the mumsy look

That's the magnolia thbat we're aiming to save in the background. I'm the one mostly covered by my baby daughter Brighid. I had a fairly strident feminist phase at university (and still consider myself a feminist now) and I think I imagined myself wearing purple and doc martens and owning a motorbike at 36. And here I am in pale blue, holding the baby in small town New Zealand. I still find the mantra 'the personal is political' hugely relevant, and baby blue or boldest purple, I'm not going anywhere meekly.