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Month: April 2014

Pregnancy Porn?

April 30, 2014Katherine Leave a Comment

  On the cover of this month’s Marie Claire is a pregnant Megan Gale, posing naked (but covered). Why? In a normal ‘naked model’ situation, Megan would be on the cover of FHM or some other male entertainment magazine, and… Continue Reading →

Mother's Day, Mothering, Mummy blogs, Weight

Picturing Killers: The Gow Langsford Debate

April 29, 2014Katherine 1 Comment

UPDATE 6/5/14:  The artist and father of Sio Matalasi have now talked and it has been decided the image is going to remain up at the Gow Langsford Gallery. ____________________________________________________ There is a reasonable squall around the images by artist… Continue Reading →

Art, Gow Langsford, Jono Rotman, Mongrel Mob Jono Rotman, Mongrel Mob, Photography

The Great Food Race Final: Is that pate or parfait?

April 27, 2014Katherine Leave a Comment

From crashing through some crop circles holding eggs, to riding a rickshaw, to spotty green suits, The Great Food Race final screened on TV3 tonight with some serious live television cringe issues. The format hit the skids in this 13th… Continue Reading →

Bresolin, Great Food Race, Libby and Elliott, Sara and Danny, The Great Food Race, Zoe Marshall

The X Factor: A Quik n Ezy Guide to the Election

April 17, 2014Katherine Leave a Comment

I am useless at politics really. I know about things like MMP, Oravida and Peter Dunne’s professorial thatch, but on the whole I am pretty undereducated in this department. Makes me perfect to write about it then, right? So, I… Continue Reading →

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The Final Curtain: Goodbye to Glames and The Great Food Race

April 6, 2014Katherine 2 Comments

Suddenly on reality food television, things have come to a grinding halt, for two very different reasons. Last Monday, Glynn and James were finally able to dispose of their MasterChef Crocs and mercifully avoid Skoda ownership whilst completing a Survivor… Continue Reading →

Great Food Race, Jaimie and Bec, Karena and Kasey, Libby and Elliott, Masterchef, MasterChef New Zealand

Falling Down: I’ve had a really rare day.

April 3, 2014Katherine Leave a Comment

  I’ve recently been enjoying (and not enjoying) the movies of Michael Douglas. It started with a viewing of Basic Instinct (1992) which I had not seen before.  Ugh. It really is a terrible, terrible movie, reminding me a little… Continue Reading →

Mental Health, Michael Douglas, Movies

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