Posts Tagged ‘mothers’
Mum guilt–did you send your kid to school with this lunchbox?
The kids are back at school today (well they are if they live in Queensland). So mums all over the place have put together healthy and nutritious lunchboxes for their kids to impress the the teachers and get a great shot at oneupmanship over the [...]
Blue IV Z
So Beyonce and Jay-Z had their baby. It was a girl. In a middle finger to colour stereotyping they called it Blue. Blue Ivy. That's because some little upstart singer stole their first choice, Pink. The IV bit is from the couples love of the [...]
Breastfeeding–another form of slavery. Well that’s what a world leader said.
Really people overthink things and then say stupid stuff. It's the only explanation I can offer for French President, Nicholas Sarkozy who popped out with this series of little clangers last week. Addressing a group of young French mothers he [...]
Stop drinking wine right now
This is my Gen X Girl column from this week's Savvy Magazine that appears in the Townsville Bulletin. It’s no secret that I enjoy a drop of wine. OK, to be fair maybe that could be more than a mere drop, but I’m hardly Robinson Crusoe. Anyway [...]
We’re finishing her off in Switzerland
Years ago, my mother, suffering delusions of grandeur, used to tell me that she would send me to a Swiss finishing school. Let's put this in perspective. A girl from Central Queensland who didn't wear a dress until she was 16, whose favourite [...]
Noni Hazlehurst says the f word
I'm sure you've all heard the hype about the children's book that we all want to read to our children but never will--Go the Fuck to Sleep. Well now you can listen to it as Noni Hazlehurst's dulcet tones recite the words with meaning. It sort of [...]
Weight loss ads pre Jenny Craig
Jenny Craig doesn't have the handle on weightloss ads. No they've been around forever. Check out these vintage ads for all the fatties out there. Eating disorder anyone or maybe just a tape worm?
Babies are the new black
This is my from my weekly Gen X Girl column in the Townsville Bulletin's Savvy magazine. Have you noticed that children, especially babies, are the new black? They’re everywhere. Once upon a time celebrities used to accessorise their outfits [...]
You think you look young but apparently you look dumb
Last Sunday morning I was sitting around with my husband and daughter drinking Bloody Marys at 9am. We were a bit under the weather from the night before, decided to do a bit of family bonding--good time had by all. I was relating the story to a [...]
The truth about pregnancy by Carla Sarkozy
God bless you Carla Sarkozy--former supermodel and present first lady of France. You are not going to be the poster child for the elderly primagravida (true medical term) mother as you near the end of your pregnancy. No you can't wait for it all to [...]
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