Child beauty pageants: socialising girls in the importance of ‘lookism’: MTR in Sunday Herald Sun
And here’s an advertorial on the importance of beauty regimes – for children ‘If you’re on a budget make brows the priority as this really makes a big difference. It’s worth it and it’s worth seeing a professional. Do facials if you can afford it…’ Read entire article here.
Miss Earth Australia – Green Activism In A Tiara?
Today a guest blog post by Julie Parker, reprinted from her site Beautiful You. I’m not a fan of beauty pageants. Any competition that requires women to compete against one another in swimsuits; having their bodies scrutinised, judged and scored, is not going to win any awards from me for being a positive pastime for […]
I hope my bikini doesn’t fall off while I’m bringing about world peace
The Miss Universe competition shows us just how far we haven’t come Miss Universe has come round again. The swimsuit parade is tomorrow. That’s where the competitors – all conforming to unrealistic body types and the thin ideal – get to parade in a swimsuit just before they tell us their plans for world peace […]