Last week I was typing away in a cafe not far from my home when a small group of mothers and their babies arrived and sat at the next table. They nursed their infants, sipped coffee and shared notes a…
An inconvenient truth & the solution to ‘having it all’ we cannot ignore
Devouring The Weekend Australian magazine is a rite I savour and Saturday was no exception. The cover story “An Inconvenient Truth: Mothers, Families and the Secrets We Keep…Is Work Life Balance a Lie…
The twitter thread making parents laugh & cry
Parents, whether it’s a great big belly laugh that you need or a big old cry I have the thread for you. On Tuesday author Maxine Benenba Clark posted an idea on Twitter for a reality TV show whe…
It’s time to radically reimagine the role of fathers in workplaces & homes
With little fanfare, a rather special event took place in Canberra last week on the subject of fatherhood. Liana Leach at The ANU, and Amanda Cooklin at La Trobe University, quietly co-hosted a one-da…
The decision to be child free is a choice: It’s time to stop the judgement
Women choosing not to have children aren’t a rare breed, with one in four deliberately making the choice to be child free despite living in a world that raises them to be mothers. Yet, there’s so much…
Let’s make motherhood a campaign asset in Australian politics
If there’s one good thing to come out the Trump presidency, it’s the fact that in the United States a record number of women are now running for office. Even better, a good number are acti…
Serena Williams storms into Wimbledon Final, less than a year after giving birth
Serena Williams has stared down many tournament grand finals in her time, but none quite as remarkable as the one she’ll face at Wimbledon tomorrow night against Germany’s Angelique Kerber…
When feminists don’t want to ‘work anymore’? The case for dads doing more is clear.
“I’m a feminist and I don’t want to work anymore,” the headline read. Of course I clicked through. I devoured every word of Polly Dunning’s essay on realising that even as a ‘third generation card-car…
The hypocrisy is blatant & barefaced: Why Jane Caro can’t stand Mother’s Day
In 2015 we published this brilliant op-ed from Jane Caro on why the faux adoration of women on Mother’s Day riles her. It remains the best piece we’ve published on the subject and is as ap…
The myth of Mother’s Day
Unless you have been living under a rock you are likely to be aware that Sunday is Mother’s Day. Depending on your circumstances the occasion may well trigger myriad emotions ranging from visceral gri…
