The Urge
Children growing up. Damn them.
Precision vs Accuracy
7:05am
Me: Shouldn’t you be getting ready for school?
Sprog The Younger: I don’t have to start getting ready until 7:21, actually.
Too sexy for breastfeeding?
Image credit. (Some Not Suitable For Work links included in this post). Not long after her baby was born, Madison Young, an adult actor – also an artist, film director, gallery director, and activist – put on an art show… Read More ›
Wear Red for Daniel.
An arrest has been made in the Daniel Morcombe case. The arrested person faces court tomorrow. Supporters of Daniel and his family are asked to wear something red tomorrow to show your support.
Hanging out the washing
Yes, it really is a post about hanging out the washing. Five seconds of your life that you’ll never get back. Oh Kerry, please do ask me. Back of the t-shirt. (What does that even mean?) And my todder son… Read More ›
Redux: Hey, I’ve been busy, how about you?
Too busy for normal blogging, so I thought I’d let you in on some of the webwrangling work I’ve been doing:
Redux: The 21st Century Motherhood Movement – book review
I’m not going to go into spoilers, but I can say if you like bluemilk’s blog you will enjoy her writing which is simultaneously distilled essence of bluemilk expanded tenfold into a really fantastic chapter.
Quick Hit – on Ethics classes.
An 11 year old put FN in his place.
Adventures from the frontline: running my first anti-sexism workshop with young children
I ran my first anti-sexism workshop for children last week. They were a Montessori class of 5-6 year olds and I concentrated on questioning gender stereotypes, identifying sexism and a little bit of acceptance stuff of gender queer identities. I… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 