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You’re IT, girl

You’re IT, girl

By Emma Koehn on 27 November 2011

You want your celebrities to have some brain power, right? Or at least have decent taste. Wear some Ray Bans, for instance, and a floral dress. Hold a Penguin Classic for when the need to read strikes, or carry some vinyl LPs in their second hand bike baskets… Well, the ‘famous tides’ turn all the [...]

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Naked and pregnant

Naked and pregnant

By Rebecca Howden on 17 November 2010

Everyone from Cindy Crawford to Christina Aguillera has done it. Ever since Demi Moore appeared naked and seven months pregnant on the cover of Vanity Fair in 1991, it’s been a common trend for celebrities to pose for nude photos when they’re expecting. This week, Miranda Kerr has joined the hall of fame and stripped [...]

Posted in Art, Arts, Culture, Fashion, Featured, Opinion | Tagged art, body image, celebrity, fashion, magazines, Opinion, pregnancy | 2 Responses

Chrissy Amphlett on stage during the Australian Made tour, Perth, 1987. Image: Bob King

Australian Rock Chicks Take Centre Stage

By Rebecca Howden on 10 November 2010

An inspiring new exhibition on display at the Arts Centre on St Kilda Rd takes a backstage look at the women who helped shape Australia’s music heritage. From the women of vaudeville, all-girl jazz groups and singers of the 30s and 40s, right through to contemporary artists such as Missy Higgins and Katy Steele, Rock [...]

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We’re not that submissive, Stephen Fry

We’re not that submissive, Stephen Fry

By Rebecca Howden on 3 November 2010

Oh, Stephen Fry. Just because everybody loves you, it doesn’t mean you don’t need to think before you speak. In fact, I’d suggest that being so revered by so many people means he should be especially careful. In particular, when he’s suggesting that women don’t actually enjoy sex; they just put up with it “because [...]

Posted in Culture, Featured, Opinion | Tagged celebrity, feminism, gender stereotypes, media, Opinion, sex, sexism | 2 Responses

Glee – putting the G into GQ

Glee – putting the G into GQ

By Erin Stewart on 27 October 2010

Recently, some cast members of Fox TV show, Glee have posed for racy photographs for GQ magazine. For the assumedly very few who don’t know, Glee is a comedy/drama set in an American high school. The characters in the ‘glee club’ are often unpopular so they use the club to find friends, and presumably find [...]

Posted in Culture, Featured, Opinion | Tagged celebrity, gender stereotypes, infantilising, magazines, sexiness, sexism, sexuality, television, women's issues | 4 Responses

this is what a feminist looks like

By Michelle on 30 November 2008

Posted in Uncategorised | Tagged celebrity, feminist | Leave a response

Celebs may get to silence media gossips

By Michelle on 31 July 2008

From news.com.au: “CELEBRITIES could keep embarrassing personal details and candid photos away from the public gaze, under proposed laws. Media outlets that rely on unauthorised photographs and news about celebrities may be forced to tone down their content under a new privacy regime being considered by the Federal Government. This could be a heavy blow to gossip mags such [...]

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