“Materialism is also associated with more anti-social and self-centred behaviour. One of the effects of a materialistic disposition is a greater tendency to treat people as objects to be manipulated and used. Materialistic values conflict with making the world a… — Jane Caro Copy Share Image
“I’m a feminist because each time I hear about an abhorrent action towards someone that is based on or influenced by their gender, it… — Jane Caro Copy Share Image
“Feminism is about despising an idea. And the idea is that women are unequal to men. It is that they deserve or should expect the kind of sexism, misogyny and mistreatment that they receive. It is that they should receive this treatment and take it on the chin. It is that any woman who rejects this treatment will be met… — Jane Caro Copy Share
“Our political institutions have absorbed the tactics of the tabloids like a giant sanitary product. The domination of spin, with political image managers intricately connected with media personnel, sees our political discussion operate as a subset of the corporate media, and our politicians strategising in much the same way as the media does: asking how do we push and prod… — Jane Caro Copy Share
“Economic activities that diminish the quality of the environment and increase pollution harm the communities that are supposed to benefit. Conversely, contact with the natural environment has been shown to reduce stress, improve children’s behaviour and increase wellbeing. Indeed, patients appear to recover faster from surgery when they are able to see plants, flowers and trees. Although we might like… — Jane Caro Copy Share
“Christina was an Aboriginal woman – a poor old gin – who shot her rapist in Heart-of-Darkness Queensland in 1907 and lived to tell… — Jane Caro Copy Share Image
“Yes, I’d definitely be a career woman … actually, that’s funny because you would never call a man a “career man”.” — Jane Caro Copy Share Image
“We have to support each other, brothers and sisters. Start where you are, do what you can, with what you have. When you don’t… — Jane Caro Copy Share Image
“Women seem to go through life always thinking they are not good enough. There will be a moment in our lives when we will… — Jane Caro Copy Share Image
“Dale Spender coined the ‘one third rule’ in her book Man-Made Language. As soon as women are: more than one third of the speakers… — Jane Caro Copy Share Image
“There is an old question, rarely voiced these days, but nevertheless running as an undercurrent beneath the squabbles and misunderstandings that occur in households,… — Jane Caro Copy Share Image
My current fear is that the message being sent by the level of vitriol surrounding Gillard's flawed leadership (but tell me whose wasn't flawed)… — Jane Caro Copy Share Image
There are as many ways of living a good life as there are people living lives. — Jane Caro Copy Share Image
