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Sourdough and silk robes won't fix our falling birth rate
We don't need better 'polish', we need better policies.
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Oh, there it is.
Toddler meltdowns, mum guilt, and little moments that save the day.
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Am I a "pick me girl" for worrying about Bonnie Blue?
Apparently, I am.
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"You need to put him in the cot"
Eight words that quietly sabotage breastfeeding before it even begins.
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Bonnie Blue, 1000 men and the façade of empowerment
Bonnie Blue slept with 1000 men. But why are we only talking about her?
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July 2025

I read that ‘Hot Mum’ essay so you don’t have to
Hot mums aren’t being shamed - they’re being marketed to. And calling it empowerment doesn’t make it so.
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Pain and the promise; a birth story
On expectation, reality, and the stories we tell about birth pain
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32
"Boy mum" - harmless phrase or patriarchal trap?
On internalised misogyny, Freudian nonsense, and how we've been tricked into competing over our sons
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Has my fear of groups of women finally met its match?
On social anxiety, avoiding other mums, and learning to turn down the volume.
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The forever after of postpartum
Why the timeline we've been sold about motherhood recovery is setting women up to fail
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12
My saggy tits are typing this
When did we start putting our body's aesthetic over the needs of our babies?
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The sins of our fathers
On broken children breaking cycles.
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