Photos Taken by the Amazing Jennie Bucknell for the Woman on the Land exhibition 2012.
Hook your bra back up and get on with it.
I am eternally grateful for the feminist movement for getting us out of the house and into which ever career in life we wish to pursue at any given time in our lives. I feel today women are equally accepted in society weather they choose to pursue a career, raise a family or combine the two. I am a sustainable beef cattle grazier whose passion for the land can be fulfilled whilst I juggle the balls that all women do today between work, kids, house, community and heaven forbid a social life and hobbies. I would not be living and working where I do if I didn’t love it. I don’t regard myself as special but more so blessed to have so much room and ‘real’ country people in my life. No, I’m not afraid to break a nail or get my hands dirty but I also enjoy getting spruced up and going to the races. I am told often I scream like a girl! There are many tasks that I physically can’t do and that’s ok. In any business each member of the team has their strengths and weaknesses. You solve the problem as best you can or delegate someone else to do it if you can’t. I’m yet to meet anyone who is perfect and can do everything.
Fortunately, I was raised as a person rather than a ‘girl’ and have always worked along side many different people in the paddock since I was a child. The few times I’ve had to prove myself were easily done at the back end of the branding cradle. Letting everyone see you castrate a few bull calves soon sorts the ‘hen peckers’ out!
So with equality well and truly here to stay I believe we should be grateful to the bra burners of the past and simply just get on with the job at hand. As I read somewhere recently a country woman needs to:
Act like a girl.
Dress like a lady.
Think like a man (only so she can work out what the heck is going on in the paddock)
Work like a dog. (well, not be afraid to work hard anyway)
Because at the end of every hard day there’s a cold beer or a lovely glass of merlot if you prefer. Me? I drink both! Cheers!!
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