Category Archives: Women

What’s the true cost of Marriage Equality?

This is one of the best interviews I’ve ever seen. Great depth in storytelling, empathy with subject and not surprisingly, it got me thinking… What does it cost to enable people who love each other to marry? Rightly or Wrongly: Judgement is a human and societal default  Modern western society judges a woman’s worth by two things: her ability to get married

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Embarrassing Bodies

My husband is head chef in our house. During my pregnancy, I ate like the Wallaby tight five during the off season. The first three months after our daughter was born, I was breastfeeding (or expressing) every couple of hours. Not surprisingly, my appetite was nothing short of voracious. Somewhere between three and four months, we organically reverted to a ‘working day’ routine,

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Eat, Exercise and Abstain: Introducing the Witches of Woe

Patience is a virtue, but sadly not one of mine when it came to starting a family. I turned my husband into my dietician and personal trainer, I started picking the brains of doctors, specialists, and sourcing insights from friends and acquaintances. So I know we are truly blessed we were able to conceive, especially considering we are both in our fabulous forties. Which is why,

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Girly Things At The Australian Open

I’ve thought it, but never heard it mentioned in commentary. Unexpectedly, a British tennis player has put the most natural of monthly events front and centre during performance discussions at the 2015 Australian Open. In a tournament that saw World No.1 Roger Federer dismissed in Round Two by Italian Andreas Seppi, only to be sent packing by Australian 19 year old wunkerkid Nick Kyrgios prior to

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Self aware celebrity #NeverTooLate

Posting a photo of yourself four weeks post partum carrying the comment ‘I’m finally getting my stomach back’ is a new mum’s post of excitement. After playing host for 9 months then fulfilling the roles of: dedicated milk bar, cleaner, general slave to any and every need of your newborn, a mum is entitled to get excited about getting a little of

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