The brutalisation of girls In the past couple of weeks I’ve met or heard from young girls whose experiences give further disturbing insight into just how bad things are for girls right now. A 12-year-old girl approached me after I addressed the question ‘Are girls being treeated as sex objects?’ before an audience in Sydney’s […]
And not insist on airbrushing disclosure for her own photo shoots? Recently I have had cause to ask Sarah Murdoch a few questions. They were picked up in the media the past couple of days, by NineMSN and the SMH. Sarah is co-host and executive producer of Australia’s Next Top Model. She also sits on the Government […]
Abuse not Argument Today I reprint an important blog post from Dannielle Miller of Enlighten Education. Danni is passionate about helping girls and young women be all they can be and has received many awards for her innovative approach to girls’ education. Danni, like many of us who engage in the public square, has received […]
Since my last piece on the cyberbullying taking place through Facebook, other sites targeting girls for their alleged flaws have been found. One identifying young women not considered “marriage material”. Another naming and shaming ‘12-year-old sluts’. Another for girls labelled “bitches”. British girl Poppy Bracey recently took her life as a result of a cyber bullying campaign […]
On the weekend – on the eve of International Women’s Day – I wrote about a Facebook slut page, arguing it enabled cyber bullying, stalking and harassment. On the page, photos were posted of girls and women who were labelled ‘sluts’. One was 10-years-old. Another had been bashed (she deserved it, she was a slut). A […]
Following my blog posts on the death-by-bullying case of Brodie Panlock, I asked my friend and colleague Sarah McMahon, (above), a consultant psychologist and accredited mediator who has counseled many victims of workplace bullying, to provide advice to those who are subjected to bullyling at work. Keep detailed notes of events- and keep these as […]
“Relentless in their efforts to demean her.” “Persistent and vicious.” “Aggressive and intimidating.” These are some of the descriptions of the physical and emotional bullying Brodie Panlock was subjected to by the four men convicted and fined for their role in her suicide. That’s them (clockwise from top left): Marc Luis Da Cruz, Nicholas Smallwood, […]
I can’t stop thinking about Brodie Panlock. Brodie was 19 when she took her life following unrelenting bullying at the Melbourne café where she worked as a waitress. This is what the men at her workplace did to her: They poured fish oil into her bag and in her hair and clothes. They called her […]
