7 Reasons to Spend Time & Money on Your Hair
Recently a few people have commented on how much I spend on my hair. I get it dyed every 8 weeks, cut every second dye, and wash it with top quality shampoo. But it’s the one thing I would never skimp...
View ArticleBreast Cancer, Awareness and Trickery
Here in the US, Pinktober is in full swing. The flight attendants are wearing pink dresses, shirts and ties. Every store has a pink section with goods promoting awareness for breast cancer, and even...
View ArticleThe Thin Girl Gets The Guy (aka The Lie)
I went to see Book of Mormon on Broadway and during the performance I realised something: We’ve been sold a lie. Not the lie you’re thinking (although I’m not sure the musical did great things for the...
View ArticleThe Walking Talking Disaster Zone
Last week I woke up during the night after scratching my forehead and realising there was something on it. It was a large paralysis tick. So I woke up the Viking and made him tick twister it off. What...
View ArticleAnxiety? Who, Me?!
According to everyone, I’ve always been a relaxed, down-to-earth kinda gal: “You spilt red wine on my sofa? Meh, just flip the cushion over – I’ll rub some Preen on it tomorrow and it’ll come good.”...
View ArticleFemale Masturbation: One of the Last Great Taboos? (+ Giveaway)
Is female masturbation one of the last great taboos? I have a large number of female friends, they’re fairly evenly split between married and single, with a slightly higher percentage falling into the...
View ArticleChildren, The Internet, Shame and Tantrums
Catherine Rodie-Blagg recently wrote about a book titled “Reasons My Kid Is Crying” and how her opinion of that book was changed after taking a photo of her own daughter mid-tantrum. The post was...
View ArticleThe Innovation of Loneliness
I saw an interesting video the other day called The Innovation of Loneliness. It talks about how, through social media, we are maxing out our social connections to a point where we cannot truly connect...
View ArticleBody Positivity And Self-Confidence As A Plus-Size Woman
I don’t shy away from putting my life on the Internet. As a journalist, a social media expert and a blogger it just sort of comes with the territory. I post pictures of myself, observations about my...
View ArticleFinding Someone To Talk To
Have you ever unloaded your thoughts onto someone who just can’t comprehend them? It’s so hard for people who have never experienced any kind of mental disorder or illness to understand the way your...
View ArticleI’ve Got To Tell You Something
I have an admission to make. It’s something I don’t say publicly very often for a myriad of reasons. Partly because I don’t like to focus on weight, partly because I have certain family members who...
View ArticleA “Horrific” Incident and an “Unfortunate Reminder”
**Trigger warning – reference to acts of violence, rape, victim blaming** On New Year’s Eve, an 18 year old male was “king hit” on the streets of Sydney in an apparently unprovoked attack. The story...
View ArticleLove Me, Love My Slippers
I wear slippers at work. Yes, you read that right. Yes, I do work in a fairly conservative office in what some would call rather high ranking administration. But I wear slippers. Mostly I just wear...
View ArticleWhat’s With All The Grammar Shaming?
Something’s making me super cranky lately. It’s all over Pinterest. It’s all over my Facebook feed. Quite frankly, it’s all perpetuated by people who should know better: Grammar Shaming. And don’t...
View ArticleHabits: How To Break Horrible Ones & Make New Ones
So it’s the end of January and right about now I suspect many people are looking at their list of New Year’s resolutions thinking ‘err, OK I guess I’ll try again next year.’ Why do these resolutions...
View ArticleSaturday Night
Picture it if you will. A Saturday night in a small town. A nondescript suburban house. Cookie-cutter brick. A collection of impractical right angles. The token attempt to differentiate with the others...
View ArticleSaying Goodbye to Fake Orgasms
A while ago a friend told me she had experienced her first orgasm with her partner. This was a moment of great excitement for her. I asked what she had been previously doing. Was she a faker or did...
View ArticleLet’s Talk About Self Harm
Trigger warning: Abuse, depression and self harm. I have a scar on my left arm. Most people don’t notice it. It is on the top side of my arm and runs from my wrist 3/4 the way to my elbow. It’s white...
View ArticleHousos Aren’t All Dole Bludgers. I Know – I Was One.
The O’Farrell state government has announced their plans for the eviction of Miller’s Point public housing residents. They say it’s to cut escalating maintenance cuts. As with any announcement that...
View ArticleWhen Public Shaming Goes Viral
Lately I’ve been seeing a list of 21 Girls Who Don’t Know What Eyebrows Are Supposed To Look Like featuring a bunch of images of people who have drawn on their own eyebrows. The objective of the post...
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