Posts by Isabel Hitchings
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There seems to be an awful lot of conflation of failing to conform to some arbitrary standard of modesty and dressing sexy in order to court the male gaze in some of that criticism.
I'm really glad that the women who felt their breasts were "too small" tended to get kindly responses but the underlying beliefs that those statements reflect are very sad - both that small breasts aren't worth showing off and that big breasts are inherently less modest.
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Oh lordy - I heard Suzanne Prentice on Natrad the other day (was she talking to Jim Mora?) and she was completely unable to say what her actual policies were beyond "I'm National".
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Myself included. It is a very very hard thing to do. Also it is very hard to realise what you were sure was right, isn't.
Absolutely. I think it's something we all suffer from from time to time but some of us are better at working out when our own issues are clouding our judgement than others.
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I have come across an awful lot of people who really struggle to separate scientific facts/theories from personal criticism of the choices they make so passionately hold onto incorrect beliefs that allow them to remain in their comfort zone.
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This is what I wrote last year about why I celebrate Christmas.
There are other holidays (ANZAC day, Easter) that I don't feel strongly about but I still appreciate having a day when I know the whole family will be off work and school without needing complex negotiations.
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What about having set public holidays that are not meaningful dates in themselves but are still days that most things are shut and most people can reasonably expect to have off work or school (maybe during the middle week of each school term)? I really do like the idea of having some days where everything stops all at once.
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My worry about the "some people want to work stat holidays" argument is the possibility of those who are willing to work being used to leverage other employees into working when they actually don't want to. If your boss is saying "Jim's willing to work Easter and he's got more kids than you and, hey, there's a recession on..." how likely are you to insist that your family time is more important than this "voluntary" work day?
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My eight-year-old is making a Matt Smith Mii. I think that means he likes the new doctor.
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What Grace said :-)
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Am I the only person who kind of likes Rose then?