by Janet Heffernan | Nov 19, 2015 | blog
I like video games. When I was pregnant with the twins (and roughly the size of a small village), I played Diablo and won it. I had Pong. I had Blip. I used to play Nintendo baseball with my cousins Video games are amazing at passing time on road trips...
by Janet Heffernan | Oct 19, 2015 | blog
Well. We have, by now, all heard the statistics; well over 1000 of our Aboriginal women and girls have gone missing or been murdered in our very recent past. Imagine if there were 1000 girls missing from your town. Imagine. Every resource would be mobilized....
by Janet Heffernan | Oct 19, 2015 | blog
I am a feminist but I was not always a feminist. When I was younger, I thought that feminism meant anger and demands and, well, some downright “unfeminine” behaviour. And I have always really liked being feminine – being a girl. I loved pink and purple and dresses and...
by Janet Heffernan | Oct 10, 2015 | blog
It had never occurred to me to take Karate. I had done aerobics, ballet, swimming etc, I liked to be busy. I started martial arts because there was a dojo near my house and I heard that they did a good workout. I didn’t like working out but I had just had...