Women’s magazines
Kate Carruthers During my review of newstand women’s magazines it has become clear that there are only 3 things of interest to women: 1) looking sexy 2) food – both eating and…
More on Women, housework & the 21st century
My post the other day on this topic revealed my complete ignorance of house & home magazines (this deficiency in my reading was kindly pointed out in a recent comment).…
Women, housework & the 21st century
It is astonishing that many women in the west still seem to be obsessed with housework and cleaning in spite of the advances women have made in the past 100…
The great maternity leave debate
I do not have children, nor do I plan to reproduce – so I suppose you could say I have no skin in this particular game. But I’ve been thinking…
Tracking the end of the world – the Doomsday Guide
This site is a real gem, at the Doomsday Guide you track doomsday in its many and varied forms. This site provides an “online link resource to the full spectrum…
Professionalism & IT (or not as the case may be)
Aaargh!! It is an unending source of amazement to me that our society will not let a hairdresser cut your hair or a mechanic fix your car unless they’ve done…
Men, Women and Lifestyle Choices
Women in the western world are actually very lucky in many ways. Now there are so many choices for women – education, full time career, part time work, family, no…
Family Friendly or Punishing the Childless?
One thing that the big focus nowadays on so-called ‘family friendly’ workplaces (including maternity/paternity/parental leave) has overlooked is that this excludes the many people who for various reasons do not…
Whirlpool News – Telstra to stop rolling out pair gain (2002-Oct-2)
This from 2002: Whirlpool News – Telstra to stop rolling out pair gain Many people (including me) are still suffering from this stupidity and cupidity of Telstra! They knew pair…
War of words erupts over Telstra service levels, pricing: ZDNet Australia (13 Mar 2002)
These issues with pair gain go way back and Telstra is still avoiding the problem! Here’s some more evidence: War of words erupts over Telstra service levels, pricing: ZDNet Australia:…