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...

Girl With A Satchel has my book in it

8 Apr 2010

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A few days ago I met Girl With A Satchel Erica Bartle. We caught up in a cafe at a...

Get porn out of the corner store say child health experts and advocates

5 Apr 2010

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The Age covered the story today: Put soft porn out of view: experts Graphic images delay censor report And also...

Protecting kids from the manipulative and exploitative tactics of marketers

3 Apr 2010

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Advertising aimed at children exploits their developmental inability to spot deception or to distinguish between fantasy and reality. It exploits...

I Love Getting Real: Wanda of Athabasca

1 Apr 2010

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As many of you will know, I’ve always wanted to be published in the Athabasca Student Union newspaper. And how,...

‘A violent soul destroying act’: one girl’s story.

30 Mar 2010

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[Warning. May be triggering for survivors of sexual assault] Last week I commented on the case of a 12-year-old...

Would you like some popcorn with your extreme violence sweetheart?

29 Mar 2010

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This article in the Sydney Morning Herald on the weekend about Kick-Ass, a school holidays film starring an 11-year-old girl...