Wendy Tuohy
Wendy Tuohy is a columnist and feature writer at the Herald Sun. Follow her on Twitter @wtuohy.
Articles by Wendy Tuohy
For a solid marriage play away? No thanks…
Oh, so you’re not having an affair? How very boring, and so 1995. Haven’t you heard the way to go…... Read more
Does a fattist insult justify a sexist one?
There’s been much high-fiving online this week among Adele fans, who are delighted with the way in which local comedy…... Read more
Competitive parenting is a slap in the face for feminism
So, how far have we come since the keystone women’s lib text, The Feminine Mystique, urged women 50 years back…... Read more
Sorry Martha, women don’t dream of being housewives
Bad news, Martha Stewart; despite your years of diligent tutelage, lately it seems like the whole idea of “housewife” as…... Read more
It’s not OK to blame the victim Leigh Nugent
Australian swimming coach Leigh Nugent clearly has bushfires to put out, but one of the nastier outbreaks he must fast…... Read more
A bad lesson in us and them
I guess it shouldn’t have been such a shock to hear at a barbecue yesterday that boys from one of…... Read more
Let them eat dirt!
In news that will come as a huge relief to all parents whose instincts have always told them it’s not…... Read more
A one woman war against after-school activities
There is an industry so insidious, so clever, so cunningly insecurity-inducing that as a mother you have to fight with…... Read more
Raising boys is just as tough as raising girls
Parents of girls; be afraid, very afraid. Be worried, because your daughters are “in trouble”. So much that we need…... Read more
Here’s 16 unpleasant things we should leave in 2012
Yet again it’s that time of year when having over-eaten, over-drunk, over-spent and generally over done it in the last…... Read more
Old rockers’ shocking Christmas schlock’s a crock
This week I picked up a new word: “over-rocker”. According to the local café guy, it’s something his friend uses…... Read more
Funny how it’s the youngest one who gets it…
OK, I wouldn’t go so far as to say that Two and a Half Men qualifies for the dictionary definition…... Read more
Divorce hurts but it doesn’t mean you’ve failed at life
Of the many things to boggle at in the extraordinary email one “bitterly, bitterly disappointed” father sent his three adult…... Read more
So many dumb ways to advertise to women….
There are clever ads that manage to cut through the noise and really make you think—like Metro Trains’ viral smash…... Read more
Young women should listen to their elders. Here’s why:
I had to smile when I read a piece by a rather cross 22-year-old woman on The Punch recently, in…... Read more
Dancing down the aisle, straight to the divorce lawyer
I see myself as a pragmatist and a realist, but even so when I hear a marriage (or long-term de…... Read more
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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Tim says:
They should update other things in the game too. Instead of a get out of jail free card, they should have a Dodgy Lawyer card that not only gets you out of jail straight away but also gives you a fat payout in compensation for daring to arrest you in the first place. Instead of getting a hotel when you… [read more]From: A guide to summer festivals especially if you wouldn’t go
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