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What's Been On My Mind?
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The stories of our post-baby flesh.
I recently received a Facebook ad in my newsfeed for a brilliant new procedure being offered to mums. It was enticingly titled ‘Australia’s First Mummy Makeover Package.’ The makeover consisted of a little tummy tuck for the excess skin where your flesh stretched to accommodate your growing child, some liposuction across your hips where they […]
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I resolve to be more Cuban
I was having a little reminisce recently with my Mama about what she thinks was not only one of her best ever travel experiences, but also sadly she thinks maybe one of her last. She has multiple sclerosis, which I’ve kinda touched on before, and as the years go by the idea of long plane […]
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Behind the red light… My night in a brothel.
Often prostitutes, or working girls, are portrayed as either drug addicted run-aways or glamorous high-class call girls. The gritty truth of the sex industry is generally somewhere in between. When I approached my friendly neighborhood bordello I was fairly sure that I would never set foot in the place. Instead, when I made clear my […]
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The secret shame of miscarriage.
I lost a baby once. I didn’t take it to the supermarket and then forget which trolley was mine and simply walk off pushing another person’s, realising when I got home with bags full of processed chicken nuggets, tinned soup and condoms that I’d grabbed the wrong trolley in my haste. Nor did sit down […]
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Beware the lover that wraps hands around your throat.
Intimidating behaviour is uncool. Whether it’s hitting, grabbing, pushing, throwing stuff, slamming shit or even flipping your lid in an uncontrolled manner, if it’s scary in the slightest, it is intimidating behaviour. And that blows. Many people (I won’t just say women but it is mostly women who are at the pointy end of this […]
I love your blog and think you are hilarious, but 11 days in and i think i need to unsubscribe as the daily portraits are driving me crazy 😦
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Oh Bonnie, I’m sorry. Don’t want to spam you.
Hold on a few more days and I’ll see if I can think of a way to make it work.