"In Australia, 1 in 12 girls are sexually abused before they are six years old." A recent interview about CONSENT (in response to Saxon Mullins' 4Corners program) has caused outrage all over social media and media networks in Australia. The trolling has got soo out-of-hand that the ABC had to take down the full [...]
You think you know what motherhood is, but you have no idea until you are in the trenches and it is too late to turn back. It consumes you with love, frustration, tears, hugs and kisses, messes, hours of cooking and cleaning, and lots of bodily fluids. To put it bluntly, motherhood ain’t pretty, but [...]
Each year we get more and more studies proving just how good having sex is for your health and wellbeing let alone your confidence and self esteem. How it helps you burns calories faster than any other exercise regime or diet and how it can help your pre and post baby body. But there are still [...]
The moment I knew I was carrying a little person inside of me, was the moment I knew I was no longer independent. My eyes welled up and I wasn't sure of my emotions. I felt both pain and pleasure simultaneously. I laughed and cried at once. I had decided a month prior to [...]
Every day, women everywhere constantly struggle with their body image. We live in a society where the idea of beauty is moulded by what you see and hear in the media. It is tiring and exhausting to conform to this standard of beauty of ‘contoured face’, ‘tanned skin’, ‘smooth bodies’, ‘hour glass figure’, ‘thigh gap’ [...]
Fact Versus Fiction: Female Masturbation While we’re certain you’ve been celebrating either way, it might be news to you that May is National Masturbation Month. So in honor of the month of May, we’re here to shine a light on some commonly-held misconceptions of ladies’ self-fulfillment – pay attention, gentlemen. 90% of women masturbate. [...]
I believe that being a mum is like being a silent hero, their impact on the world is paramount but they rarely get mentioned or acknowledged. My Mum is not perfect, but in my eyes she’s pretty close to it. Every time I think about my Mum, I can’t help but feel deep gratitude because [...]
With the busyness of everyday living, many women find themselves juggling between jobs/career, money, housework, relationships and children. The most common struggle amongst these women is the ability to fit all that they want to do in the limited time that they have. Hence, the million dollar question is “How can I have [...]
By Andy Towle Christo and Theo Menalaou, a gay couple who just had triplets in South Africa, have made medical history. Their newborns Joshua, Zoe, and Kate are the first triplets ever born with both of their fathers’ DNA. The same-sex couple met the surrogate at a neighbourhood meeting during the trial of former Paralympian Oscar [...]
Food allergies now effect 1 in 10 children. In a strange twist of fate, all three of our children were diagnosed with anaphylaxis, to different foods and in varying degrees of severity. Once we got a handle on our children’s allergies, we found a rhythm to life. We shopped using the knowledge gained from the [...]