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Maree Badgery-Parker

Maree Badgery-Parker

Sydney educator and music-lover.

Helen Reddy’s iconic feminist anthem, I Am Woman, has inspired generations of activists.

Where was Helen Reddy’s I am Woman on the Hottest 100?

While Australian rappers make misogynistic comments, The Hottest 100 omitted the biggest feminist anthem of the 20th century.

  • Maree Badgery-Parker

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Forty years ago, Band Aid stirred my Gen X conscience. Who’s inspiring Gen Z?

Do They Know It’s Christmas? helped my generation construct a compassionate worldview but the music my kids listen to seems devoid of any warriors for justice.

  • Maree Badgery-Parker
Photo of a senior man jumping into the swimming pool. 70-79 Years, Jumping, Swimming Pool, Vacations, Happiness. Photo iStock

We held a family gathering at a retirement village. A week later, Dad received his ban

Grandparents, beware. Check out “the vibe” of a retirement village before you buy in. It may not be the family fun paradise it first seems.

  • Maree Badgery-Parker
Visiting hours: isolation for a care home residentin the US caused by COVID-19.

Dementia patient’s online PPE test shows COVID rules problem

Online training for elderly visitors to a nursing home shows very little compassion as we enter the pandemic’s fourth year.

  • Maree Badgery-Parker