Kate Halfpenny
Kate Halfpenny is the founder of Bad Mother Media.
Thanks for booze boot camp Mum, you always knew how to be prepared
Miss Australia, indecent proposals and chocolate eclairs for tradies - my mum taught me more about parenting, and life, than any book.
- by Kate Halfpenny
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Real life
My wedding plan was perfection, then I turned my feet into two blocks of ice
My scheduling and Be Your Best strategy seemed to have paid off, before suddenly I realised it hadn’t.
- by Kate Halfpenny
Opinion
Royal family
Meghan made strawberry jam and her mates have lost their minds
Much has annoyed me this week: Albo trekking the Kokoda, BabyGate, puppacinos. But nothing compares to the rage I feel about Meghan claiming to reinvent a fete staple.
- by Kate Halfpenny
Opinion
Defamation
Lisa Wilkinson has claimed victory. Who is she kidding?
If you’re going to be for all women, you have to acknowledge when you f--- over other women.
- by Kate Halfpenny
Opinion
Domestic violence
We fuss over insults to men. How about some fuss about the killing of women?
Men, imagine if women were bigger and stronger than you, and one of them picked you off literally every week. Would you find the time to talk about it?
- by Kate Halfpenny
Opinion
Parenting
My son says he doesn’t want to have children. It’s not my job to convince him
Having a baby is the rare thing you can’t back out of. Tatts, vasectomies, vows, all reversible. Babies, not so much. What if you do it and realise it’s not for you?
- by Kate Halfpenny
Opinion
Drugs
Drugs aren’t just for tradies and ravers. Middle-aged, middle-class women do them too
All drugs can destroy lives, finances, relationships. But in the spirit of openness, let’s not lie. They’re fun, and therein lies the rub.
- by Kate Halfpenny
Opinion
Weight loss
Oprah jumping on the Ozempic bandwagon is, frankly, just sad
Somehow it feels like one of the world’s most celebrated media forces has morphed into a crass shill for Big Pharma.
- by Kate Halfpenny
Opinion
Married At First Sight
It’s fine to be fake – just stop calling MAFS an ‘experiment’
The next time a Married at First Sight cast member tells another of their cohort they’re not being serious about “the experiment” I’m going to spew.
- by Kate Halfpenny
Opinion
Catherine, Princess of Wales
Kategate and the royal photo fail is so hamfisted it feels like a stitch-up
The scenario of Kate in her home office, tinkering to create the perfect comeback photo after abdominal surgery in January, is genuinely bizarre and weird.
- by Kate Halfpenny
Opinion
Royal family
Vanishing act: Why is the palace hiding Princess Kate?
Secrets love shadows, and the public’s appetite for respecting Kate’s privacy request has cracked. We pay for her high life, we want to see her. Wheel her out or our curiosity could turn toxic.
- by Kate Halfpenny