Beyond Cyber Hysteria — Part 1: What is working?
I have recently begun presenting seminars for parents on how they can best support their children — girls and boys — to manage cyber world. This new seminar is called “The good, the bad and the ugly of...
View ArticleWith Friends Like These . . .
The Huffington Post recently published a hilarious and oh-so-accurate send-up of women’s mags, “17 Things Every Women’s Magazine Will Tell You (That You Should Ignore)” by Alida Nugent of blog The...
View ArticleReal-World Tech Influencers
Last week an infographic went viral that posed the question “Which Female Tech Influencer Are You?” By answering inane questions such as “Jimmy Choos or running shoes?” and “White wine spritzer or...
View ArticleReal Girls
I am always incredibly honoured when I receive correspondence from women who want to meet with me to discuss more about my work, and their vision for girls. Unfortunately, it isn’t always possible to...
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 ArticleI’ve started telling my daughters I’m beautiful
I first read the following post on US site Off Beat Mama. I was not alone in being stunned by its powerful message and the exquisite writing; within days the post attracted over 102,000 Facebook...
View ArticleMy next book
The Next Big Thing encourages writers to share their work. Participants answer questions on their next big project (usually a book, but not always – one of the nominees listed with me was a playwright)...
View ArticleMust-see Films For March
“The best films of any kind, narrative or documentary, provoke questions.” Edward Norton This week I want to preempt the release of two extraordinary films with the hope that schools will then have the...
View ArticleTargeting Photoshop Fails
US retailer Target recently made the ridiculous choice to (poorly) photoshop an already svelte teen model in order to give her a thigh gap and alien-like limbs. On-line news site Mamamia were the first...
View ArticleYour online behaviour says a lot about the person you are
The Waiter Rule was first proposed by newspaper columnist David Barry in the late 1990s. It preposes that a person’s true character is revealed by how they treat serving staff. Fast forward to 2017 and...
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