Towards safer schools: How teachers and families can work together
In light of figures showing that there were almost 70 serious incidents in state schools in the NSW Hunter Central Coast region in the last half of 2011 – some of them violent, such as students...
View ArticleSexism dovetails with hypocrisy
Nina Funnell and I wrote the following Opinion piece, which was also featured in The Age newspaper today. The Age on-line 21/6/12 Accusing Lynx of peddling sexist advertisements is like informing Kyle...
View Article“To all my Facebook Friends: promise never, ever to assault women.”
The news that the body of Melbourne woman Jill Meagher has been found has left many of us distressed, and searching for answers. And, driven by this fear, we are at risk of offering misguided and...
View ArticleAll Women Hate Each Other
Me (far right) at The Sydney Opera House with Tara Moss, Geramine Greer and Eva Cox. #FODI 2012. I was absolutely thrilled to have been asked to join the panel discussing the topic, “All Women Hate...
View ArticleReclaim The Night – 16 year old Lily speaks out about the on-line harassment...
This week I am proud to have been given permission to publish an extract from one of the speeches given at yesterday’s Reclaim The Night rally in Sydney; this was given by 16 year old high school...
View ArticlePride
I am thrilled to announce that for the second year in a row, Enlighten Education has been announced as a Finalist for the incredibly prestigious Australian Human Rights Awards in the Business category...
View ArticleThings that make me go Grrrrr…
1. Fat shaming. I have voiced my concerns over channel 10′s “Biggest Loser” in the Sydney Morning Herald before here: The burden of treating girls’ bodies as the enemy and here in a piece co-written...
View ArticleDestroying The Joint
I was thrilled to be asked to contribute to “Destroying The Joint – Why Women Have to Change The World,” an incredible new collection of writing initiated as a response to radio broadcaster Alan Jones’...
View ArticleMyth busting – creating a new dialogue with young men
When I first co-founded Enlighten Education with my partner Francesca Kaoutal back in 2003, the vision was to create workshops for both girls and boys that would inform, inspire and empower. Our...
View ArticleVideos that move
This week I want to share three of the videos I’ve watched recently that have deeply moved me. The first is a TED Talk by Jackson Katz, Ph.D. The YouTube clip describes Katz as: …an anti-sexist...
View ArticleComments about tennis star Marion Bertoli and a Roxy surfing ad featuring...
This week I am pleased to share an excellent guest post by the wonderful Dr Karen Brooks; this was originally published by the Courier Mail. Dr Karen Brooks is an author and associate professor at the...
View ArticleLeaky Ladies and Their Worrisome Wombs
This week’s post is an extract from Nina Funnell’s chapter in the recent feminist anthology, Destroying The Joint – Why Women have To Change The World (edited by Jane Caro). I was prompted to share...
View ArticleSo Much To Tell You
The last few weeks have been something of whirlwind. I have been presenting to hundreds of teen girls in Adelaide, Canberra, Sydney – and am off to Melbourne and Singapore shortly too. And oh how...
View ArticleNo More Blurring The Lines – I’m Talking To You Mr Bruno Mars
Back in 2008 I blogged about my concern music no longer loved women: Song lyrics have always been filled with sexual innuendo and pushed societies boundaries but this in-your-face mainstream misogyny...
View ArticleI’m a Feminist – Loud and Proud
I recently returned to United World College (UWC) Singapore, at both the Dover and East Campuses, to follow up on the work I did there in April, and to meet some of the young women I had not yet had...
View ArticleGirls’ Attitudes to harassment
Back in 2008 I shared the excellent GirlGuiding UK report on Teenage Mental Health: Guiding The Way. This week I want to share some of the findings of this organisation’s latest report on what girls...
View Article“That skirt is sending out the wrong message” and 5 other things we should...
I often find myself frustrated by much of the dialogue that surrounds teen girls as it can in fact be very damaging. Sadly, those that use these assumptions and stereotypes are often those who may well...
View ArticleIn praise of feminist fathers
The following guest post is by my friend and colleague Nina Funnell. It was first published by Mamamia. Nina is a Sydney based journalist, author and speaker. Her writing has been published in academic...
View ArticleGamers: they sit in dark basements and become serial killers. Or do they?
What is the one thing teen boys say they wish adults better understood about their lives? Forget raging hormones, academic angst and peer pressure. When my team and I run our personal development...
View ArticleI don’t believe self-defence training is “victim blaming”. And I’m a feminist.
I’m a proud feminist. And I’m the CEO of Australia’s largest provider of in-school workshops for teen girls that help develop self-worth and resilience. And I promote self-defence classes to young...
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