In Melbourne's, the Age, newspaper, today, the article: Sexism Dovetails with Hypocrisy, by Nina Funnell and Dannielle Miller, attempts to shed light on more than just Unilever's moronic sexist advertising: "Remember that Dove campaign featuring women of all different shapes, colours and sizes standing around in their knickers supposedly taking on beauty stereotypes? Well, … [Read more...] about A Short Story About Dirty Fucking Balls
Archives for June 2012
The Shadow
No, not the 1994 American superhero film, 'the shadow', directed by Russell Mulcahy, where the superhero is able 'to cloud men's minds'. (Although they both have that in common.) But the shadow that we all have: "Everyone carries a shadow," Jung wrote, "and the less it is embodied in the individual's conscious life, the blacker and denser it is." Jung also … [Read more...] about The Shadow
The paleolithic diet
Recently I've been researching the Paleo diet. I dislike that word 'diet'; I can't stand eating to a schedule, or that feeling of depriving myself. But I also dislike the way my body has reacted to foods for the last year or so (grains and sugar (especially when combined)) so I spend a lot of time thinking and planning what I put in my mouth. However, I do like the word … [Read more...] about The paleolithic diet