Hello!
Hello! Thanks for stopping by! So, this is my new website. You may be wondering why I am apparently a member of the Handbag Mafia. I am too. I’m not actually entirely sure what it is, and I’m now...
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Time To Get Controversial
To celebrate my blog’s makeover (which is still a work in progress, by the way!) I thought it was time for a bit of controversy here on HandbagMafia. I’m going to make a few confessions. It might cause...
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I’m a Gunna: On Writing
Yesterday, I spent the day with a bunch of writerly sorts, learning a bit about the tools and techniques of the trade from the powerhouse of words and laughs known as Catherine Deveny. Photo and quote...
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Don’t Trust a Blogger With Your Life
Blogs. I read an article a while back that said there were over 152 million blogs on the internet. The article was a couple of years old- by now there are probably shitloads more. Mum blogs, dad blogs,...
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Belle Gibson: Cancer Free…?
When my mother was first diagnosed with lung cancer, I did what anyone would. I read everything I could get my hands on about cancer. I came away with far more questions than I did answers. She went...
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The Liebster Edition
I have been nominated for a Liebster Award by the unparalleled Pinky Poinker. When I first saw a Liebster post, I had no clue what it was. After extensive googling research, I learned that it is an...
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HandbagMafia Wins Coveted Blog Award
The lovely Shari from Good Food Week nominated me for a Sisterhood of the World Blog Award. Here’s me, accepting the award: My blog is better than Meryl’s. Fact. Nah, kidding. I don’t think she has a...
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Women of Words Blogcast: Feminism
Welcome to our second installment of our Women of Words Blogcast! (What? You didn’t see the first one? It was awesome! Check it out here.) Women of Words is the blogcast of: Bec @ Seeing The Lighter...
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I Love Youse All
If you are reading this, there is a good chance that I love you. No, really. I do. I’m channeling my inner Jeff Fenech (who knew I had one?) to tell you that I absolutely love youse all. (Oh that hurt,...
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Dear Mummy Bloggers…
If I see the phrase “Just a mummy blogger” one more time, I may scream. When this is said, it’s usually done with condescension and punctuated with either a sneer or a patronising smile. The inference...
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Inspiration, Validation & For Fun!
Have you ever done a Myers-Briggs personality test? A friend of mine told me about them so I gave it a go, for a bit of fun. The result was a type called ENFP. To cut a long story short, my type is the...
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The Culture of Oversharing
There’s a growing trend that sees me cringing sporadically as I scroll through my social media feeds. A culture of oversharing. I’ve been trying to wrap my head around what motivates parenting bloggers...
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2016: The Most-Read Things I Wrote This Year
I don’t really know how I’m going at this blogging gig. Some people are measuring success as bloggers in dollar amounts and fame (and there’s nothing wrong with that!) but I’m pretty happy here in my...
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