Posted in Enlighten Education, Parents, Resources, Schools on Mar 24th, 2009 8 Comments »
I am a long-time fan of Associate Professor David Bennett, Head of the NSW Centre for the Advancement of Adolescent Health.
We first met back in 2006. At the time, I was combining part-time work developing Enlighten Education with a senior role as an Education Officer responsible for developing enterprise education in Catholic Schools. I had [...]
Posted in Body Image, Bullying, Enlighten Education, Fashion Industry, Magazines, Media, Schools, Sexualisation of children on Mar 18th, 2009 4 Comments »
The clip below is a really interesting opinion piece posted by The New York Times on March 10th. (Click on the image or visit: http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/03/09/opinion/1194838469575/sex-lies-and-photoshop.html.)
This has particular relevance for us in Australia. Here, too, the camera always lies.
Does it matter? Yes. For some years now groups like ours have been advocating for more realistic and diverse portrayals of [...]
Posted in Beauty Industry, Body Image, Plastic Surgery on Mar 11th, 2009 11 Comments »
Recently I spent the most wonderful fortnight working with teen girls across New Zealand. On the way home, I stopped to purchase some duty free and stumbled upon the most bizarre beauty product: a NZ face cream that boasts sheep’s placenta as an ingredient.
I have now discovered that using placenta in facial products and treatments – [...]
Posted in Cyber world / Bullying on Mar 5th, 2009 10 Comments »
The media release below was forwarded to me by Women’s Forum Australia. The issues raised within it are so concerning that I have decided to reproduce it here in its entirety (with their permission). I would urge my readers to consider how they can lobby against the production and distribution of these types of games.
Media Release
Government must [...]
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