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The First Cut
I’m talking about circumcision. More precisely, infant male circumcision. Also known as Male Genital Mutilation (MGM). Confronting and controversial waters, I know. I’ve been hesitant to speak or write...
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Sitting on a Fence
There’s nothing more infuriating to me than a fence-sitter. You know, someone who prefers to say nothing or do nothing when it comes to having an opinion about things that matter. Someone who doesn’t...
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Speak Your Truth
For as long as I can remember I’ve been a truth seeker. Truth seeking keeps my blood pumping. It’s my oxygen. It’s also a curse. Because it leads me to truth telling. You see, truth seeking is the...
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Forty
Bad – U2 (video link) If you twist and turn away If you tear yourself in two again If I could, you know I would If I could I would Let it go Surrender Dislocate Bono speaks to me. In song. He has for...
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Advance Australia Fair?
“I struggle with celebrating a day that a bunch of ‘boat’ people came and took over a land – sorry to our indigenous brothers and sisters – and then now won’t let any other ‘boat’ people come ashore –...
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A Good Man
My Dad. Unique doesn’t even begin to explain him. Let me try again: Honourable. Humble. Generous. Gracious. Confident. Eccentric. Hilarious. Clever. Other words that describe my dad: Without vanity....
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Eating Elephants: Kony2012
There is an old African saying: How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. I came across this today while reading about the various sides to the Kony2012 debate. It was used to describe the...
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Getting Radical
I’ve come back from the Digital Parents Blogging Conference with a bounce in my step. The session that stood out a mile was ‘Blogging is a Radical Act’. Moderated by Catherine Archer, who is doing a...
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Beyond RU OK Day
How can you help people who are not OK? * Do more than ask the question “RU OK?” today. Ask it every day. Follow it up. Actually listen to the answers. Be prepared for the answers. I’m a supporter of...
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