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 Bullying, Feminism, Media, Power of Words, Sport on May 24th, 2008 2 Comments »
You may recall me sharing my outrage with you over sports commentator Caroline Wilson’s treatment on the Footy Show. The charming Sam Newman decided to dress up a mannequin in skimpy lingerie, staple her picture to its head and thrust it’s crutch into the face of his fellow co-presenters. By all accounts – this was [...]
Posted in Body Image, Eating Disorders, Sport on Apr 11th, 2008 3 Comments »
Back in 2006 we had the Senate Enquiry into female participation in sport. The enquiry concluded, amongst other things, that female sportswear might be a deterrent to participation.
The Daily Telegraph offered the following interviews with key participants:
ACT senator Kate Lundy, deputy chairwoman of the Senate committee that produced the report, said sports should do a survey of [...]
Posted in Body Image, Feminism, Power of Words, Sexualisation of children on Mar 22nd, 2008 17 Comments »
What is the soundtrack to your life? What music surrounded you in your most formative teen years? What song was playing when you first kissed, when you danced at your school formal, or when you broke loose and did a hairbrush solo in your bedroom?
As a child of the eighties Madonna rocked my world and [...]
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