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crooked fences: December 2014

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Saturday, December 27, 2014. My Year of Reading 2014 #52books52weeks. Samantha Shannon, The Bone Season. Amy Tan, The Valley of Amazement. Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being. Rachel Kushner, The Flamethrowers. Nathan Filer, Where the Moon Isn't. Anthony Marra, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena. Carol Anshaw, Carry the One. Helen Oyeyemi, Boy, Snow, Bird. Rabih Alameddine, An Unnecessary Woman. Sarah McCoy, The Baker's Daughter. Emer Martin, Baby Zero. Maggie Shipstead, Astonish Me. Lily King, Euphoria.

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crooked fences: 4/52 Among Muslims: Meetings at the frontiers of Pakistan by Kathleen Jamie

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Friday, February 1, 2013. 4/52 Among Muslims: Meetings at the frontiers of Pakistan by Kathleen Jamie. A travel memoir of sorts, Kathleen Jamie's Among Muslims. On her return trip, Jamie is struck by the changes in both herself and the women she met a decade earlier and calls her friends. On her last visit she was a single woman, this time around married and with two children:. Her thoughts on the role of a travel writer reveal the approach she takes to her subject:. We all have duties and tasks, and min...

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crooked fences: The broken window theory of feminism

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013. The broken window theory of feminism. It actually does matter. All of it. That might seem a bit boring to some who roll the eyes and say surely not, here we go again, the women are up in arms. Outrage! Why can't they just focus on the important stuff? The way I see it, it is the pervasive everyday sexism. Or that everyday racism in and of itself is not damaging to the psyches of those who have no choice but to live with it? January 8, 2013 at 12:29 PM. Youre so right. Great ...

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crooked fences: Is the "ugly" selfie an act of liberation?

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Thursday, February 7, 2013. Is the "ugly" selfie an act of liberation? I have just been alerted to a phenomenon, including a tumblr, called ' pretty girls, ugly faces. From what I saw it involved conventionally attractive women posing in contorted ways so they appeared to be ugly NOT women across the broad spectrum of appearance choosing to pose as themselves, warts and all. I hate to be a spoilsport, and to even raise the term privilege, but honestly to me "pretty girls, ugly faces" reeks of it. Whats a...

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crooked fences: If you don't like it don't read? My take on #fakemamamia

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Friday, November 16, 2012. If you don't like it don't read? My take on #fakemamamia. For god's sake, if you don't like it don't read it. So if I don't like The Australian should I not worry about the impact that its opinion and reporting might have on politics and policy? And if I don't like Alan Jones, should I not just switch off the radio and stop this ridiculous #destroythejoint 'ing? I have been reading through the #fakemamamia tweets and the vast bulk of them are spot on, so much so that it can be ...

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Thinkbirth: The Umbilical Cord: Why do we clamp it?

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Exploring birth, science and midwifery. Monday, January 31, 2011. The Umbilical Cord: Why do we clamp it? Cord around the neck of the baby) was felt for and cut before the shoulders and rest of the baby was born. The evidence for leaving the cord intact is also clear in the case of nuchal cords. When the cord is left to stop pulsating. A more recent review. A wonderful demonstration of why the umbilical cord should be left alone is provided by Penny Simkin in the video above. Delayed cord clamping Grand ...

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crooked fences: The inherent privilege of being a 'slacker' mum

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Saturday, February 16, 2013. The inherent privilege of being a 'slacker' mum. There is a degree of privilege involved in being a self-avowed 'slacker mum' or free range parent. The mothers I know who espouse these approaches are white, well-educated and middle to upper class (including Lenore Skenazy. That I enjoyed and agree with; but while celebrating this aspect of the movement, there is a tone that seeps through much of the rhetoric that I find smug and unhelpful. It is easy to not spend a lot of tim...

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crooked fences: August 2015

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Monday, August 10, 2015. Paid Parental Leave: Going beyond the 'business case'. It is rare for a discussion of provision of Paid Parental Leave in the media to not start and finish with a focus on the "business case". And too often proponents of PPL adopt the language and logic of the marketplace in making their case, rather than shifting the debate to one that focuses on the rights and needs of children and those who care for them. The human rights case for PPL focuses on the rights and needs of babies ...

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crooked fences: Unpacking our response to smoking while pregnant

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Wednesday, February 6, 2013. Unpacking our response to smoking while pregnant. Something did not sit quite right with me yesterday as I watched the response to Chrissie Swan's revelation (confession? Unfurl on twitter. And it wasn't the ugly responses - they are always so predictable - but another sort. To that I would add that any public health campaigns should focus on second hand smoke, given what we now know about it's impact not only on the fetus but also the harmful health effects on babies and chi...