Just a Girl by Tammie Adele

  So take me as I am This may mean You’ll have to be a stronger man   ‘You got your period?’ (line delivered by Michael Keaton in the movie Gung Ho .             Excuse me, but I don’t care how charming Hollywood thinks that Michael Keaton is, this line demonstrates Hollywood’s archaic approach to ‘the fairer sex’ rather than Michael Keaton’s charm or the ‘female condition’.             My dad is not known for his ability to remain calm when things aren’t going his way. Actually, as a kid I was fully aware of my dad’s short fuse and anger management issues. However, I never once heard the excuse that his bad temper was due to a perfectly natural biological process. Instead, quiet the opposite would happen with my mum citing how stressed and frustrated he was and therefore his behaviour was totally ‘understandable’.       ...

  And if there's lessons to be learned I'd rather get my jamming words in first, so I'll tell you something that I've found That the world's a better place When it's upside down, boy   ‘Sugar and spice and all things nice, that’s what little girls are made of’ Sorry, but there’s nothing sweet about me and I don’t think I need to apologise for that. That said, society doesn’t just condition girls to be ‘sweet’ and ‘cute’, but many reward them for it. While an undergrad I supported myself by tending bar at various establishments around Townsville. Eventually I ended up working at the student association bar at my uni. An establishment ran by the student association – elected representatives of the student body – for the students – more female than male graduates, even in the late 90s and early naughties. However, with the males strutting around as bouncers ready to eject anyone that they felt was out of line, the females were working our arses off kee...