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It’s the only life lesson that really matters. And I’m still struggling with it.
By BEC SPARROW When you experience an event that brings you to your knees – it’s supposed to irrevocably change the way you live your life. Actually, even if you don’t experience a life-shattering event, just the mere act of getting older is meant to do that. By the time you turn [read more]
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This is an anonymous post. Because it has to be.
By ANONYMOUS This is an anonymous post. Why? Because I’m a woman working in the media and what I have to say is perfect fodder for an online lashing. But why the cloak and dagger of a no-name post? Well, I have a belief that women in the Australian media landscape have [read more]
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Angelina Jolie reveals she had double mastectomy.
BREAKING: Angelina Jolie reveals she had a double mastectomy. Angelina Jolie has revealed she had a double masctectomy in a piece titled, My Medical Choice written exclusively for the New York Times. The 37-year-old wrote that she has a “faulty” gene, BRCA1, which increases her risk of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer which [read more]
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“Carbon Monoxide killed my kids.”
BY VANESSA ROBINSON Three years ago I lived every parent’s nightmare when I lost my two sons to carbon monoxide poisoning. I want to share some information that will hopefully prevent your family from suffering a similar tragedy. My sons Chase and Tyler were aged eight and six years at the time [read more]
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Gender roles in advertising: Flip it and reverse it. Awesome.
By MAMAMIA TEAM It is a truth universally acknowledged that representations of gender in advertising are completely and utterly ridiculous. Women are highly either sexualised objects used to sell handbags and men’s fragrances (often with super oiled up skin and bodies photoshopped to buggery), OR smiling, Uptown-girl style mums who are just so, so excited to have [read more]
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Isla Fisher nearly drowns filming an underwater stunt.
1.Isla Fisher nearly drowns filming an underwater stunt. Isla Fisher nearly drowned while filming an underwater stunt for her latest movie, Now You See Me. The 37-year-old plays an escapologist and feared for her life while trying to free herself from shackles in a tank of water. The scene required her [read more]
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Monday’s news in under 2 minutes.
1. An image of the moment Amanda Berry emerged from the house where she’d been held captive for more than 10 years has been released. The image was taken by two women who said they were driving past Ariel Castro’s Seymour Avenue house when they saw a commotion. Jasmine Baldrich and Ashley Colon said they [read more]
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This Mother’s Day, let’s recognise ALL mothers…
By KATE BOCCA “A mother is not defined by how many children you can see, but by the love that she holds in her heart.” - Franchesca Cox This Mother’s Day I will not wake up wondering how long I have to pretend I’m still asleep until someone remembers what day it [read more]
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‘My youngest sister was cutting herself. So I made her run.’
by MELINDA HIATT I still remember the first time mum told me my youngest sister Courtney was cutting herself. I was pretty shocked and a little puzzled about why she would be doing such a thing. I am the eldest of three girls and Courtney is 13 years younger than me. [read more]
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The ‘Mother’ is finally revealed in How I Met Your Mother.
SPOILER ALERT: If you are a fan of the show and do not want to know who the Mother is DO NOT KEEP READING. Drum roll please… This is your last chance to click away. After eight seasons and 183 episodes of How I Met Your Mother the MOTHER of all secrets has been revealed. [read more]
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SHOP: 13 not awful (or beige) bras for size DD and above.
By NICKY CHAMP Bra shopping is the worst, am I right? If you’re on the smaller side your size is always snapped up first at sale time and if your cup runneth over, your choices are fairly limited to beige, beige, black, granny, white, beige and more beige. But things are ch-ch-changing, Berlei and Triumph [read more]
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When she was a little girl, people would say she looked like her dad. But that was impossible…
By CHRISTINE ROGERS When I was a little girl and people would say that I looked like my father, I was filled with an incredible sense of happiness. Alongside this, and just as powerful for me, was the belief that I was actually a princess, and one day my ‘real’ [read more]
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BLOG: This is how I motivate myself to exercise (even though I never really want to).
By NATALIA JASTRZAB So. About a month ago, you might remember that I signed up for a 9km run. Which was not the wisest of choices, considering that I’m really not a runner. But I embraced this strange decision, and I wrote a blog post that included many a clever tip (she says [read more]
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Google wins Mother’s Day with this video.
By NICKY CHAMP I am not known for being soft of heart in the Mamamia editorial office, but I have a lump in my throat and strange water tears threatening to spill after watching this video. I guess something happened to me when I became a mother, please don’t tell anyone. Google has launched [read more]
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From mother to daughter: “I wish I could explain to you why I felt that way.”
By ANONYMOUS To my darling daughter, As you come of age, on your eighteenth birthday, I can’t help but remember your early months, and how I felt – I feel it is important for you to know this part of your life. I still don’t fully understand why they were so [read more]
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Sunday’s news in under 2 minutes.
1. The Gillard government is likely to cut hundreds of executive jobs in the public sector, to decrease government spending. News Ltd reports that 400 jobs may be cut under Labor, and that Opposition Leader Tony Abbott plans to cut up to 12,000 jobs if he is elected in September. 2. A mother in [read more]
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Bumper Fluff: Jackie O interviews Gwyneth Paltrow, the MET, a marriage and a whole lot more.
From ‘What the hell’ red carpet moments to shock weddings and even more surprising custody battles , it has been a big week in all things celebrity. And when we say big, we mean get two cups of tea / glasses of wine kinda big – because there has been [read more]
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Meet the Australian who is helping the world to cure cancer.
By PROFESSOR IAN FRAZER This week a small organisation in Geneva known as the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI), an organisation that funds vaccines in the world’s poorest countries, announced news that will have a massive impact on the health of women. They have secured contracts with vaccine manufacturers [read more]
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The complaint that is sending online wedding forums a little nutty.
By GRACE JENNINGS-EDQUIST “My man is a wonderful guy but I hate my engagement ring! It is horrible!!! Everything I said I didn’t want, he did! I wanted square, he bought round. I wanted antique, he bought me modern! I begged for cheap, he went to Tiffany’s! I HATE TIFFANY’S!” …And [read more]
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Heartbreaking, socially crippling, isolating anxiety. This is what it feels like.
By OLIVER SHAWYER I was first diagnosed with severely extreme anxiety just over two years ago. Combined with extreme depression, I was quite a mess and in desperate need for help. I used to sit on the train in to work crying as I stared out the window – trying to convince [read more]
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The 6 mistakes us mums make when talking to kids about food.
By PHOODIE We’ve had a few posts here on Mamamia about things we should and shouldn’t say to women, men, children, pregnant people, straight people, gay people, people who are suffering from illness, people with mental or physical disabilities and so on. And today I am writing about things we are not [read more]
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5 recipes using the 5 ingredients your pantry should never be without.
By PHOODIE By the end of the season of any reality TV cooking show, I always find myself getting annoyed at the overuse of certain phrases. “Plating up.”Pointy end of this culinary journey.” “Balance of flavours.” Just to give you a few examples. “Favourite key ingredient” is another one. The things is [read more]
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Saturday’s news in under two minutes.
1. Ariel Castro has been confirmed by DNA tests as the father of Amanda Berry’s six-year old daughter. You can read more Mamamia’s coverage of the shocking case involving Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight here. 2. The Prime Minister has announced a new Manus refugee centre. The new permanent processing centre [read more]
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Little Miracles for premature babies.
By KATE WALTHER The night my daughter was born I couldn’t look at her. I heard her tiny cry, like a lost kitten, and saw her miniature 1 kg frame and turned my head away, shocked at how fragile she was. How my body had failed her at just 26 weeks gestation. Luckily, [read more]
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An expert takes us inside the minds of Cleveland’s kidnapped women.
by SARAH WAYLAND Imagine for a moment stepping back in to the life you lived a decade ago. You might look quite similar, you know where you came from, who your family are, but your reflection will be tainted and tweaked by the experiences you’ve endured during that time. It’s you, but a different you. [read more]
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If your partner gave you this – would you sign it?
By NATALIA JASTRZAB Introducing the most romantic thing that will ever happen to you and your significant other: relationship contracts. It’s like a prenuptial agreement, only you don’t have to be getting married. Oh, and it’s much less to do with money/assets/property and much more to do with things like who takes [read more]
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Confessions time: Are you THIS friend?
By ROSIE WATERLAND So I have this friend. Let’s call her… Posie (sideways glance). This friend annoys the hell out of her other friends for constantly being a total flake. She makes plans and breaks them at the last minute. She makes plans and forgets she made them. Sometimes she even makes plans [read more]
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‘In those days we had no choice and these women still don’t have one today.’
By ANONYMOUS My elderly aunt and I talked on the phone last week. We had both watched the same documentary about midwives and the conversation turned to pregnancy and childbirth. “You know, we didn’t know how to not have babies when we were young, your Nan and I”, she said. “In the city [Melbourne], we [read more]
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‘He stole my special thing. He stole my identity. And he was my brother…’
by JAMES AITKEN I’ll never forget the day I listened in on a conversation I heard my elder brother having with my mum during which he uttered the words: “mum, I am gay”. I’ll never forget because I felt my world fall apart around me in an instant. I couldn’t believe [read more]