Amnesia clouds Ms. 40th birthday

 

 

Ms. Magazine offices 1972

 

There is something missing from this glowing self-congratulatory history of the 40 years of Ms. magazine. What could it be?

Watch me on QandA

I appeared on QandA on ABCTV on Monday October 31. You can watch the broadcast here.

My response to Andrew Bolt

My “laughable errors”

Late on Saturday night on his blog Andrew Bolt accused me of  “a despicable defamation of [his] wife”, and of “laughable errors, from my supposed previous ‘engagement’ to the apparent assumption that some clearly fake Twitter account was actually mine…”.  He also accuses me of “the shameless smearing of his late mother” and [...]

Women win Nobel Peace prize

Three women have shared the Nobel Peace prize for their work in trying to bring peace to  their countries:http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/nobel-peace-prize-goes-to-three-women/2011/10/07/gIQAJdwBSL_story.html?wpisrc=al_national

My recent TV interview at Strathcona Girls School

I visited Strathcona (which is in Melbourne) on Friday April 29, including a visit to Tay Creggan, their Year 9 campus, which of course features in my book The Lost Mother. My mother’s portrait hung on the walls of Tay Creggan from 1933 until 1969 when my grandmother finally was able to buy it. [...]

Words Working 4 Women

Learn about my new project WW4W in which the proceeds of words sold from a special website will be diverted to micro credit loans for women entrepreneurs in developing countries. Read about WW4W

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