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Shelley Bridgeman: Do you use disabled parks?
Parking in a mobility space without displaying your parking permit is just plain rude, but that doesn't stop some thoughtless…
Kathy Marks: Cynical manipulation an ugly counter to sexism
Australia is still a deeply sexist society, writes Kathy Marks. The menu and radio interview were not the only incidents…
Blog: Dare to dream big
This is a fun exercise. It's also super-powerful. I used to get surprised when clients did this and amazing stuff started…
Tragic threat lurking in pursuit of perfection
Kris McKenzie loved his puppy, Oden. One day, inexplicably, Kris flew into a rage, grabbed Oden and threw him into a wall…
Don Kavanagh: Flavour of success
Aficionado Don Kavanagh puts his reputation as a beer lover on the line.
Blog: Feminist men in history
In the third of her series covering men's relationship to feminism, Rebecca takes a look at some influential pro-feminist…
Blog: Benefits of bath time
It's winter time, when our bodies can start to feel stiff and sore and activities are often limited to being rugged up and…
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Rebecca Kamm: What does a feminist man look like?
In the second of a multi-part series on male feminism, Rebecca asks: what makes a man a feminist?
Blog: Bad sideline behaviour
A Huffington Post writer reckons parents can't be trusted to behave when viewing their child's sporting matches. In Ban Parents on the Sidelines? she wrote: "Youth sports bring out the worst in parents. Some parents…
Louise Thompson: Can't get no satisfaction?
Last week we analysed the whyfores of what is working in your life.
Don Kavanagh: In beer nirvana
Kiwi craft brews stand out at an Australian beer festival, writes Don Kavanagh.
Rebecca Kamm: Can a man be a feminist?
In the first of a multi-part series, Rebecca looks at what it means to be a male feminist, and examines that most contentious of questions: can a man be a feminist in the first place?
Nicky Park: Foods to fight PMS
Mood swings, irritability, bloating, random teary episodes and super sore breasts - all the niggly symptoms of premenstrual syndrome. But there's good news - some foods can help fight the dreaded hormonal changes that come…
Bad grammar - ain't it awful?
Some people ain’t too bovvered by examples of bad grammar. But others, the self-appointed “grammar police”, are quick to frown upon the use of faulty punctuation.
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Rebecca Kamm: Technology and the sexes
Do men use their phones differently to women? I personally had never wondered, but Microsoft had. And they have some very exciting news for us: "It doesn't matter if you're a man or a woman: The way people use (or misuse)…
Shelley Bridgeman: What's with the womb obsession?
There's gathering evidence that society at large has an obsession with the inner workings of women's wombs. The pregnancies of the Duchess of Cambridge and Kim Kardashian have been minutely reported in the media - and, locally…
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