I have an article up at SBS 27 Aug 2013 | 05:02 pm

Undecided voters.. I’m trolling you.

Freshly squeezed 25 Aug 2013 | 03:45 pm

On thinking about pregnancy like an economist 23 Aug 2013 | 05:13 am

This article, “Thinking about pregnancy like an economist” in The Atlantic is written by Emily Oster but her observations would be shared by anyone who analyses data in their occupation. When Oster be...

You can now pre-order The Good Mother Myth 23 Aug 2013 | 04:39 am

Of course you are that keen that you wish to know about pre-ordering the anthology, The Good Mother Myth with my piece in it, along with pieces from Christy Turlington Burns, Jessica Valenti, Jennifer...

Art, hip-hop and parenting 23 Aug 2013 | 04:26 am

Lovely thoughtful piece from my friend, Shawn Taylor in Ebony on what his life-long love of hip-hop brings to his parenting. From a young age, we were insistent that she knew her artistic lineage—bro...

Class in the classroom 22 Aug 2013 | 07:38 am

And here again, students from working-class backgrounds typically came to different conclusions about how to negotiate for help in different environments than did students from middle-class background...

Have you checked the children? 21 Aug 2013 | 11:03 am

The other night I had Cormac, the four year old sleeping in bed with me and he was a little sick and quite restless. All his kicking about woke me and I rolled towards him to comfort him and he looked...

Sex work, motherhood and feminism 18 Aug 2013 | 06:11 am

Gender Equality is now routinely accepted as a worthy principle, but the term is so broad and abstract that a host of varying, contradictory and even authoritarian ideas hide behind it. Gender Equalit...

Throwing the baby out with the bath water 17 Aug 2013 | 04:32 pm

This is one of the strangest anti-breastfeeding articles I have ever read.. and let me tell you, there have been a few. Breastfeeding is a burden, but it’s also a power trip. Breastfeeding sets up th...

This city thinks it is Spring 17 Aug 2013 | 01:59 pm

First bit of evidence: I am Spring cleaning the house. (The entire pantry was testament to an unfulfilled expectation that I would be cooking lots of soups with legumes over Winter). Second bit of evi...