The number on the scales and the damage done: how forced weigh-ins damaged me for life

19 Apr 2010

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Today, two guest posts which are critically important contributions to the recent push for compulsory child weigh-ins and other interventions...

Favourite blog comments

17 Apr 2010

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One of the great delights in writing this blog in the past five months has been the quality of...

Existing beauty standards will not be compromised – even if Mr Airbrush takes a day off

15 Apr 2010

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French-Marie Claire goes sans air brushing, but not sans camera tricks, makeup, lighting and models already near ‘perfect’. French actress...

Real men don’t look after babies?

13 Apr 2010

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Here’s a letter to the editor I sent to The Australian in response to a piece on the Commentary page...

Kate Ellis sends mixed messages with Grazia photo shoot

12 Apr 2010

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Youth Minister Kate Ellis wrote a terrific endorsement for my book Getting Real: challenging the sexualisation of girls. I was...

Porn Extra

9 Apr 2010

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I was looking around for something nice for you for the weekend but couldn’t find anything. So here’s some more...