How to use music in storytelling

By Gillian Harrison Strange as it seems, one of my favorite things about returning to work has been the drive. Once upon a time, sitting on…

Dealing with life envy

By Karen Charlton We’re all moving on to the internet and in this global village, we have so many Joneses to keep up with. You mightn’t…

Girls: Television every woman should watch

By Karen Charlton {Image} After growing up on a diet of Police Academy and Chevy Chase films in the 1980s, it’s any wonder my generation has…

Having it all – or doing it all?

By Gillian Harrison I’ve put a lot of pressure on Thursday lately. I have built Thursday into a Glorious Day. On Glorious Thursday I will get…

Why we get lathered up over house porn

If the bookmarks on our family tablet are any guide, we are consumed by home real estate. The top two sites are realestate.com.au and domain.com.au, and…

How much of your life is wrapped up in newspapers?

Newspapers are an institution, like the corner milk bar and its one cent lollies. It broke my heart a little when Fairfax announced they would be…

Glory Box: Body Image and Inheritance

Grandparents are wasted on the young. If my Grandma were alive today, the first thing I’d ask her was whether or not I inherited her bottom.…

Standard issue lady bits

The vivacious Fox in Flats has been flying the Anonymums flag high, and running dares on her blog to help mums break out of their fashion…

Is Happiness on your To Do List?

Happiness seems like a lot of work. Like checking the weather forecast, daily we check our emotional wellbeing “Are you happy?” and often the answer is…

Inside the Twitter birdcage

Twitter is a lot like being in a birdcage. Once you follow the seed trail into the Twitter birdcage, it’s very difficult to get out. To…

Letting Myself Go

Since August 2005, I have spent: 2 years, 6 months being pregnant 1 year, 10 months breast-feeding That’s a total of 4 years and 4 months…