Dear Fathers,
When you are looking after your kids, you are NOT baby sitting til your partner gets home. THEY ARE YOUR KIDS. Baby sitting is an activity engaged in by people who are not the primary caregivers.
No, seriously, listen to me. If you are watching the kids and you see yourself as baby sitting, you [...]
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Memo to Fathers of the World
Posted in Giant Babies, male privilege, overheard conversations on August 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
When will the arsehats at work stop talking?
Posted in Giant Babies, arsehats, feminism, idiots, male privilege, office, overheard conversations, tagged arsehats, idiots, office, overheard conversations on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Another overheard conversation.
Apparently there’s been a university study that has proven that the group most discriminated against in Australia is middle aged Anglo Saxon males with a mortgage.
Yes folks, apparently this poor privileged group is so trodden upon they are now the most discriminated in the country. Before I interrupted this delightful and intelligent [...]
Work
Posted in idiots, office, overheard conversations, tagged idiots, office, overheard conversations on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I work in an office that boasts about it’s corporate culture.
Today, I have a late shift, meaning everyone else gets to go on lunch while I work, and I go many hours after everyone else. Today I got to hear people talking about me in the lunchroom which is very close to my desk.
You’d [...]
More Arsehats at Work
Posted in arsehats, idiots, office, overheard conversations, sport, tagged arsehats, idiots, office, overheard conversations on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This morning a radio station had a ‘debate’ on whether or not men should play women’s sports. This sparked a conversation amongst my workmates that I overheard and questioned them on (I hadn’t heard the radio originally).
When I happened to mention that there’s no such thing as “women” sports, that it’s not actually possible [...]
Overheard conversations make me bitter
Posted in arsehats, feminism, overheard conversations, tagged arsehats, overheard conversations on July 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I walked out of Aldi and straight into a conversation between three arsehats. When I walked out they were all laughing and then:
Arsehat 1: “She has three or four kids”
Arsehat 2: “Well at least you know she puts out!”
All three laughed.
These are times when I wish we had a feminist superhero to swoop in [...]
