Kate Halfpenny
Kate Halfpenny is the founder of Bad Mother Media.
Opinion
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Watching Harley Reid play footy has made me feel hopeful again
Dave Grohl, Virginia Trioli, Kate Middleton. With so much grief and worry in the world right now, these people feel like the antidote. They turn everyday things into acts of beauty.
- by Kate Halfpenny
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Pets
What’s a good death? For Maggie we chose a sunny day and roast chicken
A good death. On paper, the intersection of loss and dignity. For us, a crushing responsibility, noting it down like a lunch appointment.
- by Kate Halfpenny
Thanks for booze boot camp Mum, you always knew how to be prepared
Miss Australia, indecent proposals and chocolate eclairs for tradies - my mum taught me more about parenting, and life, than any book.
- by Kate Halfpenny
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Real life
My wedding plan was perfection, then I turned my feet into two blocks of ice
My scheduling and Be Your Best strategy seemed to have paid off, before suddenly I realised it hadn’t.
- by Kate Halfpenny
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Royal family
Meghan made strawberry jam and her mates have lost their minds
Much has annoyed me this week: Albo trekking the Kokoda, BabyGate, puppacinos. But nothing compares to the rage I feel about Meghan claiming to reinvent a fete staple.
- by Kate Halfpenny
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Defamation
Lisa Wilkinson has claimed victory. Who is she kidding?
If you’re going to be for all women, you have to acknowledge when you f--- over other women.
- by Kate Halfpenny
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Domestic violence
We fuss over insults to men. How about some fuss about the killing of women?
Men, imagine if women were bigger and stronger than you, and one of them picked you off literally every week. Would you find the time to talk about it?
- by Kate Halfpenny
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Parenting
My son says he doesn’t want to have children. It’s not my job to convince him
Having a baby is the rare thing you can’t back out of. Tatts, vasectomies, vows, all reversible. Babies, not so much. What if you do it and realise it’s not for you?
- by Kate Halfpenny
Opinion
Drugs
Drugs aren’t just for tradies and ravers. Middle-aged, middle-class women do them too
All drugs can destroy lives, finances, relationships. But in the spirit of openness, let’s not lie. They’re fun, and therein lies the rub.
- by Kate Halfpenny
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Weight loss
Oprah jumping on the Ozempic bandwagon is, frankly, just sad
Somehow it feels like one of the world’s most celebrated media forces has morphed into a crass shill for Big Pharma.
- by Kate Halfpenny
Opinion
Married At First Sight
It’s fine to be fake – just stop calling MAFS an ‘experiment’
The next time a Married at First Sight cast member tells another of their cohort they’re not being serious about “the experiment” I’m going to spew.
- by Kate Halfpenny