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Joan Rowe

To today’s youth: Stop blaming over-60s for your life circumstances

Joan Rowe

Joan was born in Melbourne as the youngest of three girls, and left school at 15 to fulfil her mother's (not her own) dream of being a hairdresser. She worked at it for 15 years, until her daughter was born, and once she started school she retrained as a teacher in Melbourne, getting a post-graduate degree as a teacher-librarian and teacher of the deaf.

Asylum seekers need compassion, writes Joan. Source: Pexels

‘It’s time we were more compassionate towards asylum seekers’

‘It’s time we were more compassionate towards asylum seekers’

"I feel you are wasting your breath with some people when it comes to asylum seekers."

Over-50s are a priority group when it comes to the flu. Source: Shutterstock

‘It’s not okay to pass on the flu to the elderly or those vulnerable’

‘It’s not okay to pass on the flu to the elderly or those vulnerable’

"Eating and exercising right will not protect us from the ever-mutating flu virus."

Joan is sick and tired of being told she's too old for the workforce. Source: Shutterstock

‘I’m fed up with being told I’m too old to be working’

‘I’m fed up with being told I’m too old to be working’

"I'm sick of feeling devalued because of my age."

Joan fell in love when she was first presented with a powder blue VW Beetle. Source: Pixabay

A bug’s life: How the VW played an important role in my life

A bug’s life: How the VW played an important role in my life

"I remember it being a lovely powder blue, 1956 model. I drove it everywhere."

Women today have more opportunities than they did when Joan was growing up. Source: Pexels

‘Young women need to stop complaining about how hard life is’

‘Young women need to stop complaining about how hard life is’

'It makes me angry that young women today have so many more opportunities, education, and skills and services than we did growing up, but still find something to complain about instead of taking positive action.'

Joan worries about the future of society, having noticed an increased in graphic violence over the years. Source: Pixabay

‘I fear that our modern society is in decline’

‘I fear that our modern society is in decline’

It seems some are so immersed in technology to really stop and think 'Where is this actually leading?'.

Political correctness has seen some parents and grandparents are changing the plots of classic fairy tales for their children. Source: Pexels

Don’t be a grandparent who changes the ‘inappropriate’ plot of classic fairy tales

Don’t be a grandparent who changes the ‘inappropriate’ plot of classic fairy tales

'It's strange how these stories managed to go through history, until now, without being detrimental to children.'

The flu season is almost here and doctors want patients to get vaccinated.

Why ‘ignorant’ people need to get real about the flu

Why ‘ignorant’ people need to get real about the flu

With the flu season almost here, health experts are encouraging young and old to get vaccinated.

Girls! Who run the world? Source: Pixabay

Take testosterone out of the equation and let women run the world

Take testosterone out of the equation and let women run the world

Centuries of rule by men has done nothing to solve the global conflicts that have plagued the world.

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