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A last word for ‘absent mothers’ on Mother’s Day

Here are some phrases you don’t often hear about mothers. I certainly never heard my mother called any of these things even though she was all of them at various times. A family woman Absent mothers Feckless mothers An active … Continue reading

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Why Don’t You Just Switch Off Your TV Set and Go Out and Do Something Less Boring Instead?

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Do you remember ‘Why Don’t you?’, the cult children’s television programme from the 70′s and 80′s? For me, the temptation to keep the programme on and do something More Boring instead was too much. I would slope off to watch … Continue reading

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The war on mascara started an hour an ago

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This post is about mascara lies. The average woman spends 420 hours of her life looking at and choosing mascara*. These are the real names of mascaras on the market: Cargo Lash Activator Shocking Indecent Volume The Colossal Volume Express … Continue reading

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The Straw Feminist

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The Straw Feminist is a deliberately created, exaggerated caricature of a feminist that is used to undermine and ridicule feminist movements. You probably already know a lot about her. She hates men isn’t a real woman is fat is a … Continue reading

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Horseshit of considerable magnitude

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I spent this morning listening to a woman talk about masculine and feminine leadership values in organisations. She described masculine values as: mechanistic, linear, deterministic, structured, decisive, aggressive, directional, orderly, authoritarian and heroic. And feminine values as intuition, emotional value, … Continue reading

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Know any plucky men?

Do you know any men with these characteristics? Ballsy Bubbly Gusty Feisty Independent Plucky Spirited Vivacious Fiery Enthusiastic

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Dadpreneur

Here’s a list of labels. What do you see? Career man A family woman A male athlete Slummy daddy Working father Busy dads Paternal instincts Dadpreneur Pushy dads Absent mothers Yummy daddies Stay at home mum A male politician Competitive … Continue reading

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