Julia Baird writes in the SMH at the weekend that the demonstrative ex-senator in the United Sates who communicates by way of photos of his paraphernalia on Facebook is now standing for election for Mayor of New York. And he has done it again. More lewd messages sent to maidens and more exposure of his […]
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Books that make you RE-THINK! – “The Richer Sex”
Liza Mundy is an award winning Washington Post reporter and author; her latest book is – THE RICHER SEX: How the new majority of female breadwinners is transforming our culture (Simon and Schuster) 40% of American wives now earn more than their husbands and one of the results has been an extraordinary spike in the […]
Books that make you RE-THINK! – “Lean In”
Books are supposed to be past their use-by-date but in the last few months I have read A LOT OF FEMINIST BOOKS! And they are certainly going to start some new conversations. LEAN IN by Sheryl Sandberg was the first one; subtitled ‘Women, work and the will to lead’. (She is the Chief Operating Officer […]
womens rights – always wrong
Why is it that no matter what women so – it is always wrong? I’ve just been reading Sheryl Sandberg’s book, LEAN IN, where she urges women to stop holding back at the workplace= and to start leaning in and to claim their entitlements. ‘Sit at the table’ she says; take up space. Make your […]