Posted in Advertising, Beauty Industry, Body Image, Enlighten Education, Fashion Industry, Magazines, Media, Power of Words, Schools, Sexualisation of children, Sport on Nov 3rd, 2009 6 Comments »
The issue of negative body image has officially crossed over into the mainstream public debate. We now have a proposed National Strategy on Body Image, put together by an advisory group appointed by the federal government.
Kate Ellis, the Minister for Youth, put together the group, which was chaired by Mia Freedman, former editor of Cosmopolitan, [...]
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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 – [...]
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I am a HUGE fan of Postsecret. I am not sure if you know about this community art project but an American man started leaving random notes asking strangers to send him a postcard sharing their secrets with him.
It started a phenomena and is ongoing. Selected cards have been turned into beautiful books and his [...]
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