So I became the type of mum who talks about poo…
Photo courtesy of Tina Franklin DG: https://www.flickr.com/photos/97481684@N08/ SHIT! Literally. Somehow, I became one of those mums who talks about it. Sure, we’ve all seen it, accidentally got it on...
View ArticleRape culture, domestic violence, slut shaming: these women are fighting back...
Liora K – The Feminist Photos You are not owed my body. Sexuality is a spectrum. Rape is not a blessing in disguise. Feminine ≠ dumb. Sexual ≠ slut. Strong ≠ bitch. The messages are as raw as the...
View ArticleRandom Aldi woman, you killed my faith in humanity.
Sometimes, I really despise people. They can be such petty jerks. Real A-holes. Not everyone, just the type who don’t make this world a better place, who make your soul a little sadder for having...
View ArticleGuys don’t send you coded messages in song lyrics and other things I’d tell...
Okay, so, I guess I didn’t know EVERYTHING as a teen (just most things, of course). And so as another birthday rolls around this week, I’ve been considering the advice I would’ve given to my teenage...
View ArticleSexual assault and why the culture of disbelief must end
A man cannot be a paedophile when he has a partner his own age. I like to think this statement is a true as “kale smoothies taste extra good when you add chia seeds and turmeric” or “Ryan Gosling is an...
View ArticleMotherhood: The milestone I wasn’t expecting…
“I don’t EVEN love you, Mummy!” I’ve been in the dog house with my three-year-old this week, you see. She shouted at me with clenched fists, mouth set in an indignant pout. We’d clearly had a falling...
View Article‘Look mum, that dog has a REALLY big doodle!’… and 14 other moments being a...
Being a parent really sucks sometimes. The kind-of suckiness that makes you want to cry uncontrollably over a stiff drink, at 8.15am, but you can’t because: kids. So we laugh. Maniacally. Bite our...
View ArticleSo, I’m pregnant with triplets…
Ever wonder what it would be like to told you’re having triplets? Nope? Me fucking neither. It’s like wondering when eminem is going to publish a feminist manifesto, or when Taylor Swift will find true...
View ArticleThe retraction: Only one bun now, but happy all the same.
Sorry for the kerfuffle, people, but it seems my uterine capacity is strictly limited to one. So here’s the retraction I flagged earlier, now that gestational sacks B and C decided to pack up shop and...
View ArticleHow to get your newborn to sleep (tips from a mother of sleepers)
Sleeping babies, they’re like unicorns – elusive mythical creatures that are mentioned in parental folklore but rarely encountered. But unlike unicorns – or mermaid vaginas, or Kanye West’s sense of...
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