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May 2013

Miss Representation

By |2013-05-08T08:36:59+10:00May 8th, 2013|Categories: Society & Culture, Technology|Tags: , , , , , , |

After an extremely successful season at Adelaide Fringe in March this year, Louiza Hebhardt (Director EQUILIBRIUM Counselling, Training, and Consulting) will be bringing the documentary 'Miss Representation' to Sydney for a one off exclusive screening on Thursday 16 May. "Miss Representation" first screened at Sundance Film Festival in 2011 and has aired on Oprah Winfrey [...]

Girl Mag Review

By |2013-05-07T07:35:26+10:00May 7th, 2013|Categories: Society & Culture|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Girlfriend trifecta – three positive reviews and big ticks for global perspective in May issue My last two reviews (‘Excellent advice on helping a friend with an eating disorder and dealing with stalking’, ‘Pressures to sext and give oral sex’) have been almost entirely positive. That’s pretty unusual. The May issue makes this a trifecta. Whenever [...]

Listen to the kids

By |2013-05-07T07:25:12+10:00May 7th, 2013|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing, Society & Culture|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Last Friday I spent the day at the Student Wellbeing Action Network (SWAN) Symposium co-hosted by Wellbeing Australia and the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY).    The day brought together policy makers, researchers, practitioners, teachers and – most importantly for me – students to talk about how approaches to wellbeing can be [...]

Punching holes in the Matrix

By |2013-05-07T07:17:18+10:00May 7th, 2013|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing, Society & Culture|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

I have always loved the movie ‘The Matrix’.  I watched it again recently with my daughter Meaghan, and I can’t help but be struck by the parallels of the situation that Neo, Morpheus and their allies find themselves in the movie, with the circumstances of a growing number of people who are fighting passionately for [...]

Do fashion magazines perpetuate racism?

By |2013-05-12T14:36:30+10:00May 6th, 2013|Categories: Society & Culture|Tags: , , , , , , |

As long as the West continues to accept the portrayal of people of colour as generic, interchangeable bodies with which to contrast modern, individual white models, then there can be no room for empathy; they will remain the "other". Self-criticism is a fundamental and essential trait of any society that wishes to progress. The issue [...]

Study Finds Link Between Depression And Unsupportive Spouses

By |2013-05-12T14:42:47+10:00May 4th, 2013|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing|Tags: , , , , |

When it comes to your mental health, it's true that being alone is better than being in bad company, according to a new study from the University of Michigan. Psychiatrist Dr. Alan Teo, who led the study, found that people with unsupportive or critical spouses were significantly more likely to be depressed than people who [...]

Beauty pageant syndrome

By |2013-05-12T16:37:31+10:00May 2nd, 2013|Categories: Society & Culture|Tags: , , , , , |

I recently heard of a girl who was given a boob job as a graduation present by her parents. The parents had just invested a fortune in educating their daughter in one of Australia’s top schools. But it seems the final message of her schooling was effectively to not worry her pretty little head about [...]

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