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I’m reading an old interview with Natasha Stott-Despoja about violence against women and I thought I’d share what I think is a great quote in response to the question of what she thinks about having men as Ambassadors campaigning for an end to violence against women.

“While, of course, men have to part of this campaign, tehir responsibility is to their brothers. They have to send strong messages to themselves and each other tha violence agains women is unacceptable. And women don’t have to thank men for doing that; we have to expect it. If people want to be ambasadors - male or female - that’s positive. But I don’t want us being grateful for those men who are prepared to be a part of this campaign or this cause because we should expect nothing less. I don’t want us being grateful for the small amounts of support that we get from powerful people. We should be empowering each other, empowering ourselves, and syaing ‘yes, and end to violence is exactly what we expect’.

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Our sister site, lip radio, now has its own Myspace too - complete with show promos and podcasts. Head over to www.myspace.com/lipradio and check it out.

Also stay tuned for the return of lip radio to the airwaves in a few weeks.

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Hi all,

Please go to Erin Dolan’s website at http://www.donotbequiet.com to see the letter I wrote to James Boags regarding a tv ad that has me seeing red.

You can view the actual ad at http://www.boags.com.au/files/00191-Advertising.asp

Here’s the response my friend Judy received from Boags when she also protested the ad:

“All advertising used in the campaign are from photographs by world renowned photographer Helmut Newton. The commercials have used his photographs as inspiration
>maintain the image as a key element in the story. His photographs portray a theme of sophistication, intrigue and style - similar to the way consumers see our brand. The campaign has been extremely successful over the past 10 years as they have differentiated o u r brand from every other in the market.”

Here’s Boags’ response to the Advertising Standards Board:

“In today’s society, it is clearly understood that whilst women have every right to dress attractively and provocatively, it does not follow that they are making a statement that they are open to sexual advances from anyone. We believe that the majority of people have seen these advertisements as a playful interplay between a man and a woman who are euqlly matched in confidence and wit.”

Here’s the Advertising Standards Board’s determination:

“The Board was of the view that in the context of the prevailing community standards, the majority of people would not find this advertisement offensive. The Board found that the depiction did not contravene the provisions of the Code relating to the portrayal of people (sex) and the portrayal of sex/sexuality/nudity.”

Please consider also boycotting Boags, writing to Boags and writing to the ASB to let them know that, indeed, prevailing views are not so far gone that it is okay to sell products through the blatancy of a woman in a bikini spreading her legs open. It’s actually pretty in-your-face.

I’m feeling more and more like I must speak up so mainstream voices aren’t the only ones heard.

And check out the rest of Erin’s ezine while you’re at DNBQ - she’s a gal who speaks out loud and clear.

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http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/07/09/1152383607217.html

Somehow this doesn’t quite shake the IT image I see everyday - overweight guys with poor personal hygiene and even worse interpersonal skills…

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and another Rocky Horror reference.

Seth reckons there are four types of blogs: cat blogs, boss blogs, blogs designed to spread ideas, and the increasingly popular and influencial “RH” or “posse” blog.

I like to think we’re a combo of the last two: we’re a creative bunch of people, have a lot of great ideas and the desire to share these in our beautiful magazine; and we’re also a virtually close group through a shared love of what we do.

I mention this because, while we have an awesome new Myspace and a growing list of “Friends”, we’re still going to keep our blog alive with opinions, newsworthy commentaries, ideas and other stuff happening in lip world. But definitely check out our Myspace too.

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http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/beauty-is-still-measured-by-thighs/2006/06/30/1151174392242.html

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Hey all,

So I caught the very end of Grease before The Rocky Horror Picture Show came on last night and though I’ve seen it a few times before and know what it is all about, I still found myself even more surprised than I’ve been before about the end of the movie. It’s pretty appalling.

Not only does the movie make it a good thing that Sandra D goes from smart good girl to smoking, big-haired slut but the dance moves and the song are all about teenage sex. We can’t handle the idea of high school sex these days, how come in the 70s it was cool?

It boggles me that that movie was okay, is okay, is a classic teenage movie. What’s it telling teenagers? Dress slutty and have lots of sex in high school? I wonder if it would have been more of an issue if any of the actors actually appeared to be under the age of 30?

Or are we, despite our current fashion sense, really more prudish today than we were 30 years ago?

And one other thing - is Rocky Horror still a cult classic for teenager? Gals, do you go to the midnight movie, dress up, bring props and watch the performers in front of the screen while singing along to the movie? I’m already very sad that Heathers isn’t so well-known amongst todays teenagers, it would be a shame if Rocky Horror is a movie lost to teen culture as well.

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