Posts Tagged ‘role models’
Ned Kelly, Ben Cousins, drugs and life
So what did you think of the Ben Cousins' Such is Life doco? Just for a bit of background the title came from the large tattoo that Cousins has tattooed across his stomach and ironically were the last words spoken by bushranger Ned Kelly. Now [...]
Aussies have bums, fair dinkum
If you wanted to upset my old man (that's Australian for father) you just had to refer to people as guys. "Australians don't have guys we have blokes or fella or sheilas," he'd growl. The older I get the more I think I'm turning into him. Takes [...]
Underweight models, Jennifer Hawkins and other fattist propaganda
It was my husband who first brought it to my attention. "I'm a bit concerned about Jen. She's looking a bit skinny." To whom was he referring you might wonder. From the personal concern you might assume it was my daughter, except for the fact [...]
These are a few of my tackiest things
I have a tacky list. Things I would never do because they're well...tacky. Things like double denim. Fashion experts can tell me all they like that double denim is back but it won't change my mind. If it's tacky when Justin Timberlake does it, it's [...]
Dry August, am I too late?
Last month was Dry July. People were asked to give up drinking to raise money for charity. I actually don't know anyone who did it but there must have been quite a few because there's a website and people's names with fundraising efforts beside it. [...]
Princess Perfect
If Princess Diana was alive today she could have taken lessons from the book "How to be a Perfect Princess" written by Princess Mary of Denmark. Maybe things would have worked out differently for Di. So how perfect is Princess Mary? She's so [...]
There’s a hole in the bucket
Gosh, how's that journalist Laurie Oakes' form? He's spilling Labor secrets all over the place. In fact the ALP is spouting more leaks than an asylum seeker boat thirty minutes from Australian waters. Sorry that's an inappropriate simile, but [...]
Bikini body–arrrggghhh!
Bikini body. Are there two words more likely to strike fear into the heart of any woman? Maybe brazilian wax, but that fear only lasts a short while. Bikini body will haunt you all summer long. The Guardian newspaper ran a terribly serious [...]
Come back Masterchef. I need my fix.
Gosh, it's only been one night and already I'm missing Masterchef. Such a lovely show, and a powerful one--caused a time shift for the great political debate--now that's people power. I actually tried to watch the great political debate. Julia [...]
It’s my big arse that makes me forget things
I'm a pear. Pear shaped. Peary. I don't like pears. I want to be an apple. Empire lined dresses were invented for apples. I love empire lined dresses. What do we pear shapes get? Bootleg jeans!--which are just plain wrong in a sea of skinny [...]
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