Wendy Tuohy
Wendy Tuohy is a columnist and feature writer at the Herald Sun. Follow her on Twitter @wtuohy.
Articles by Wendy Tuohy
Motherhood has changed me down to the DNA
Quite often, you hear a mother say “I can’t imagine life without my kids’‘, and I’m well and truly in…... Read more
The Mummy Wars are over. They never actually existed.
It was the line that brokered the ceasefire of the century: “Let’s declare peace in this phony war and go…... Read more
Being a working mum is actually good for your health
How things have changed. When Jane Maas, a real life Mad Woman among the first wave of females to crack…... Read more
Jeepers, these sexist car ads are bugging me
Two women in snappy heels and skirt-suits are sitting at a boardroom table, when one leans to the other in…... Read more
What hope for women when the feminine ideal has a penis
Any day now I’m expecting to open the paper and see a man starring in a maternity shoot. The man,…... Read more
Working women need to escape the grog bog
Can you hear a faint sort of teeth-grindy sound? No it’s not the rats in the roof gnawing the wires…... Read more
Don’t keep Mum about being a working parent
So, at last, and hopefully once and for all, women in the workplace no longer have to regard being a…... Read more
Good luck gays, us straight people have ruined marriage
Every so often you get to witness the laws in the culture you live in take a creaky step, tortoise-like,…... Read more
Irresponsible parents spare the jab, endanger the child
It’s an anxious moment for many parents; rolling up the sleeve of your precious baby and presenting that perfect skin…... Read more
If you can’t handle the tweet, get out of the TV kitchen
When it comes to reality TV, this much we know: Facebook death threats and Twitter hate campaigns are very good…... Read more
A lament for the childhood our kids should have had
Often, I use the privilege of being a journalist to write some flippant observation or other about life according to…... Read more
Mr Not-Quite-Right isn’t always wrong
You have to admire those fine doctors working at the cutting edge to help people with fertility issues achieve their…... Read more
Women, including Gillard, should be judged like men
Here I was, thinking that in this history-making era when we have our first female Governor General and our first…... Read more
The hits, misses and stresses of being a mistress
I am having trouble feeling too sorry for Madison Ashton, the latest woman to emerge seeking part of the fortune…... Read more
Even models should not have to suck this up
Full credit to designer and Australia’s Next Top Model judge, Alex Perry, for declaring he would never call a model…... Read more
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