tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38357064610115955532024-03-19T17:29:54.750+10:00Legally Alien<i>Wherever you go, there you are....</i>Miss RBithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12934923690719140723noreply@blogger.comBlogger13113tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835706461011595553.post-57772364162659132502013-04-08T21:55:00.003+10:002013-04-08T21:57:05.657+10:00New siteI've moved to a new site - <a href="http://www.missrbit.com/">www.missrbit.com</a>.<br />
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There's still a lot of work to do and soon this blog will redirect to the new site but until then, I can be found on my brand new site. :-)Miss RBithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12934923690719140723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835706461011595553.post-45930320976267598512013-01-31T18:30:00.000+10:002013-01-31T18:30:00.332+10:00The week so farI’ve been a bit out of touch with my blogging the last few weeks. Even behind on my reading a bit :( Mainly because I’ve been spending a lot of time doing some freelance work. So you know in between work and well, more work after work I haven’t had much time to write for myself. But it’s cool, I love my freelance work :)<br /><br />Anyway, so this week hasn’t been the best. Mainly because of ex-Cyclone Oswald deciding to pay Queensland a visit. We had incessant rain on Australia Day but it was still no warning for what was to come. Then on Sunday the weather started getting a little crazier and by night time it was full blown out of its mind. The wind was nothing like I’ve ever seen, felt or heard before. Things were rattling and falling off shelves. The skylight in my bathroom fell through and smashed on the ground and everything put together, I was so on edge. <br /><br />Storms normally don’t scare me but this one was different. I didn’t sleep well at all that night. At about 7am on Monday, J got out of bed worrying that the wooden fence in our backyard may have gotten blown away but although battered, it was still hanging on. But then we looked over to the other side which is part brick, part fence and the entire brick wall had fallen over!<br />
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It was the biggest shock and the weather on Monday was so bad it didn’t do anything to ease our worries. The only consolation was that it was public holiday and we didn’t have to leave the house in that weather. On top of the things-falling-apart drama, we also lost power late Sunday night. This meant our phones were also barely charged. Not that it mattered because we barely had any signal anyway. It was quite surreal feeling being so cut off with no news, no phones, no social media. <br /><br />We spent about half an hour in the pouring rain on Monday night putting up a piece of tarp to cover up the space left by the now missing wall. Luckily (and thanks to the hard working peeps at Energex) we got electricity back at about 8:30pm and were able to have a hot shower. But sleep was still elusive.<br /><br />My suburb and the next suburb up from me got very badly battered over this last weekend. My local beach is looking very beatdown and forlorn. Gold Coast beaches in general look sad and dirty, very dirty. As do the roads, because of all the debris lying around.<br /><br />Wait, it doesn’t there though. On Tuesday evening, we could feel something was wrong with J’s car. Another problem we didn’t need. Got that fixed on Wednesday and it was closely followed by more bad news. A tile has blown off the roof and there is now a leak as a result.<br /><br />You have got to be kidding me.<br /><br />It’s Thursday and while the weather is still PMSing between hot and humid and raining cats and dogs, nothing else has gone wrong. Yet. As for us, we are ok. Physically of course we were unharmed but mentally we are both just so exhausted.<br /><br />There are people in so many other parts of Queensland such as Bundaberg and even Brisbane who were affected much worse than J and me and my heart really goes out to them. I feel so sad thinking about all the people whose homes have been destroyed and for some of them they have barely recovered from the 2011 floods and it’s hitting them again.<br /><br />From heatwaves to cyclones. I’m not sure what Mother Nature has in store for Australia next? <br />
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<br />Miss RBithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12934923690719140723noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3835706461011595553.post-11131169513181911922013-01-16T18:30:00.000+10:002013-01-16T18:30:02.709+10:00Get your tits out girlsRead <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/life/blogs/ask-sam/the-great-cleavage-conundrum-should-men-look-if-its-on-display-20120215-1t5cx.html" target="_blank">this article</a> then weep. And weep some more. For feminism. For women.<br />
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My favourite bit?<br />
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"<i>And when it comes to the workplace, despite the fight for equal pay and equal rights, some women (many women) know that a good push-up bra is a better investment than any PhD.</i>" </blockquote>
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Thanks Sammy B. So you're saying I should have spent a few hundred dollars on lingerie instead of spending so many years, thousands of dollars and so much time on my education? Wow, I sure have my sense of achievement all mixed up. <br />
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The general response to the article has no doubt been outrage. Yet, on Twitter I have seen so many women say things to the effect of: "<i>What's the big deal</i>" or "<i>It's ridiculous...but it's true. Ladies should use what their mama gave them</i>". To those women, I say THANK YOU for taking women (everywhere) further back into the dark ages and for furthering the cause for sexism. Now please, shut up.<br />
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I'm not naive. Getting your tits out to get up the proverbial ladder is the oldest trick in the book. And it happens everywhere, I <b>know</b> that. Sexist pigs who don't think women have brains obviously only pay attention when you rock a bit of cleavage. Unfortunately, there are women who simply pander to this archaic sexist way of thinking and use their umm..."assets" to..how do they say it.. "<i>to their advantage</i>" (vomit).<br />
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In other words, they're saying to men "<i>Ok, I get you like to objectify women. So let's just not worry about the fact that I have a Master's degree and am probably smarter than you because you know, I have boobs. So here's my cleavage. Oh and I'll throw in my sexy bum and my long, toned legs too. Now how about that promotion? I've earned it on my own merit right?</i>" <br />
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Your merit drank itself to a depressing death the moment you started thinking about "using your assets to your advantage". I know it's a man's world and a woman's gotta do what a woman's gotta do. But you know what a woman's gotta do? Stand up and say it's not okay. Say, "<i>Hey douchebag I ain't got no cleavage for you. But hey guess what, I do have the qualifications and the experience. <b>NOW</b> how about that promotion?</i>" <br />
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If you think you're doing the SMART thing for your career by giving in to sexist pigs, you've probably looked up the wrong dictionary for the meaning of smart. If you are moving up that workplace ladder thanks to your boob-baring skills, you're a sexism enabler. It fails to be an achievement then. It fails because if it were you vs a man, it wasn't a fair fight. It was your ta-tas vs his brains. I'd say it'd be a fair fight when it was brains vs brains and you get picked over the man, because of your smarts. Because you're <b>equal</b>. Then we have a real case of achievement in our (what often seems like) never-ending fight for equality in the workplace, at home, in the world.<br />
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So my titty-flaunting sisters, the next time you high five yourself for your win over a man and doing your bit for women's equality, please, STOP. We'll take it from here.<br />
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