Definition of kindness: 6-year-old Gives up Birthday Party to Donate to Homeless
By Hannah Schenker When you are turning six years old, birthday parties are a big deal. A really big deal. Which is what makes…
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Social media: it feels like we know more, but do we actually know less?
By Lauren Keenan It often feels like I know much more about other people since the advent of social media. I know what some…
Artist Celebrates Motherhood by Drawing Pictures of Herself with Her Daughter
By Hannah Schenker Artist and mother Sora Ceballos celebrates motherhood by drawing herself with her daughter in a series of beautiful, colourful drawings using watercolours and…
Mama Snaps Daughter in Extravagant Disney Cosplay
By Hannah Schenker While you might prefer to avoid Disney altogether, for many children Disney movies and characters are a big part of their…
Celebrate the people you love in the places you love with Moemoea Collective
Moemoea Collective photographer Tessa Russell‘s vision is to get you to realise how important it is to preserve your legacy through photography. Her photography draws…
Why Women Need Their Girlfriends
By Kari Kubiszyn Kampakis Years ago, I was at the beach with my family when I noticed a group of ladies nearby who appeared…
4th Trimester Bodies Project
By Hannah Schenker Photographer Ashlee Dean Wells and her project partner Laura Weetzie Wilson have created a movement: 4th Trimester Bodies. This movement, which…
Book review: Waiting for Later by Tina Matthews
By Rebecca Wilson Waiting for Later, a children’s story by New Zealand Author Tina Matthews is a simple and delicately woven tale. It’s a…
Father Photoshops children into whimsical scenes
By Hannah Schenker Swiss photographer John Wilhelm is keeping it all in the family with his wild and wacky creations featuring his children. Calling…
Hand embroidery to lift your spirits
By Hannah Schenker The world has gone mad. It is far to easy to dwell on the negative stuff right now, so let’s flip…
WATCH: It’s time for a pep talk!
By Hannah Schenker You could say that now, more than ever, we could use a pep talk. Check out this sweet little video by…
Nice Girls vs. Kind Women
By Asia Suler This post is a bit of a departure from my normal blog material (namely- nature, plants, poetry, ecology and metaphor), but…
“Swedish Dads” project turns dads on to paid parental leave
By Hannah Schenker Sweden has one of the most generous paid parental leave systems in the world, with parents eligible to stay at home…
Little Kids and their Big Dogs: an endearing photo series
By Hannah Schenker Funny, playful and sweet are all descriptions that would characterise this charming collection of photographs by Andy Seliverstoff from St. Petersburg in…
Genderless Nipple campaign throws Instagram algorithm
By Hannah Schenker WARNING! Nipples ahead 🙂 Instagram does not dig nips. Images containing nipples are routinely flagged by their algorithms and posts taken…
Wild and free: photographs that capture childhood in rural New Zealand
By Hannah Schenker Childhood in rural New Zealand is pretty unique, as many of you readers will know. Climbing trees, jumping in mud puddles,…
Express yourself: Real mothers look like this too
Photographer Celia Sanchez created her photo series “Devoted” as a way of redefining what it means to “look like a mother”. After becoming a…
Village: Our Loss, Our Longing
By Jessica Rios of Leaning Into Light When I was in college, I heard about hippies living together on communes. It sounded so wild,…
The Superhero Project: Photo series helps children with disabilities
Renee Bergeron is a photographer based in Washington, USA. In 2010 Renee’s son Apollo was born – a seemingly healthy baby boy. But Apollo…
Driftwood Spirit Sculptures
This is simply for visual pleasure: the feminine form lovingly carved and molded into the natural curves of driftwood, as if they have always…