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Kate Halfpenny

Brisbane Times

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Sure, Sheargold’s opinions are sexist dross. But we’re missing the real point

Sure, Sheargold’s opinions are sexist dross. But we’re missing the real point

Marty didn’t suddenly become a misogynist this week. His comments were entirely on brand. So why this sudden moral awakening after he mentioned the...

28.02.2025 10

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

Sure, Sheargold’s opinions are sexist dross. But we’re missing the real point

Sure, Sheargold’s opinions are sexist dross. But we’re missing the real point

Marty didn’t suddenly become a misogynist this week. His comments were entirely on brand. So why this sudden moral awakening after he mentioned the...

28.02.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

Sure, Sheargold’s opinions are sexist dross. But we’re missing the real point

Sure, Sheargold’s opinions are sexist dross. But we’re missing the real point

Marty didn’t suddenly become a misogynist this week. His comments were entirely on brand. So why this sudden moral awakening after he mentioned the...

28.02.2025 10

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

Sure, Sheargold’s opinions are sexist dross. But we’re missing the real point

Sure, Sheargold’s opinions are sexist dross. But we’re missing the real point

Marty didn’t suddenly become a misogynist this week. His comments were entirely on brand. So why this sudden moral awakening after he mentioned the...

28.02.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

I’m over the Bridget Jones con job. She’s depressing, hapless and foolish

I’m over the Bridget Jones con job. She’s depressing, hapless and foolish

For decades generations of women have fawned over this neurotic mess as if she’s Gloria Steinem in flannelette pyjamas.

21.02.2025 5

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

I’m over the Bridget Jones con job. She’s depressing, hapless and foolish

I’m over the Bridget Jones con job. She’s depressing, hapless and foolish

For decades generations of women have fawned over this neurotic mess as if she’s Gloria Steinem in flannelette pyjamas.

21.02.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

I’m over the Bridget Jones con job. She’s depressing, hapless and foolish

I’m over the Bridget Jones con job. She’s depressing, hapless and foolish

For decades generations of women have fawned over this neurotic mess as if she’s Gloria Steinem in flannelette pyjamas.

21.02.2025 7

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

I’m over the Bridget Jones con job. She’s depressing, hapless and foolish

I’m over the Bridget Jones con job. She’s depressing, hapless and foolish

For decades generations of women have fawned over this neurotic mess as if she’s Gloria Steinem in flannelette pyjamas.

21.02.2025 6

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

Being jealous of your daughter is natural, Joanna Lumley says. But it goes deeper

Being jealous of your daughter is natural, Joanna Lumley says. But it goes deeper

There comes an age where mothers look at their daughters with a complicated cocktail of pride and something that feels like “I wish I was you.” 

14.02.2025 5

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

Being jealous of your daughter is natural, Joanna Lumley says. But it goes deeper

Being jealous of your daughter is natural, Joanna Lumley says. But it goes deeper

There comes an age where mothers look at their daughters with a complicated cocktail of pride and something that feels like “I wish I was you.” 

14.02.2025 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

Being jealous of your daughter is natural, Joanna Lumley says. But it goes deeper

Being jealous of your daughter is natural, Joanna Lumley says. But it goes deeper

There comes an age where mothers look at their daughters with a complicated cocktail of pride and something that feels like “I wish I was you.” 

14.02.2025 10

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

Being jealous of your daughter is natural, Joanna Lumley says. But it goes deeper

Being jealous of your daughter is natural, Joanna Lumley says. But it goes deeper

There comes an age where mothers look at their daughters with a complicated cocktail of pride and something that feels like “I wish I was you.” 

14.02.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

I get Sam Kerr’s fear, all women do. But that doesn’t give you a free pass

Women have all had enough of being mansplained to, sexually assaulted, or kissed without permission, that we want to jump straight to the sisterhood.

07.02.2025 10

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

I get Sam Kerr’s fear, all women do. But that doesn’t give you a free pass

Women have all had enough of being mansplained to, sexually assaulted, or kissed without permission, that we want to jump straight to the sisterhood.

07.02.2025 2

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

I get Sam Kerr’s fear, all women do. But that doesn’t give you a free pass

Women have all had enough of being mansplained to, sexually assaulted, or kissed without permission, that we want to jump straight to the sisterhood.

07.02.2025 5

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

I get Sam Kerr’s fear, all women do. But that doesn’t give you a free pass

Women have all had enough of being mansplained to, sexually assaulted, or kissed without permission, that we want to jump straight to the sisterhood.

07.02.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

One MAFS groom’s a runaway, the other needs a good hard look in the mirror

New Married at First Sight grooms Tim and Eliot are treating finding love like it’s a Build-A-Bear workshop. But do non-negotiables really help...

31.01.2025 10

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

One MAFS groom’s a runaway, the other needs a good hard look in the mirror

New Married at First Sight grooms Tim and Eliot are treating finding love like it’s a Build-A-Bear workshop. But do non-negotiables really help...

31.01.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

One MAFS groom’s a runaway, the other needs a good hard look in the mirror

New Married at First Sight grooms Tim and Eliot are treating finding love like it’s a Build-A-Bear workshop. But do non-negotiables really help...

31.01.2025 10

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

One MAFS groom’s a runaway, the other needs a good hard look in the mirror

New Married at First Sight grooms Tim and Eliot are treating finding love like it’s a Build-A-Bear workshop. But do non-negotiables really help...

31.01.2025 20

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

In reinventing themselves, Harry and Meghan are losing their special sauce

Most people care about the Sussexes only because of their royal past. When that’s taken away, they become as plain as the next person.

24.01.2025 10

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

In reinventing themselves, Harry and Meghan are losing their special sauce

Most people care about the Sussexes only because of their royal past. When that’s taken away, they become as plain as the next person.

24.01.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

In reinventing themselves, Harry and Meghan are losing their special sauce

Most people care about the Sussexes only because of their royal past. When that’s taken away, they become as plain as the next person.

24.01.2025 20

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

In reinventing themselves, Harry and Meghan are losing their special sauce

Most people care about the Sussexes only because of their royal past. When that’s taken away, they become as plain as the next person.

24.01.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

The Australian Open now has too many elephants in the room to count

Can we separate the athlete from their actions? Should we?

17.01.2025 10

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

The Australian Open now has too many elephants in the room to count

17.01.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

The Australian Open now has too many elephants in the room to count

17.01.2025 10

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

The Australian Open now has too many elephants in the room to count

Can we separate the athlete from their actions? Should we?

17.01.2025 30

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

I have daggy hobbies, but there are some you should seriously never adopt

On paper, my hobbies mostly mark me out as either an early settler or massive dag. Tapestry, for one. But some pursuits should be left to the experts.

10.01.2025 20

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

I have daggy hobbies, but there are some you should seriously never adopt

10.01.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

I have daggy hobbies, but there are some you should seriously never adopt

10.01.2025 20

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

I have daggy hobbies, but there are some you should seriously never adopt

On paper, my hobbies mostly mark me out as either an early settler or massive dag. Tapestry, for one. But some pursuits should be left to the experts.

10.01.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

‘Lady, you are literally just cooking’: Meghan rebrands as hyper-stylised trad wife

The thing I still can’t quite figure out about Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, after all these years is whether she takes herself entirely seriously, or...

03.01.2025 5

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

‘Lady, you are literally just cooking’: Meghan rebrands as hyper-stylised trad wife

The thing I still can’t quite figure out about Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, after all these years is whether she takes herself entirely seriously, or...

03.01.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

‘Lady, you are literally just cooking’: Meghan rebrands as hyper-stylised trad wife

The thing I still can’t quite figure out about Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, after all these years is whether she takes herself entirely seriously, or...

03.01.2025 30

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

‘Lady, you are literally just cooking’: Meghan rebrands as hyper-stylised trad wife

The thing I still can’t quite figure out about Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, after all these years is whether she takes herself entirely seriously, or...

03.01.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

Resolutions? I’ve broken a few. This year I’m doing it differently

Growing up in a Tassie hotel motel, my New Year’s Eve had a set rhythm. During the day my brother and I would fold linen napkins into crowns for...

27.12.2024 5

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

Resolutions? I’ve broken a few. This year I’m doing it differently

Growing up in a Tassie hotel motel, my New Year’s Eve had a set rhythm. During the day my brother and I would fold linen napkins into crowns for...

27.12.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

Resolutions? I’ve broken a few. This year I’m doing it differently

Growing up in a Tassie hotel motel, my New Year’s Eve had a set rhythm. During the day my brother and I would fold linen napkins into crowns for...

27.12.2024 9

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

Resolutions? I’ve broken a few. This year I’m doing it differently

Growing up in a Tassie hotel motel, my New Year’s Eve had a set rhythm. During the day my brother and I would fold linen napkins into crowns for...

27.12.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

Our unhinged annual Christmas obsession is the one thing Aussies can’t control

A week out from Christmas, I wake to something unusual. My husband is awake first! Even without coffee, he seems pretty pumped. Leans – looms –...

20.12.2024 8

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

Our unhinged annual Christmas obsession is the one thing Aussies can’t control

A week out from Christmas, I wake to something unusual. My husband is awake first! Even without coffee, he seems pretty pumped. Leans – looms –...

20.12.2024 4

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

Our unhinged annual Christmas obsession is the one thing Aussies can’t control

A week out from Christmas, I wake to something unusual. My husband is awake first! Even without coffee, he seems pretty pumped. Leans – looms –...

20.12.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

Our unhinged annual Christmas obsession is the one thing Aussies can’t control

A week out from Christmas, I wake to something unusual. My husband is awake first! Even without coffee, he seems pretty pumped. Leans – looms –...

20.12.2024 10

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

When it’s not my back aching, I’m aching for conversations like we used to have about love and lust

My Victor Chang Heart Health Check was held outside Bakers Delight at the local shopping centre. Nurse Roger did my finger prick and told me about...

13.12.2024 4

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

When it’s not my back aching, I’m aching for conversations like we used to have about love and lust

My Victor Chang Heart Health Check was held outside Bakers Delight at the local shopping centre. Nurse Roger did my finger prick and told me about...

13.12.2024 20

The Age

Kate Halfpenny

When it’s not my back aching, I’m aching for conversations like we used to have about love and lust

My Victor Chang Heart Health Check was held outside Bakers Delight at the local shopping centre. Nurse Roger did my finger prick and told me about...

13.12.2024 5

Brisbane Times

Kate Halfpenny

When it’s not my back aching, I’m aching for conversations like we used to have about love and lust

My Victor Chang Heart Health Check was held outside Bakers Delight at the local shopping centre. Nurse Roger did my finger prick and told me about...

13.12.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny

Pamela Anderson’s a hero for not wearing makeup? Then call me a bad feminist

Bum. It’s taken 58 years and multiple tutorials with my mate Mia to get to grips with how to do eyeliner. But just when I’ve reached the point...

06.12.2024 7

WA Today

Kate Halfpenny

Pamela Anderson’s a hero for not wearing makeup? Then call me a bad feminist

Bum. It’s taken 58 years and multiple tutorials with my mate Mia to get to grips with how to do eyeliner. But just when I’ve reached the point...

06.12.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate Halfpenny