Nina Funnell writes that girls are learning to read their value as a person in terms of how their physical appearance is received by others. “Destiny enjoys singing, dancing and, of course, pageantry” announces the beauty pageant’s MC as a made-up blonde in a white gown sashays across the stage. Did I mention that Destiny […]
Teaching girls their value is in their physical beauty Many readers will have seen the documentary Toddlers and Tiaras revealing the child exploitation that is the US beauty pageant industry. A five year old begging not to have her eyebrows ripped out. Little girls preening, strutting, pouting, beckoning to the judges ‘come here baby’, kissing their […]
‘Surrounded by a culture in which girls are all body and only body’ Glee star Lea Michele features on the March cover of Cosmopolitan. We’re seeing more of this sexification of popular schoolgirl characters. Of course it’s not just sexing up female actresses from the high school TV show genre – this is just another example of […]
The latest category of women targeted for cutting “Your quest to be the perfect bride has ended. Your wedding will still go on, it just won’t be perfect”. In the latest in a long-line degrading reality shows which both generate then prey on female insecurity comes Bridalplasty, billed as “The only reality show where the […]
Amazon Scandal Deepens: More questionable material unearthed There’s more damning evidence against Amazon. Naked and semi-naked images of pre-pubescent girls, ‘man-boy love’ books and other questionable material. Here’s what I said about it on Channel 7’s Morning Show yesterday further to my comments on the same show last Friday and also ABC’s The Drum. [vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/16881093[/vimeo] […]
The disease destroys the lives of too many girls: don’t mock it on a t.shirt [Trigger warning for eating disorder sufferers] A number of my young women friends are very ill with Anorexia Nervosa. Three have come close to death a number of times. I want them to stay alive. They want to live too. Some […]
And yes, if a man assaults a woman he is to blame Channel 9 media celebrity Kerri-Anne Kennerley has attracted attention for her comments on Mornings with Kerri-Anne, likening women who are picked up by male footballers to strays. She was discussing with former AFL star footballer Peter ‘Spida’ Everitt, the alleged assault of a […]
Extreme Dolce & Gabanna photo shop exposed This image: Took two days to turn into this: The contrast is striking, highlighting once again how common is the false portray of cultural icons. It’s almost shocking to […]
Published today on Sexism: alive and well in Australia Virginia Haussegger is right to lament the status of women in other countries and the brutalities and indignities they suffer daily. But attitudes towards women in our own so-called liberated western democracy desperately need an overhaul as well. While I frequently write about the objectification of […]
