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What’s the thing that feeds you?
So, this weekend I’m doing something special, something that I rarely do nowadays and something I really cherish … I’m going out clubbing. No, not the baby seal kind. I’m opting for the old-school, dance your pants off, hands in the air dancing kind of clubbing. Some people just roll their eyes at this sort [read more]
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Hollywood’s fake teenagers
Try finding an actual teenager on a US television drama. Oh sure, there are lots of teenage characters but – and correct me if I’m wrong – most of them are sporting enormous bazookas, five o’clock shadows and zero acne. Teens on shows like Glee (which I love) don’t actually look anything like the high [read more]
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Mamamia Live on Sky News: Episode 5
Mamamia Live on Sky News will be back again tomorrow night at 8pm and we thought we’d give you a little preview of what to expect. As always, if you don’t have Sky News we’ll be continuing the discussion on this site and on Twitter. Join us if you can, it’ll be a hoot. Here’s [read more]
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The Google ‘entrance exam’. Would you pass?
How many golf balls can fit in a school bus? And no, you can’t Google the answer because that’s a question in the Google ‘entrance exam’. Google recently came in at number four on CNN Money’s list of the 100 best companies to work for, and it’s easy to see why. [read more]
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“If marriage is just a word: give it to me.”
This is Brendan Maclean’s opening speech given at the Sydney Equal Love rally which gathered at Town Hall despite protestors attempting to shut it down. It marched up Oxford St with over 700 people: My name’s Brendan Maclean. I work at triple j, I’m a musician, I hate Lady Gaga’s new songs [read more]
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This child is being raised genderless.
Genderless kids? Of course some children are born where biology cannot determine whether they are male or female but now some families are choosing to raise their kids ‘ambiguously’ despite firm evidence they are boy or girl. Why? To protect the child’s right to choose its own gender, and identity, as it grows. A Canadian [read more]
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Mamamia Live on Sky News: Episode 4
We’ve already covered religion and politics, so why not talk about sex? Everywhere we turn lately something sex-related is in the news. So you can expect a little bit of that in tonight’s Mamamia Live. Don’t say you weren’t warned! If you’re new to all this television business, welcome aboard. We’re pretty relaxed and casual. [read more]
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(open) Post Of The Week
Right. So I started doing this regular weekly post about my week. Kind of a Tumblr inside a website. Kind of what Mamamia 1.0 was. And I was doing it on Friday because that’s a logical time to look back at the week, right? But it was starting to get confusing because we also run [read more]
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What stereotype do you break?
It was a Chinese woman who phoned into ABC 702′s Richard Glover and said: “I’m bad at math and can’t play chess.” A New Zealand man phoned in and said he had a job and wasn’t on welfare. Ouch. Groundbreaking, I know. This was part of a little social experiment Richard was playing with [read more]
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Video of the day: Tom Hanks is a pageant dad. Who knew?
Pull the Pin protests are being held around Australia against The Little Miss Bayside Pageant. A Melbourne beauty pageant for children, inspired by controversial US TV shows will see tiny tots model swimwear and be judged on their smile and posture. We saw Tom Hanks doing this spoof with his own daughter, and loved it. [read more]
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‘I never wanted to meet my mother’
UPDATE: In NSW today, Premier Barry O’Farrell delivered an historic address, apologising to the parents and children who were the victims of forced adoption. He said the parliament acknowledged the “the terrible wrongs that were done, and with profound sadness and remorse say to those living with ongoing grief and pain, we are [read more]
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The first concert you ever went to…
If you live anywhere near The Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne or the Acer Arena in Sydney, you might have recently heard oh, just a few thousand screaming girls. Yes, Justin Bieber was in town. I saw news coverage of one girl convulsing in tears because she realised she would never have the chance to [read more]
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This ad made me cry….not in a bad way.
Lana posted this today while I was out. When I came back to our desk (we all share one), she said “Have you seen the video I put up?” and Rick snorted. “Is it good?” I asked. “Not really” he said – not unkindly. I clicked on it, not that interested. And then I had [read more]
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Love child: says who?
Two very famous, very rich and very powerful men have had their lives blown apart very publicly this week. IMF chief Dominic Strauss Kahn and Arnold Schwarzenegger have crashed from positions of supreme power to disgrace, public ridicule and tabloid headlines. Some people have said we shouldn’t be lumping these two men and these two [read more]
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Porn is not what it used to be.
Gay, straight, bisexual, bondage, hardcore, lesbian, MILF, college and more I cannot bring myself to write. It’s porn and, if you were keen enough and had the fortitude of a thousand bulls, you could download thousands upon thousands of gigabytes of it right now from the Internet. Some of it manufactured by [read more]
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The thing about sisters
Let’s talk about sisters. I’ll start with mine. Kate and Janey. I’m the oldest, and bossiest. This is our sisterhood. We’re crazy close. Not close in a Kardashian, ‘I’ll do your Brazilian wax for you,’ kind of way (although sort of close in a Kardashian ‘junk-in-the-trunk’ kind of way – all three of us having [read more]
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When does life begin?
This is a tough one if you’re pro-choice, like I am. At the end of March this year, a 41 year old woman was sent to jail for 9 months after she ran her van into a pregnant woman while on a cocktail of drugs, killing the woman’s unborn baby girl. She was called Zoe, [read more]
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Mamamia Live Episode 4
This week on Mamamia Live we talked about sex and power, slutwalk, internet and privacy and circumcision. My guests this week were Sam de Brito, Caroline Overington and Sarah McLachlan. Take a look…
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Climate sceptics: enough is enough
Enough already. Enough with the climate change deniers, the fanciers of their own scientific wit who muddy the debate with pseudo science and scare-mongering. Enough. The time for spurious, dubious disagreement is over. There isn’t any time. That’s not just my view. That’s the view of, oh, you know, most of the scientists in the [read more]
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Does Nana belong in the birthing suite?
There are some places you’d rather not have your mum with you or would you? Mamamia reader Cara writes: “I’m having my first baby in the next few months and earlier in the pregnancy, my mother asked me if she could come in and be with me during labour, along with my husband. My husband [read more]
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Why this monkey is wearing a dress +other looks of the week
Because of the Hangover II premiere, why else? Crystal the monkey appears in the movie and apparently stole the show at the premiere. She also planted one on Kristen Bell.
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People are awesome
You know what? Sometimes people do cool things for no other reason than they can. Here is a video of people doing just that; there are some truly remarkably things in here. Enjoy!
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Kiddie pageants: should they include boys too?
Do an internet search on “child beauty pageant” but be prepared. Not just to be depressed by images of overblown, cap-toothed, heavily made-up under-fives but the obvious yet rarely commented upon fact that all these kids are girls. [NOTE: there are actually pageants for boys and Mamamia has covered this niche but equally alarming phenonmenon [read more]
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Where do you pick up?
Not so long ago I caught an old episode of Sex and the City. It’s been a while since I’ve spent time with the girls (I was warned off SATC 2 by, oh, pretty much the entire world … so I didn’t see it). Anyway. Not the point. So I’m watching an old episode on [read more]
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Aveeno Daily Moisturising Lotion
Selected Mamamia readers have been trialling the Aveeno® Daily Moisturising Lotion. Aveeno ® believe that nature has the power to deliver spectacular skin care benefits to enhance the skin’s natural health and beauty. With that in mind they have used the best that nature has to offer with the technology of science to deliver superior [read more]
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How your social media choices affect your loved ones.
Privacy has become a slippery little bugger. There’s so little of it left. But it’s not just being devoured by faceless corporations and airport body scanners. You know who’s most likely to breach your privacy? Someone who loves you. Your friend. Your partner. Your mother. Your cousin. Your flatmate. All well meaning. All potentially compromising. [read more]
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2011 Billboard Music Awards
Rihanna and Britney Spears open the Billboard Awards with a pillow fight and a kiss. Yawn.
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The week that was.
Welcome to the newest regular Mamamia post where I walk you through my week and share some of what goes on behind-the-scenes at MM HQ (we’ve done it before, here and here). Have a read and then tell me how your week has been.. what you’ve been learning, seeing, doing, eating… The Smokey Eye For [read more]
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If the world ends, what’s your regret?
A US religious group has predicted the world will end on the weekend. Actually tomorrow, the 21st May if you want to pop it in your diary. According to the group’s founder, Harold Camping a ‘great, great earthquake’ will occur and then the rapture will begin. This has prompted a Twitter hashtag where people are [read more]
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amfAR Cannes Gala
Every year the Cinema Against AIDS Gala is held in Cannes, and raises money for amfAR (The American Foundation for AIDS Research). It also means lots of A-list celebs wearing hot frocks, take a look through the gallery below: