Posted in Enlighten Education, Feminism, Media on May 28th, 2009 5 Comments »
It’s been an exciting and busy week. Today I was in a photo shoot for The Weekend Australian. I feel incredibly honoured that they have chosen to include me in “The Next 100″ leadership feature:
As a national newspaper with a commitment to Australian success we know that identifying and nurturing good leaders is an essential [...]
Posted in Feminism, Media, Power of Words, Schools, Sport on May 20th, 2009 8 Comments »
The latest NRL scandal has brought some ugly, ignorant and misogynistic views to the surface in the media and among the general public. Many people have sprung to Matthew Johns’ defence since Four Corners’ revelations about an incident in New Zealand in 2002 in which Johns and numerous teammates had sex with Clare, a 19-year-old [...]
Posted in Advertising, Body Image, Fashion Industry, Media, Parents, Power of Words, Sexualisation of children on May 13th, 2009 6 Comments »
Recently I took my 10-year-old daughter, Teyah, on a trip to a shopping centre. Mother’s Day was coming up, and I needed to buy a gift for my mother and a new outfit for Teyah to wear out for our family lunch.
Rather than enjoying this experience, I found myself increasingly frustrated, and in fact furious, [...]
Posted in Body Image, Enlighten Education, Magazines, Media, Plastic Surgery on May 6th, 2009 4 Comments »
I was recently invited onto Channel 7’s The Morning Show to discuss an “Extreme Makeover” story in Girlfriend magazine’s June 2009 issue. Using before and after shots of a teen girl, they show readers just how much work goes into producing the perfect images on magazine covers: the hours of hair and makeup, clever lighting [...]
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