• "When a sick fourteen month-old baby needs her mum….or dad. No it’s not. There’s no contest. Sick baby wins!" "If sick baby wins", why was it ok for sick baby to wait 5 days? Mum requested on Monday... for leave on Thursday. And then when granted leave, mum spends the afternoon doing radio and television interviews. Seems more like sick baby wins when it's politically convenient. We've moved from misogyny and onto sick babies, this Parliament's new football. - Joe
  • Hey KF, more power to you and me and anyone who has to FIGHT for our loved ones who can't fight for themselves. One day at a time. Sometimes one hour at a time. Metoo- here's hoping you never have to walk a mile in our shoes- for a multitude of reasons, and my last word- I don't see it as "locking up" my aunt I see it as an honor to make sure she is safe, looked after and comfortable for the rest of her life Good luck to everyone, Robyn - Roby
  • Tara, this article is brilliant. Agree with every word. - Nicole Madigan
  • Santorini..... - Katherine Basher
  • Very moving. Everyone I know who had done this has been touched by it. - Jo
  • I have to disagree with a few things in this article. Mothers have never been better supported than they are now. 12 years ago I didn't get a baby bonus and I only got 16% childcare rebate. Now families get 50% rebate on childcare. 12 years ago there was no paid maternity leave option from the government and the paid maternity leave from my work was 6 weeks, now it's increased to 8 weeks. A colleague told me last year she took 8 weeks at half pay (over 16 weeks) and then got 18 weeks paid maternity leave from the government so she could take over 8 months off with pay. There is also paternity leave available now where I work which wasn't available 12 years ago. However I do agree with Tara Moss about Newstart. Giving single parents the Newstart allowance is pathetic and I challenge any politician to try and live on it for 6 months and pay a mortgage or rent and see how they survive. We also still have a long way to go on gender equality when it comes to pay scales but hopefully with more women in the workforce it will help the cause. - Not That Bad
  • Wonderful. I always ask myself will someone die if I fuck up? Will it matter in 3 months? And who fucking cares? Works for me. The swearing part is important apparently. ;-) x - Michaela C
  • Our focus on women and children and their difficulties ignores the elephant in the room. Where is the father/partner in this equation? Where is the support, financial responsibilty, active participation and general parental sharing by partners/fathers? Where are they all? Why has the focus on women and children left them invisible and unaccountable? Is it because we don't expect men to take care of their responsibilities, or is it too hard any issue to deal with? I fully acknowledge that there are many exceptions, including death of a partner, abuse and violence, and other diverse reasons, but is there no way we can broaden the debate to include the responsibilities of partners/fathers? Just a thought. - Nel Matheson
  • Can we please clarify that not all single parent families were moved from PPS to Newstart - only those who were grandfathered by the Howard government when they brought in the changes many moons ago. It was Howard and his cronies that singled out and privileged a group of single parents, allowing them to recevie more than anyone in similar circumstances who didn't benefit from the grandfathering, or never received PPS in the first place (Not everyone's marriage ends before their youngest child turns eight). While I don't believe that Newstart is sufficient to live on and raise children easily I am very much against this focus that has been placed and what is in reality a small group of people. How about fighting to put everyone on PPS or to increase Newstart rather than just a few. - Carz
  • Well spoken, Vanessay. I cringe when I hear people go on about single mothers. As if it's only the mothers who deserve the social stigmatization and the husbands, boyfriends, partners don't. And as if the two parent family is so perfect. As if no two parent family lives off the taxpayer or eats junk food. But more important than the social stigma that attaches itself to their children is the poverty that disadvantages them and how it can be transmitted to the next generation. Many single mothers are close to the bread line and that's not good enough. Do we want them on the street? How would that look? It's no better than kicking someone when they're down. Un-Australian. - Rhoda
 
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Categories:  Must see, Wellbeing

THE WINE BAG. THIS IS JUST SILLY

By Bianca Wordley
September 13, 2012

Seriously, someone invented this. Someone thought making a wine cask which looks like a “designer” hand bag would be a super excellent idea.

“All the chicks will love it”, a very stupid person declared in the marketing meeting. “Soon, they’ll all want one.”

No, we won’t all want one.

Firstly, it is ugly.

Secondly, it is ugly.

And thirdly, it is ugly.

But aside from that very obvious flaw, it is also stupid.

And it is too small.

 

Everyone knows that no woman would be caught with an ugly, stupid bag that couldn’t hold their booze as well as their make-up and their wallet and their phone and their kid’s snacks and a spare pair of knickers and their sunglasses and 15 scrunched up dockets and an iPad and 12 half-used coffee loyalty cards and three skanky hairbands and a bottle of nail polish and a half eaten cookie and a box of tampons and some tissues and “somewhere in the bottom where you can never find them” car keys etc.

This is why the handbag cask will never work.


And you know what else will never take off?

This camouflage hat with straws won’t take off.

I’ll tell you why it won’t work, because it only holds two cans at once. And there’s no spot for the wine. Also I know it’s “camouflaged”, but c’mon do you really think nobody will notice you walking around with that on your head?

 

 

Perhaps you could get away with this neat contraption under your jumper.

But in all seriousness, most women I know do not want to accentuate their beer bellies. They would prefer to aim for a different sort of six-pack, preferably one on someone else.

 

 

I’d be more inclined to use this vessel for drinking wine, particularly after a long day juggling work and family.

Except, what happens when you polish off that delightful Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc and you’re left wanting more? And where do you put your purse?

What we need is a pull-along, wine cask trolley.

One which keeps vast amounts of wine chilled, yet also holds all our handbag contents, plus a pair of headphones so we can not hear our children asking for “something to eat”, plus some chocolate, plus a snuggie, plus a “rabbit”, plus some yummy cheese, plus a good book, plus a chocolate self-saucing pudding, plus a pull out bed and a photo of Ryan Gosling… topless.

 

What would you put in your trolley?

 

 

MORE STORIES BY BIANCA WORDLEY

Newsflash!! Women Drink Beer!

Welcome to My Crazy Head

Confessions of a Yoyo Dieter

 

*Bianca Wordley is an Adelaide-based blogger and writer who is the publisher of bigwords. She has worked for The Advertiser, The Sunday Mail, Independent Weekly, The Times, Australian Associated Press, Adelaide Hills Magazine and read the news for ABC Radio. You can find her on Twitter: @bigwordsblog.

 

 

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11 Responses to this article

  1. sami September 13, 2012 Reply
     
     

    While the handbag / goonbag combo is ridiculous (and yes, ugly!), so is the cliched list of crap that women supposedly carry around. My handbag is perfectly organised and contains only wallet, keys, phone, lip balm and mirror. NO receipts, NO junk, NO anything except essentials. Man I’m glad I don’t have kids ;)

    I don’t wander the streets drinking, so I’m happy to cart a bottle or two to the couch or to a mates place or where ever. But given a ‘goon trolley’ I’d probably just chuck some chips or a pizza on it :) sorted.

     
  2. MoniqueN September 13, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Lucky you, mine is a disaster area. I once went to grab my wallet in a deli to pay for my sandwich and accidentally pulled out a banana instead.

    I was reading the article and going ‘why would anyone want a rabbit in their purse?’ – and then I saw the quotes and realised we weren’t talking about the fluffy carrot eating variety. My bad, is it Friday yet?

     
  3. Mrs Woog September 13, 2012 Reply
     
     

    It is Thursday night, kicking off official drinking time. I say official, but we do it unofficially Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday as well. I will take the last option thank you xx

     
  4. Valerie Parv September 13, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Am enjoying a glass of red as I read this. Leftover from dinner party, so it doesn’t have alcohol or calories, right?

     
  5. Valerie Parv September 13, 2012 Reply
     
     

    Course one can always camouflage a gin and tonic in a spring water bottle. Not that I ever would. Just saying.

     
  6. June September 14, 2012 Reply
     
     

    I am a non drinker of alcohol so I suppose I’ll automatically be labelled a wowser but I’m not… I just do not like the taste or effect of it. I know others like a drink and that’s their choice. (I love chocolate instead) I just think that when we are hearing so much about teenage drinking being a problem and often seeing scenes on TV news and Current Affairs of young women falling over drunk in the streets, what sort of message is this sending…. We all know that young people in particular follow all the latest trends. i just think this is a terrible idea from all angles.

     
  7. Valerie Parv September 14, 2012 Reply
     
     

    If I have a handbag that pours out something, I’d prefer it to be money or chocolate.

     
    • June September 14, 2012 Reply
       
       

      This sounds a much better idea as far I’m concerned

       
  8. sami September 14, 2012 Reply
     
     

    June I understand that, I went for a long time not drinking and copped so much judgement for it. It shouldn’t be a big deal. I don’t like the sick feeling that comes with drinking too much so I’ve never understood how people get to the point of falling over/passing out/throwing up etc so needless to say I don’t drink great amounts.

    Nothing wrong with sticking to your convictions, or having a genuine reason for not wanting to do something. Jumping on the binge drinking bandwagon because of peer pressure is pretty silly yet it happens all the time.

    Oh well :/

     
    • June September 14, 2012 Reply
       
       

      Yes sami, I just think these silly trendy handbags will encourage young impressionable girls to drink even more

       
  9. Will Marshall September 16, 2012 Reply
     
     

    I’m guessing these are all aussie inventions?

     

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