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Now published – About Bloody Time: the menstrual revolution we have to have from Victorian Women’s Trust on Vimeo.I received this book after pledging in the Crowd Funding campaign. It is beautifully presented, with the times and powerfully feminine. And it shines a light directly on the ‘unspeakable’.The Victorian Women’s Trust surveyed over 3000 women and girls about their experiences.  They also investigated feelings towards menopause.  What this revealed was shocking and d […]

I was talking to someone about ‘birth disappointment’ the other day, and was told “women should not have such high expectations! Honestly women these days are just so fragile”.  I took a deep breath before responding. If a healthy woman is expecting a ‘normal birth’ that is not a high expectation.  That is a reasonable and minimal expectation.  It is not ‘fragile’ to be disappointed by a birth that does not met this expectation.  For women to lower their expectation […]

sometimes it hits hard

They took the rubbish to the tip, In bins loaded in the ute, Return they did with glee and delight With loot they thought was beaut. “Mum, this is just for you” they say Presenting the tip art with joyful cheers I brush off the dirt and muster a smile “You really shouldn’t have, my …

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There once was a man who was not And another who dressed in a frock It’s not the  same One is a game There is no kettle or pot.   The conversation* tried to explain But still questions remain Such as what is a fact? And please define tact And has the world gone insane? …

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