Posted in Body Image, Eating Disorders, Resources, Schools on Apr 1st, 2009 4 Comments »
May 6th is No Diet Day. This event, which began in Britain in 1992 with an anti-diet campaign called Diet Breakers, is now an annual internationally celebrated day that encourages community awareness and discussion about healthy attitudes to food, and celebrates diverse body shapes.
I think it is a day well worth commemorating at your school [...]
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 Body Image, Power of Words on Feb 24th, 2009 11 Comments »
Lily Allen’s song “The Fear” slams the vacuous world of celebrity as well as offering a poignant insight into the fears I believe many young women are harbouring.
Warning: the clip below contains strong language.
During the research process for my upcoming book, The Butterfly Effect, I had the opportunity to speak at length with many teenage girls [...]
Posted in Advertising, Beauty Industry, Body Image, Eating Disorders on Feb 5th, 2009 10 Comments »
The quote above is taken from the YouTube clip below. This documentary provides an incredibly powerful insight into adolescent, and pre-adolescent, girls and their relationship with their bodies:
Now consider the messages Australian teen girls will be receiving this week if they tune into channel 10’s The Biggest Loser. I wrote an Opinion piece for the Sydney Morning Herald on this [...]
Posted in Advertising, Body Image, Enlighten Education, Magazines, Media, Power of Words, Resources, Schools, Sexualisation of children on Jan 21st, 2009 4 Comments »
I want to begin the year by sharing a video that I posted on YouTube earlier this month, it is an edited version of some interviews I did with Iris Productions:
I have been thinking about how we can all make things better for girls and have come up with a few suggestions I’d like to see you all build [...]
Posted in Advertising, Body Image, Feminism, Magazines, Media, Parents, Power of Words, Sexualisation of children on Nov 27th, 2008 1 Comment »
The poem featured in this YouTube clip is written and performed by Kate Wilson.
Have your girls produced poems, songs or art that explores women’s issues? If so, I’d love to see these.
P.S As promised – big shout out to the hundreds of shiny teen girls I have worked with this past fortnight. I [...]
Posted in Advertising, Beauty Industry, Body Image, Magazines, Resources, Sexualisation of children on Nov 13th, 2008 9 Comments »
I stumbled upon this film made by “chubbygirl27″ on Youtube. She starts by reviewing the film 3oo. She then deconstructs some of the unhelpful advice teen magazines tend to offer their readers and finally, she shares three REAL tips of her own. I like the advice she offers, take a look:
What would yours be?
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Posted in Body Image, Bullying, Friendship, Parents, Plastic Surgery, Schools on Oct 30th, 2008 7 Comments »
The article below first appeared in the UK Daily Mirror in September of this year. It raises so many issues relating to teen girl friendships, self esteem, body image and parenting that I have decided to copy it in its entirity here.
Below the article are questions worth considering. Teachers: this would make an excellent stimulus for a discussion [...]
Posted in Body Image, Fashion Industry on Oct 8th, 2008 1 Comment »
Guest post by Enlighten’s Program Manager for South Australia, Jane Higgins
An article in the Adelaide’s Advertiser on Saturday 20th September, 2008 sparked my interest.
Apparently a review of the Australian Textile, Clothing and Footwear Industries was released this week by the Federal Industry Minister, Kim Carr. The review recommend that $5 million be put towards developing [...]
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