The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf is the talk of lip at the moment! Despite it pretty much being required reading for Feminism 101, I only got around to reading The Beauty Myth this past weekend. There have been arguments that feminism and feminist theory is too deeply welled in academia, and that it can…
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fashion models weigh 23 per cent less than the average woman According to the January issue of PLUS Model magazine, the average fashion model twenty years ago weighed 8 per cent less than the average woman; today, she weighs 23 per cent less. And most runway models nowadays meet the Body Mass Index criteria for…
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The book that made me realise that I was a feminist was “The Beauty Myth” by Naomi Wolf. It is essentially about the ways in which images of beauty are used against both men and women to make us feel more vulnerable. The book has chapters focusing on different aspects of life, work, religion, culture,…
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I have a new role model. That person is Julie Goodwin. I never watched Masterchef and only vaguely knew of her through her appearances in some women’s magazines and on cooking segments on TV, but she first came to my attention a little while ago when, instead of joining up with Jenny Craig and spruiking…
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‘I’m having a fat day.’ ‘My boobs are too small.’ ‘I’m having a bad hair day.’ ‘I’m ugly.’ We all know these phrases. They start popping into our consciences at around age 12 (but with all that Toddlers and Tiaras crap it’s probably even younger now) and are then imprinted onto our experiences of “girl…
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After discovering lip magazine in 2011 I realised that I was quite the feminist. I always have been but I never connected my opinions with feminism or even really tried to understand what feminists believed in. That is, until now. The problem is that I know that I am a feminist and I am all…
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Recently, Natalie Perkins wrote what she deemed her ugly femme pride manifesto. It’s an intriguing read. She states she’s still working through it, and it personally only applies to her. It’s already caused a deal of dissent with the fatshion and feminism world and the discussions provoked have been fascinating to see. I’m not entirely…
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I have recently ventured into the world of online dating. It is my very first foray into the world. It’s … different. I think there’s far less of a stigma nowadays than there might have been when it first started, but it’s still there. It’s something I’ve been putting off for years because, I guess,…
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Girls Dominate HSC Results This week, final HSC results in NSW showed that female students have dominated the HSC first course awards. First Course awards are given to students with the top score of each subject who have achieved overall academic results within the top band. Around two-thirds of the award recipients were girls. You…
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There was a recent article on Xo Jane that talked about women, makeup and men’s perceptions of women and makeup. It reminded me a lot of this comic I’d seen circulating around on tumblr (see featured image). I laughed, but also felt annoyed. It’s true; I’ve experienced this before from the men in my life…
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If there’s one thing that most heterosexual women can generally agree on, regardless of what their individual stances on feminism are, it’s that hearing men talk about female bodies is often an uncomfortable experience. Whether it’s a bawdy conversation about what they find sexy, an offhand comment about a passing woman, or (most alarmingly) a…
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Recently, I was slut-shamed. I was slut-shamed by someone whose facebook comments I questioned when they showed ignorance or a fundamental misunderstanding of the inequality that has propelled feminism, and he predictably got sick of me taking issue with the things he was saying, and deleted me on facebook. When a friend jokingly asked him…
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uk women march against government cuts. Earlier in the week, UK women (and men) donned 1950s garb and hit the streets in protest over government cuts to women’s employment. Unemployment in the UK is currently at an all-time high, with 2.62 million people out of work. The number of women out of work increased by…
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I’m not one to listen to much style advice, whether it is for clothing, makeup or accessories. I’m a relatively conservative dresser, although I can’t resist a sequin from time to time and have a deep, unchanging love of leopard print. I consider it a neutral. I’ve often heard that people consider leopard print too…
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