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These Simple Tricks Can Boost Your Self Esteem

19 February 2016 by Australian Women Online

So many of us are insecure about our bodies. We’re continually being shown images in the media of unattainable beauty ideals. Ninety nine percent of these flawless pictures are photo-shopped, and … [Read more...]

7 Tips to help you Love Being You

14 December 2015 by Australian Women Online

7 Tips to help you Love Being You by Peta Howlett, Founder of Studio Exclusive, a pole dancing studio based in Sydney. Love your body Its funny when I think back to my very first pole class, I made … [Read more...]

Does my vulva look normal?

16 September 2013 by Australian Women Online

Following the Honi Soit controversy of last month, Women’s Health Victoria has launched The Labia Library, a website for any women who has ever questioned whether her genitals look normal. "The Labia … [Read more...]

Midlife Eating Disorders: When Maturity doesn’t necessarily mean Self-Love

23 July 2013 by Sophie Gillfeather-Spetere

For most, “eating disorders,” conjure up an image of a young and slender hand clenching her Diet Coke. Slimmed by years of extreme dieting or consumed with cyclic bouts of binging and purging, she is … [Read more...]

Mel B’s 15kg weight loss is a little scary

27 February 2012 by Deborah Robinson

Six months after giving birth to her third child, Jenny Craig's newest weight loss ambassador, Mel B (aka 'Scary Spice'), has dropped 15kg in 20 weeks. Having shed the requisite number of kilos, the … [Read more...]

Butterfly Foundation names Mrs Australia as it’s first ambassador

26 February 2012 by Deborah Robinson

The Butterfly Foundation, Australia’s leading non-government organisation representing eating disorders and body image, has announced Mrs Australia Globe 2011, Karen Gee (pictured far left), as its … [Read more...]

How Do I Look? host Jeannie Mai not your average style guru

18 September 2011 by Kellie Scott

She takes women’s style from tragic to magic as host of the Style Network's 'How Do I Look?', but it is Jeannie Mai’s philosophy about fashion that sets the television show apart from the … [Read more...]

Australia’s Next Top Model a True Role Model?

19 July 2010 by Dannielle Miller

Australia’s Next Top Model rates well. Really well. In fact, last year the premiere of series 5 entered the record books and became the most watched show on pay TV. Many of the viewers are teen girls … [Read more...]

Is How a Woman Looks More Important than What She has to Say?

29 May 2010 by Dannielle Miller

Recently, I received a comment from one of my blog readers that at first shocked me and then got me thinking about yet another issue that affects all women and girls: the tendency in our culture to … [Read more...]

Are 14-year-old Girls Really Nothing But Trouble?

15 May 2010 by Dannielle Miller

A recent UK survey of parents with children over 18 years of age revealed that 14-year-old girls are considered the most difficult to parent. Kathryn Crawford, co-editor of the website that conducted … [Read more...]

The Fashionista Fallout

22 October 2009 by Dannielle Miller

This is the Fashionista Generation. Chalk it up to Gossip Girl or Next Top Model or all those banks who handed out credit cards like they were candy — whatever the reasons, designer labels have become … [Read more...]

The Butterfly Effect: A New Positive Approach to Raising Happy, Confident Teen Girls

1 October 2009 by Tania McCartney

There is something poignant in the title of The Butterfly Effect – a book that gently prises open the cocoon surrounding teenage girls; those delicate creatures caught half-way between a lengthy and … [Read more...]

Could Real Beauty be the New Black?

27 May 2009 by Deborah Robinson

The recent announcement by DOLLY magazine that their June issue will be free from airbrushing, has again highlighted the camera tricks and post-production measures used in fashion shoots by magazines. … [Read more...]

Dolly Launches Airbrush-Free Issue for Body Image Campaign

14 May 2009 by Australian Women Online

DOLLY magazine will show teen girls that not everything is as it seems, creating an entire issue without airbrushing the celebrities and models on the editorial pages - including the front … [Read more...]

What Women Really Think About Cosmetic Surgery, Body Image and Flaunting

16 May 2008 by Australian Women Online

According to a survey conducted for leading publication HealthSmart, one in two Australia women are open to having breast cosmetic surgery, and a similar proportion believe there’s a “time and place” … [Read more...]

Young girls are dying to be thin

9 January 2008 by Deborah Robinson

According to a report by Sydney's Daily Telegraph, girls as young as 8 are being admitted to hospital for eating disorders. More than 1000 girls under the age of 14 suffer from an eating disorder in … [Read more...]

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