More pinkification of mothers

From Google today (Mother’s Day):

Such lovely pinkification.

Good grief! Can we please, please get over this girl = pink nonsense, and the constant infantilising of women by associating them with soft, pinky, girly colours.

Bouquet and brickbat – paid parental leave

Bouquet: The Federal Treasurer has made a commitment to paid parental leave. $544 per week ( the minimum wage) for 18 weeks for primary caregivers whose income is lower than $150,000.

It’s about time. But there’s the rub:

Brickbat:

The scheme must be introduced in a measured and responsible way, particularly taking into account the global recession, so the scheme won’t begin until January 2011.