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The impossible goal of pursuing perfection: Dolly September review

‘The ultimate guide to being yourself’ is about self-acceptance. It offers girls three lessons in how to be themselves: Fall...

bravery, child abuse, child sexual assault, courage, Paving the road to freedom, resilience, sex slavery, SEXUAL ABUSE, violence against women

15 Sep 2013

‘I often wonder if men and boys ever consider the damage their unwanted hand on the unwilling bodies and souls of girls does to us’ – child abuse survivor

…and one of the bravest women I have ever met Last month I posted a piece by a woman named...

body image, missrepresentation, objectification, P*rnography, sexism, Sexualisation, status of women, violence against women

12 Sep 2013

Women degraded and used as commodities: the terrible impacts of the objectification of women

‘In a society where media is the most persuasive force shaping cultural norms, the collective message that our young women...

body image, Generation Next, girl entrepreneurs, Girlfriend, grief, positive thinking, protest, sexual harassment, social action, teen girls magazines

10 Sep 2013

Girl Achieving: Girlfriend Magazine September

As always, when I review teen girls’ magazines I look for the girls who are taking up their rightful place...

Adele, Blurred Lines, Fairfax, female music stars, Miley Cyrus, MTV awards, music industry, objectification, pornification, Robin Thicke, Sexualisation, Sun Herald, Taylor Swift, The Age, twerking

8 Sep 2013

Sexualisation is all in a day’s twerk for some pop stars

In the pornified music world populated by churned-out female pop stars pumping and grinding to a sexualised script, cavorting semi-naked...

All these women might still be alive if their killers had not been paroled

Parole board failures a matter of life and death When murderer John Coombes was convicted for a second murder, what...

24 Aug 2013

Challenging limited and demeaning depictions of women: Miss Representation screening Sydney September 3

We all know that the media is powerful. But have you ever considered exactly how much influence the media has...

Girlfriend August issue: the plague of anxiety and importance of Sleep

The two most important articles in this issue are on anxiety and the importance of sleep. Anxiety appears to be...

Advice, BeyondBlue, body image, depression, Dolly, emotional abuse, food, Headspace, Inspiring girls, medical treatment, meditation, philosophy, physical abuse, self harm, teen girls, world hunger

20 Aug 2013

Opening up about self-harm: Dolly August 2013

As is often the case, I find the most helpful offering for girls in teen girl magazines can be found...

Adrian Bayley, court, Jill Meaghar, law, parole, rape, sexual assault, Sharon Siermans Jason Dinsley, status of women, violence against women

19 Aug 2013

‘When we have sentencing that allows men like Dinsley and Bayley to walk free, we have sentencing that is broken’: support stronger rape sentencing

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asylum, exploitation, prostitution, refugees, sex trade, sexual slavery, slavery, trafficking, violence against women, World Vision

18 Aug 2013

An amazing reunion: meeting woman sold by father 14 years after helping her find safety here

I had always wondered how she fared….now I know Sometimes you wonder if anything can change, if your small efforts...

Brave Girls Want, collective shout, gender stereoypes, girl child, girl empowerment, objectification, pigtail pals, Sexualisation, Toward the Stars

16 Aug 2013

Ridding the world of labels that confine girls: new global alliance launched

Brave Girls Want Change! One of the great rewards of this work for women and girls is the global collaborations...