body image, Generation Next, Girlfriend, girlfriend magazine
24 Apr 2012
But is positive self-talk enough? The story of most significance to the health and wellbeing of girls this issue is...
abortion, alberto giubilini, be my brother, Defiant Birth: Women who Resist Medical Eugenics, Down syndrome, francesca minerva, genevieve clay, gerard o'dwyer, jay jeffries, melissa riggio, sunday herald sun, tropfest
22 Apr 2012
DO yourself a favour. Stop what you are doing, log on to YouTube and watch a short film called Be...
BodyMatters Australasia, international no diet day, lydia jane turner
20 Apr 2012
Guest post by Body Matters Australasia. Exciting times await us, comrades! As many of you know, BodyMatters recently launched ‘Endangered...
body safety, child sexual assault, Child Wise, education, Jayneen Sanders, some secrets should never be kept
18 Apr 2012
An interview with Jayneen Sanders Pic: Sylvi Kreinberg I’m often asked for resources for children to help them protect them...
anorexia, BodyMatters Australasia, bulimia, collective shout, diet industry, Eating Disorders, exercise, fitness, Kate Moss, Lorna Jane, pro-ana, pro-mia, thinspiration, weight loss
16 Apr 2012
Connecting beauty and self-denial: a dangerous approach to health and fitness Eating disorder experts are questioning an image on Lorna...
Canberra, exercise, swimming, women, women-only spaces
12 Apr 2012
Women in Canberra want a choice, says Sally Kalek Canberra has ‘mum and bub’ movie session times, women-only ‘Chicks at...
Advertising, advertising standards board, billboards, channel 7 sunrise, discrimination, equality, House Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs, media, objectification of women, sexualisation of girls, status of women
9 Apr 2012
Ever feel like you’re living in a giant porn theme park? Billboards dominate public space with hyper-sexualised messages. Buses are...
4 Apr 2012
This morning I appeared on Channel 7 Sunrise to discuss the AMA’s call for a new inquiry into the sexualisation...
Alliance Schools, BodyMatters Australasia, Jenny Craig, Lydia Turner
Clinical director of BodyMatters Australasia and co-founder of Collective Shout, Lydia Turner has a piece on ABC The Drum today...
Change.org, domestic violence, Kate Ravenscroft, NRL, violence against women
3 Apr 2012
‘Every single player needs to know there are serious, career threatening consequences for assaulting a woman’ Brisbane father of...
2DAYFM, Alison Stephenson, Bruno Bouchet, harassment, Kyle and Jackie O show, Kyle Sandilands, Rhys Holleran, Sackvilekyle, Southern Cross Austereo, status of women, sunday herald sun, villification, violence against women
2 Apr 2012
Four months ago, live on 2DAY FM, breakfast radio’s out and proud bad boy Kyle Sandilands verbally attacked News...
body image, Eating Disorders, objectification, self-esteem, Sexualisation, womens magazines
30 Mar 2012
We are tricked into thinking that women on magazine covers and on TV naturally look like this in real life…we...