Posted in Body Image, Magazines, Media, Parents, Power of Words on Oct 27th, 2009 4 Comments »
The article below originally appeared in Notebook Magazine, November 2009. It has has been reproduced here with their permission. Visit Notebook magazine – www.notebookmagazine.com
A PDF version of this feature article is also available to download / share here: dani
In the minds of many parents, a daughter’s teenage years loom like a trial by fire. Cracking the [...]
Posted in Enlighten Education, Feminism, Power of Words, Resources on Aug 29th, 2009 21 Comments »
This week my first book is being launched by Random House. The Butterfly Effect provides a positive new approach to raising happy, confident teen girls.
Advance Praise for The Butterfly Effect
Dannielle Miller is the teen girl whisperer.’ Fran Simpson, teacher and mother of a teen
Dannielle Miller’s book is a must-read for all parents of teenage girls. The [...]
Posted in Enlighten Education, Magazines, Media, Women and Careers on Jun 19th, 2009 9 Comments »
I am thrilled to report that on Wednesday I was named by The Australian newspaper as the country’s top emerging leader in education, for the work that I do with girls through Enlighten Education.
As I accepted my award from Prime Minister Kevin Rudd at a lunch at Parliament House, I felt deeply honoured — and [...]
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 Body Image, Enlighten Education, Power of Words, Women and Careers on Aug 6th, 2008 3 Comments »
We were delighted to be asked to participate in the “Business Sense” series. This televison series will be aired on Channel 9, 730am Sundays (commencing August 10th), on Foxtel’s Sky Business, and on QANTAS in-flight entertainment.
The series profiles successful small businesses and looks at what they are doing that is working. After each small business is [...]
Posted in Body Image, Power of Words, Resources on Jul 31st, 2008 14 Comments »
Books Alive is an Australian Government initiative developed through the Australia Council for the Arts, the Australian Government’s arts funding and advisory body. Its aim? To encourage Australians to pick up a book and read.
As an ex-English teacher and avid reader, I love books. They feed me – intellectually and emotionally. I was delighted to [...]
Posted in Sexualisation of children on Jul 10th, 2008 4 Comments »
The following link is to a discussion I had on Sunrise with former Democrats leader Lyn Allison on the art versus child porn debate. This issue reared its ugly head again as Australia’s Art Monthly chose to make a political statement by using higly sexualised naked images of six year old girl Olympia in their July edition.
Dannielle Miller on [...]
Posted in Beauty Industry, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Enlighten Education, Magazines, Media, Parents, Resources, Schools, Sexualisation of children on Jun 23rd, 2008 9 Comments »
Thank you to everyone who has responded so favourably to the feature story 60 Minutes ran on our work and the important issue of the sexualisation of our children. For those who missed it here is their story brief:
Little Women
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Reporter: Peter Overton
Producer: Sandra Cleary
You have to wonder what on earth’s happening [...]
Posted in Body Image, Enlighten Education, Feminism, Magazines, Media, Resources, Schools, Women and Careers on Apr 18th, 2008 3 Comments »
This week I am inviting you to upload the PDF’s below and learn a little more about me and my heart’s work – Enlighten Education.
Who are we? What to do we do? Why does it matter?
I am very proud of both these articles. The first, “Creating Shiny Girls: moving beyond Bratz, Britney and Bacardi Breezers” was featured [...]
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