Category Archives: don’t label me!

You have to love.

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Janet

A dear friend shared this with me. Superb! “Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. … Continue reading →

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Coming home to ourselves

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Janet

Home. Other than Motherhood, is there a trope more gleefully exploited or summoned up in the hopes of selling us something from air freshener to rolling shutters? And yet how many of us are actually at Home in a true … Continue reading →

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Introducing The Crone

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Janet

A new member of the team here at this blog. The Crone is in charge of comments. So I will no longer be reading any comments which she doesn’t permit through her wise and careful filter. Thanks, The Crone, you’re … Continue reading →

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Links in the chain

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Janet

What are you reading and writing? Here’s a few of the things I’ve found to be good reads lately. Breastfeeding children and women a “low priority” – Western Australian parliament Remember the protests in Perth last year about Premier Barnett’s … Continue reading →

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And it’s Survival Day here Downunder

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Janet

Or Invasion Day, if you prefer. Click here for a great summing up. Tweet

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If it involves women, it’s a feminist issue. Right? *possible triggers – rape mentioned*

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Janet

It’s Reclaim the Night 2011 this week. I thought I’d dust off this older entry in the hopes that one day all feminists might see that birth is worthy of notice and that violence done to women during birth is … Continue reading →

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