- I'm afraid your explanation doesn't really ';explain' if we accept that sexuality is something we are born with. Political, or any other, views are are arrived at after conscious (in some cases unconscioius) or sub conscious thought. It is the equivalent of discriminating against a person because of their skin colour! How abhorrent would we find that? - Madge
- Absolutely fantastic, its amazing what these gardeners and landscapers can do. What imagination, what fantastic imagination. I absolutely love it. I wish they would come and work their magic on my barren front and backyards. - Shawn
- No backchat, no insults, no farting or burping at the table. No nose picking & treat others how you would like to be treated yourself. Do your bit around the house, be grateful for what you've got and always share your lollies - Pixie
- I am no one's alter ego. I pass on what I am given by the Divine. People are free to take this guidance or not. - John Jay
- How very sensible Helen, the spare bed is a great idea! I would definitely rather they were inside my house than in a car out the front with the neighbours watching on. - Carolyn
- I am about to embark on my Dip Ed to teach secondary students. I have read a lot of the horrors teachers have to endure & sometimes wonder if this is the right decision. It does beggar belief that politicians don't make education a top priority and pay their teacher's well for a job that has so many repercussions for this country's future workforce and decision makers. - Pixie
- How ridiculous - The " lodge’s policy was for same-sex couples to be put into a room with two king-single beds " - I'm fairly sure you can have sex in a king single bed! And "We have to protect our other guests.” - so they can have wild noisy sex and that's okay??? I thought NZ recently legislated to allow same sex marriages? Obviously no one will ever spend their honeymoon at the Ruskin's establishment. - Carolyn
- Great great article. Lets hope the other premiers can sign on! The system is broken everyone knows it but for lots of reasons the LNP has decided they won't support this as they think they can't afford to agree with yet another of Labor's policies. Please don't make education the football! - Vicki
- We pluck, spray, pierce, wax, laser, electrolyse, tattoo and jewel our bodies. We reduce and enlarge body parts, displace body fat and inject chemicals to numb, fill and plump our skin. Some women even undergo surgery so they can squeeze into designer shoes, bleach their bums and undergo vajazzling. Yeah, we've come such a long way baby! But do we do it for the men, for the perception we want to convey to our peers or for ourselves? That's the real question. What I love about getting older, is the increasing lack of pressure I feel about my appearance. The western world is a messed up, screwy place sometimes! - Pixie
- I remember as a child in primary school, I used to take Irish dancing lessons. For competitions, we had to wear make-up and have our hair pinned, etc. Not nearly to the same extent as they do today, but nevertheless, I didn't like it. When I grimaced and complained, my mother would say (through a mouth full of bobby pins), "You have to suffer to be beautiful" . I think that I made up my mind back then that when I grew up, I would suffer as little as possible! I wear very little make up (often none), I don't dye my hair and I only shave my underarms if I really "need" to. Funny enough, I now do tap dancing, and I love all the atmosphere that exists back stage as we prepare for our annual concert, putting on make up, doing our hair. Maybe because it's more of a choice and its in a spirit of collegiality. But as for extreme lengths like tight-lacing of girdles, or foot-binding, that's just cruel and ridiculous! - Bettina
ON THE HIGHWIRE ANSWERS
YOUR GUILTY TV PLEASURE?
OK, come own up… is it Funniest Home Videos, Dancing With the Stars, Ladette to Lady, Underbelly, The Biggest Loser or Danoz Direct?
Maybe it’s an unholy trinity of Rachel Zoe, Kim Kardashian and Judge Judy?
Or, perhaps you don’t mind the odd outing with a footy show.
Wendy’s opening the bidding with Air Crash Investigation and Forensic Files.
There must be someone watching these shows that NEVER make the Top 20 in the ratings. This week we want to hear about the TV shows that are your guilty pleasure. It’s a secret. Just between us.
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Melinda July 16, 2012
Real Housewives of ‘anywhere’ and the Kardashians.
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Sammy July 16, 2012
“Dance Moms” It’s brutal, but so watchable!
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Carz July 16, 2012
Law & Order SVU is my don’t miss show and has been for years. Dance Academy on ABC3 is my real guilty favourite though. An amazing series that speaks absolute volumes about the depth of Australian talent.
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Daphne Alaksa July 19, 2012
I absolutely adore Funniest Home Videos. It’s great fun to watch, and nice to see the mad things that happen to other people. Sometimes rather strange things happen to me, so of course it’s great to see that they happen to all of us sometimes.The only ones I really dislike are those in which I suspect someone may be feeling some pain. Apart from that I a news and current affairs junkie. We watch 3 lots of news a night, and whatever current affairs programmes we can fit in. Also, I frequently enjoy a film.
My preference is a really good murder ( provided it isn’t too violent ), and I’m inclined to think that no one does a murder movie better than the Brits.
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Jacinta Tynan: I don't endure ABC4Kids for my children's sake. I admit am equally enamoured. Especially with Giggle and Hoot and The Night Garden, and I don't mind a bit of Rastamouse either. My other more age appropriate viewing tendencies I am proud to own up to: I am completely obsessed with Offspring (who isn't?) and Madmen and, more randomly, I recently stumbled across repeats of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. I glaze over at reality TV and couldn't give a giggle or hoot what any housewives are up to except the ones I know personally. But, in homage to my birthplace, I just watched The Shire. Now that's a big call.
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Christine Whiston: Bonnet dramas. From Austen to Bronte, Dickens to Hardy, I will track them down, turn off the phone and settle in for the session. It doesn't matter how well I know the story, the characters or indeed how often I have seen the particular drama in question, the latest adapation gets me every time.
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Maggie Alderson: We only have one TV in the house (deliberate) and between my husband watching sport and my daughter watching DVDs I don't get much TV time. So I download series to my iPad and watch them secretly in bed (current favourite: Modern Family, sooo funny). But at the one time of day, just after dinner, when I do get half an hour in front of the big telly the only thing that ever seems to be on is Come Dine With Me... I have grown to love it.
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Marina Go: At the suggestion of a former colleague, the glamorous Suzy Wrong, I watched an episode of Real Housewives of Atlanta a few months ago. It was riveting stuff and I now IQ all of the Housewives series to watch when I feel like I need to stare at a wall. I also enjoy Beauty and The Geek because I just can't believe what I'm watching.
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It’s nice to be outted, Marina! Might as well reveal that I’m excited about The Shire tonight, right after watching Andy “the electrician who wears too much clothing” on Masterchef.
Honey I would watch anything you suggest. You never disappoint. x
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Sue Ingleton: In the Night Garden.How do they do it?! Its a joy. Clone Wars,yes! but for guilt its gotta be that horrific UK computer led makeover show where guys get to vote for a bang, a date or proposal? Whatever. It strips young women(and sometimes men) of their masks.results are unnerving.
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Maree Nutt: Sometimes late at night when everyone has gone to bed, I will watch almost ANYTHING on TV just to have some 'me' time. Used to watch a Kiwi makeover show where plain jane women (mostly) got teeth straightened, daggy clothes ditched and had mullet haircuts head out the window. The worst/best was the fashion redesigner woman. Used to drive me MAD but I still watched it. Does anyone know the name of the show? And what does it say about the quality of my 'me' time??
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