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Trapped underground for 4 months. Toilets anyone?

The trapped miners In Chile as you read this, 33 men are stranded 2300 feet (700m) below the Atacama Desert, after the mine they were working in collapsed 28 days ago. Mamamia's Nicky... [read more]

A blended family. And a problem.

brady bunch Perhaps you can offer some collective wisdom to help Erin* with a difficult situation. She writes:"I have a dilemma that I need help with.But first... [read more]

Do you struggle with weekends?

weekendEveryone loves the weekend. Wait, they don’t. Not everyone. Some struggle with it. Others secretly dread it. And yet very few people ever talk about it.Nicole... [read more]

Best and Worst of the week

eggthumbIt's time to take a look back at your week and identify its high and low points. From the personal to the political, from tragic to trivial, no best or worst... [read more]

A story you really should read today.

rorythummb To mark Red Nose Day today, Sarah, a  Mamamia reader who also has a magnificent blog of her own has written the following beautiful post about her little brother. ... [read more]

Finally: a book club!

bookclub After a year of trying to work out how to do this, the genius Paula Joye from lifestyled.com.au has come to the party with an idea for us to do it together. We had... [read more]

How’s this for rape prevention: a condom with teeth.

Sonnet EhlersAll eyes may be on South Africa during the World Cup for the soccer but there are some terrible things that go on in the land of the Fifa World Cup.... [read more]

Meet a real modern family

gds Last year, I was incredibly moved by a story I saw on 60 Minutes about a gay couple from Melbourne who had had twin girls via a surrogate in India. It provoked... [read more]

I wish I was a doctor.

superdoctorMy friend K won’t watch sport with me anymore. I’m a bit sad about this but apparently I only have myself to blame. Our sons are great mates and for years... [read more]

What were your best and worst bits of the week?

newhappysad Welcome to Friday and another chance to vent and do victory laps by sharing the best and worst bits of your week gone by.If you are new to best and worst... [read more]