Kate Halfpenny
Kate Halfpenny is the founder of Bad Mother Media.
Opinion
Christmas
Our unhinged annual Christmas obsession is the one thing Aussies can’t control
You’d think living in a country where the weather swings from droughts to flash floods might’ve taught us to be laid-back. Yeah, nah.
- by Kate Halfpenny
Latest
Melbourne suburbs where priced-out home buyers found the next best thing
Melbourne’s property market has been sluggish, but a handful of suburbs are in demand from buyers chasing lifestyle on a budget.
- by Kate Halfpenny
Opinion
Health
When it’s not my back aching, I’m aching for conversations like we used to have about love and lust
I can’t resist a test, and one I recently had outside my local Baker’s Delight has taken me down a rabbit hole.
- by Kate Halfpenny
Opinion
Trends
Pamela Anderson’s a hero for not wearing make-up? Then call me a bad feminist
Women are being told we’re more “authentic” if we ditch makeup. Who benefits from that? Not the busy everyday woman who needs a bit of armour in a jar to boost her confidence.
- by Kate Halfpenny
Opinion
Royal family
Why the wicked mother-in-law archetype never dies
Somewhere along the way, society decided in-laws should have a warm, family-dinner-every-Sunday bond. What confected rubbish.
- by Kate Halfpenny
Opinion
Australians abroad
Holly and Bianca could have been any one of our children
It starts with a passport, an open-ended ticket, a crammed backpack. How do we keep our kids safe while letting them spread their wings? The truth is, we can’t.
- by Kate Halfpenny
Opinion
Australian music
Cold Chisel can tell you everything about your parenting skills
Anyone who’s seen Chisel or just listened to the radio since the 1970s will know what I’m on about.
- by Kate Halfpenny
Opinion
Social media
Kids’ social media ban might be just as tough on flat-chat parents
This ban sounds like a toothless folly that smacks of Anthony Albanese wanting to be seen as doing something.
- by Kate Halfpenny
Opinion
Social media
Once a respectable corner of the internet, LinkedIn has jumped the shark
LinkedIn has become the hunting ground for insufferables, a full-blown self-promotion circus. And this is from someone who writes “About Me” profiles for a living.
- by Kate Halfpenny
Opinion
Real life
Buy shares, take a swim, and all the other things I’d tell my younger self
When I look back at photos of my sweet chubby teenage face it’s like I’m looking at an entirely different person. Imagine if you could turn back time and give that person some advice.
- by Kate Halfpenny
Opinion
Diet
King Charles eats half an avocado for lunch every day. That’s nuts
Why is it that the people with the most access to the world’s bounty, like Victoria Beckham and Jennifer Aniston, have whittled their diets down to minimalist meals?
- by Kate Halfpenny
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