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Christmas Wish….

Posted in Advertising, Beauty Industry, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Enlighten Education, Fashion Industry, Magazines, Media, Sexualisation of children on Dec 19th, 2007 4 Comments »

Don’t steal childhood away this christmas:  
 

Love, light and laughter at Christmas and always…
Danni and the Enlighten Education Executive Team -
Fran, Sonia, Storm, and Jane XXXX

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Talking back to the Media

Posted in Advertising, Body Image, Fashion Industry, Sexualisation of children on Sep 28th, 2007 5 Comments »

Did you happen to catch the debate on the sexualisation of children in the media (”Sex Sells - but at what cost to our kids?” ) on the ABC’s A Difference of Opinion,Thursday 27th September?  Enlighten’s Victorian Program Director, Sonia Lyne, was present.
I thought the program had interesting moments although the issue did tend to get confused. The real issue set [...]

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“Youth and sex sell baby,” designer Charlie Brown.

Posted in Advertising, Beauty Industry, Body Image, Fashion Industry, Sexualisation of children on Sep 19th, 2007 7 Comments »

This week’s Sunday Life (an insert with the Sun Herald) was a dedicated fashion issue. I was particularly keen to read the “Rewind, 1999″ article on designer Charlie Brown’s decision to use plus size model Sophie Dahl (a size 14) for her 1999 fashion show – had it been motivated by a desire to offer women [...]

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