Browsing the archives for the women tag

TODAY ALL I HAVE ARE QUESTIONS

Did Tony Abbott actually ever clarify what he meant by ‘calibre’ of women? Was it a value judgement? Does he want more women to try and further their careers into senior executive roles without sacrificing income? Is he worried that women who do make it into senior executive roles are giving up having a family? [...]

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I FOUND MY HUSBAND AT UNIVERSITY

Not at Princeton but at UWS Nepean. Not exactly an ivy league, top of the perch, ‘steeped in tradition’ type institution but still someone who is worthy of my intellect and can stimulate my brain equally as well. On smh.com.au today I came across this article Advice to the ‘daughters I never had’. In the [...]

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DPCON13 AND BROKEN BONES

One week ago today Brenda Gaddi was giving her opening remarks for Digital Parents Conference 2013. One week ago today I was sitting there thinking ‘6 months work as Session Co-ordinator and we’re finally going to unleash it all over 2 days’. One week ago today I got the phone call about 3 minutes into [...]

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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2013

“Annually on 8 March, thousands of events are held throughout the world to inspire women and celebrate achievements”, says the official IWD website. Inspire women and celebrate achievements. I’d love to write a post about that. But today I am just too tired. Way too tired. If I could change one thing it would be [...]

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HILLARY CLINTON WEARS NO MAKEUP – BRAIN STILL INTACT

This week on smh.com.au the Beauty Beat blog ran a post about Hillary Clinton on recent trip to Bangladesh went “au naturel” and asked the question “Are You Ever Too Old For Makeup?” Hillary looks alright. It’s not like she’s dishevelled. I’m sure her brain is still functional. Back in February 2009 I wrote a [...]

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