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Welcome back, joy: The Wiggles and Wordle save the world

Jo Pybus — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 19:10:56 +0000

I didn’t realise I’d been infected. It really crept up on me, and there were just too many other distractions to pay attention to this other pandemic. Whilst we’ve all...

Taking on a humongous goal: One bite at a time

Jo Pybus — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 19:00:25 +0000

We humans do big things. It is in our nature to do big things. The Guinness Book of Records would not exist if it wasn’t for humans not only doing...

Breaking the seal of my late-onset feminism

Jo Pybus — Sun, 10 Oct 2021 19:00:51 +0000

He’s back! Harvey Weinstein, American film producer and convicted sex offender, was extradited from New York to LA earlier this year where he faces 11 rape and sexual assault...

Were it not for a pandemic, I may never have…

Jo Pybus — Mon, 20 Sep 2021 20:10:41 +0000

Have you reached #pandemic saturation point yet? The only respite I seem to get from every part of my life being conducted through a COVID filter is when I sleep....

Must listen podcasts for the late onset feminist

Jo Pybus — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 20:00:37 +0000

My image of feminism growing up was naïve and clichéd. It was when I turned 50 and the #MeToo movement went viral that I felt a rumble of rage, yet...

How a HerCanberra article led to an interview with The Australian Women’s Weekly

Jo Pybus — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 20:10:13 +0000

A sequel to ‘How a HerCanberra Article Landed me on SBS Insight discussing menopause’... Being a sequel, let’s start with a recap. At 48 I decided I would write a...

Better Late (Onset Feminist) Than Never!

Jo Pybus — Tue, 25 May 2021 20:15:36 +0000

“I’m sure I gave a moment of concern for the well armoured Feds as I did some awkward air-punch accompanied by a very audible ‘YAAASS!” Sorry, I’m late! I’ve been...

The Suffragettes Did Not Say Please: the chasm between outcry and outcome

Jo Pybus — Sun, 28 Mar 2021 19:15:06 +0000

I’m a feminist but not a particularly good one. It has only been since the #MeToo Movement and the recent March4Justice rally at Australia’s Parliament House that this dormant part...