Quick Hit: Real Women Have Been Known To Gestate Foetuses, But In A Different Kind Of Box

Just a short one this morning as I'm about to duck off to rehearsal for my Fringe show: for Adelaidians, it's listed under the music section of the Fringe Guide and it's called Ashes To Ashes: Songs of Loss and Longing. More details to come, plus a you tube video of Emily and I singing our very awesome version of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire"...

But I digress.

I'm used to the Daily Telegraph falling short of quality journalism, or even journalism itself. But this headline really irked me yesterday, and I think you'll see why.


Yes, because of course we women are just shebots stumbling around blindly until impregnation (coupled with intention to see it through) occurs and our Real Woman switches are activated.

This falls into the same camp of idiotic lunacy that has people (mostly women, I might add) claiming that 'real women have curves' and 'men prefer real women (rather than sticks, HARHARHAR EAT A CHEEZBURGER LOLLIPOP HEAD!!!!!one11!!silentq!)' and then the more ubiquitously claimed 'all women want to have babies and if you don't you're either lying or there's something wrong with you'.

Honestly. From It Girl to Real Woman? See Nicole Grow! See Nicole Leave Behind The Folly Of Youth! See Nicole Discover What's Really Important! See Nicole Become....A Real Woman!

I know it's pointless to get angry at stupid tabloid headlines, but it's this kind of systemic and subtle messaging that's the reason people still believe a woman's primary function in life is to push babies out and claim it as the greatest thing she could ever possibly do.

I don't know, what do all the Real Women think out there? I mean, the ones who've had babies and have therefore earned the right to join society as a fully fledged human being?

Nuts to you, the Tele.