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Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/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 back to focus on the substance.” With that simple sentence came a halt in the so-called “mummy wars” between working and non-working mothers - just as a fresh bucket of kero had been dumped on the embers this month by campaigning US politicians and their media-savvy wives. This olive branch was delivered by Democratic consultant and working mother Hilary Rosen by way of apology to Ann Romney, Republican candidate Mitt Romney’s wife and a stay-at-home mother to five. Rosen had controversially accused Mrs Romney of “not having worked a day in her life”. Naturally, an online skirmish followed, with plenty of publicity smart-bombs. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-mummy-wars-are-over-they-never-actually-existed/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-mummy-wars-are-over-they-never-actually-existed/#item8326 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 I have four children. That’s not an easy thing for me to admit in public. It’s not that I am ashamed of it, far from it, but it brings with it an expectation from people about how I should be/have that I don’t always live up to. Let’s just say it’s one of many well-worn-out stereotypes I don’t do well. It bothers me though that I feel compelled to somewhat mask this side of my life, not out of privacy, but for fear that my own identity will be drowned out by the din of social constructs that requires one’s personality to drop out of your vagina when giving birth to your first child. I can’t believe that “motherhood” is still in need of an image shake-up in 2009, or we at the very least we need to extend the parameters of how we expect mothers to behave. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/apprentices-tale-mums-dont-lose-personality-in-birth/ I have four children. That’s not an easy thing for me to admit in public. It’s not that I am ashamed of it, far from it, but it brings with it an expectation from people about how I should be/have that I don’t always live up to. Let’s just say it’s one of many well-worn-out stereotypes I don’t do well. It bothers me though that I feel compelled to somewhat mask this side of my life, not out of privacy, but for fear that my own identity will be drowned out by the din of social constructs that requires one’s personality to drop out of your vagina when giving birth to your first child. I can’t believe that “motherhood” is still in need of an image shake-up in 2009, or we at the very least we need to extend the parameters of how we expect mothers to behave. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/apprentices-tale-mums-dont-lose-personality-in-birth/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/apprentices-tale-mums-dont-lose-personality-in-birth/#item1014 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 I have four children. That’s not an easy thing for me to admit in public. It’s not that I am ashamed of it, far from it, but it brings with it an expectation from people about how I should be/have that I don’t always live up to. Let’s just say it’s one of many well-worn-out stereotypes I don’t do well. It bothers me though that I feel compelled to somewhat mask this side of my life, not out of privacy, but for fear that my own identity will be drowned out by the din of social constructs that requires one’s personality to drop out of your vagina when giving birth to your first child. I can’t believe that “motherhood” is still in need of an image shake-up in 2009, or we at the very least we need to extend the parameters of how we expect mothers to behave. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-rise-of-the-mummy-blogger/ There is an online revolution occurring with women taking to the blogsphere at a phenomenal rate. They are connecting, supporting, sharing, creating and doing business with people they probably have never met. It is a new wave of feminism. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-rise-of-the-mummy-blogger/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-rise-of-the-mummy-blogger/#item763 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 I have four children. That’s not an easy thing for me to admit in public. It’s not that I am ashamed of it, far from it, but it brings with it an expectation from people about how I should be/have that I don’t always live up to. Let’s just say it’s one of many well-worn-out stereotypes I don’t do well. It bothers me though that I feel compelled to somewhat mask this side of my life, not out of privacy, but for fear that my own identity will be drowned out by the din of social constructs that requires one’s personality to drop out of your vagina when giving birth to your first child. I can’t believe that “motherhood” is still in need of an image shake-up in 2009, or we at the very least we need to extend the parameters of how we expect mothers to behave.