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16 June 2013 by not a wild hera
Alex linked to this bawl-inducing letter Kasey Edwards writes to her mother in ‘Passing on Body Hatred,’ excerpted from the …
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Category: beauty myth, Bible, body image, books, communicating with kids, culture, emotional well-being, feminism, food, kids, language, media, motherhood, objectification, parenting, rant, sexism, sexualisation of children, spirituality, teenagers, television, well-being
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Tags: blue milk, Caitlin Moran, Dear Mum, dieting, eating disorders, Glennon Doyle Melton, Jesus, Kasey Edwards, Momastery, Nothing by the Book, Passing on Body Hatred, shaving legs
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9 June 2013 by not a wild hera
If you’re planning to fly with littlies soon, let me be the first to say ‘Bon voyage!’ You’re in for …
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Category: babies, books, breastfeeding, kids, parenting, toddlers, toys, travel
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Tags: air travel, bassinets, carseats, Donovan Bixley, flight attendants, flying with kids, luggage, packing, pushchairs, queues, security
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8 May 2013 by not a wild hera
Thanks to friends and RSS feeds, I came across a few different articles over the weekend that all stayed with …
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Category: babies, books, co-sleeping, conflict of parenting philosophy, culture, kids, media, motherhood, parenting, teenagers, well-being
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Tags: CIO, controlled crying, ethnopaediatrics, Jay Griffiths, Kith, Meredith Small, Our Babies, Ourselves, Patchwork Parenting Manifesto, sleep training
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7 May 2013 by not a wild hera
It’s been a rough week in our house, for one reason and another. I’ve been unusually tired and low, though …
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Category: arts, books, kids, mentors, motherhood, teenagers, travel, writing
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Tags: A Mighty Girl, Cynthia Voigt, Dicey Tillerman, Homecoming, role models, segregation, The Odyssey, the Tillerman Cycle, Vietnam War
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6 May 2013 by not a wild hera
An anonymous reflection from a regular reader. Being in a minority is tough. It can be very painful trying to …
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Category: Bible, books, community, friends, movies, refugees, singleness, social exclusion, spirituality
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Tags: cosmic egg of meaning, I Corinthians, Richard Rohr, The Intouchables, tolerance
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22 April 2013 by not a wild hera
She’s a Mighty Girl and Mighty Commenter and Alex is also one of the patron saints of music for SBJ. …
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Category: arts, books, boys and girls, friends, hilarity, kids, mentors, music, video
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Tags: A Mighty Girl, doctor, Natalie Merchant, Ogden Nash, poetry, TED talks, The Adventures of Isabel
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19 April 2013 by not a wild hera
‘The Second Shift’ has persisted through the several decades that women have been working outside the home in large numbers. …
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Category: beauty myth, body image, books, culture, emotional well-being, feminism, language, media, partners, rant, sexism, well-being, working mothers
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Tags: Anne Machung, Arlie Russell Hochschild, Jenny Armstrong, Naomi Wolf, The Beauty Myth, The Second Shift, The Third Shift
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6 April 2013 by not a wild hera
A warm welcome back to Dr Tim Bulkeley who is posting this series based on his book, Not Only A …
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Category: arts, Bible, books, childbirth, communication, culture, fatherhood, feminism, gendered language, language, motherhood, parenting, spirituality
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Tags: Asherah, Bible, Bible translation, Deuteronomy, Exodus, Greek, Hebrew, Hosea, idolatry, Isaiah, Jesus, Job, language for God, New Testament, Nicodemus, Not Only a Father, Old Testament, St Anselm, Tim Bulkeley
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4 April 2013 by not a wild hera
I love a good list, and I’m a sucker for book competitions. So I was excited to see that the …
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Category: arts, books, boys and girls, feminism, kids, media, media and gender, radio, rant, teachers, teenagers
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Tags: A Mighty Girl, Bernard Beckett, Clubs, Eirlys Hunter, Jacqui Colley, Kate de Goldi, Lolly Leopold, Lynn Freeman, Margaret Mahy, Ms Love, New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards, The Changeover
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1 April 2013 by not a wild hera
Introducing Dr Tim Bulkeley, who taught me everything I know about the Old Testament! Tim has been a social worker …
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Category: Bible, books, communication, culture, fatherhood, feminism, gendered language, language, motherhood, pastor, spirituality
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Tags: Baal, C.S. Lewis, Carey Baptist College, Creation of Adam, Genesis, God, Lost Son, Luke, Michelangelo, Not Only a Father, Old Testament, Sistine Chapel, theology, Tim Bulkeley, Zeus
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