Skin Deep Snippets, Issue 3
The lowdown on what’s going on in the media concerning body image! The Ugly Truth in Women’s Sport Are there a whole set of different rules for women in sport? Melinda Tankard Reist discusses here...
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A letter to my daughter Image from linked from Role Reboot article “My body is strong. Amazing. It has brought life into this world. It has housed you and your brother, kept you safe and warm and...
View ArticleWhat makes you happy? (Kristian Goodacre)
Not many of us think “happy” when we think of Mondays. Kristian Goodacre is the founder of the video blog Happy Monday, which aims to brighten the lives of its viewers with a video purely and simply...
View ArticleSkin Deep Snippets, Issue 5
The lowdown on what’s going on in the media concerning body image! A Different Approach Source “The tension is how it feels to live inside my body but it was tied up with a belief that I had failed,...
View ArticleThe Positive Body Image Awards (Lauren Moss)
Friday the 9th of August marked an important day in the world of body image, and I was lucky enough to be involved: it was the day of the second Positive Body Image Awards. In 2009 a working group was...
View ArticleAn open letter to the Advertising Industry (Lauren Moss)
Jess Barlow (the Brainwash Project and fellow panelist) and I On Friday the 9th August, the Australian Government Positive Body Image Awards were held in Sydney to recognise businesses in the fashion,...
View ArticleSkin Deep Snippets, Issue 10
BIEDA Week Jessica Smith in the Daily Mail Jessica Smith talks about how her experience with an eating disorder cost her a career as a Paralympian and drove her to start #JoinTheRevolution, promoting...
View ArticlePlease be a leader Big Brother!
Confession time. A couple of members of the Skin Deep team are serious Big Brother fans….and not ashamed of it. What we’re like when Big Brother is on…(from http://theweeklycat.wordpress.com) This week...
View ArticleSkin Deep Snippets, Issue 12
Robert Hoge embraces Ugly Robert Hoge was born with deformed legs and a facial tumour. He has written the memoir ‘Ugly’ and his story was shared on Australian Story this week. “This is actually a...
View ArticleKia, Your Ad Sucks (Rachael Bettiens)
There’ll never be an uncomfortable moment… That’s your new slogan. Except I felt uncomfortable watching your ad. Well, I don’t know if uncomfortable is the right word. Though I suppose blood boiling...
View Article‘Tis the season to be jolly!
This time of year brings plenty of things we love – bonding with family and friends, sunshine (maybe even a tropical storm), bad movies and dinner parties with all the food. It also brings with it a...
View ArticleEnd of Year Detox – Free Gift Included! (reblog from Evidence, Please)
New Year’s often brings with it a bunch of companies ready to help you detox – but how much of it is actually true? We loved this blog from Jo at Evidence, Please. So much so, that we HAD to share it...
View ArticleShorts at the gym: a problem or an over-reaction? (Lauren Moss)
Today Darwin made news when a local gym kicked out a woman for wearing shorts that were, well, apparently too short. The national gym franchise has a dress code that asks its members not to turn up in...
View ArticleWho is Mr. Right? (2.0)
We love sharing with you the best body image pieces the interwebs have to offer. We have great pleasure in presenting this fantastic piece by Allan, originally posted on ajbisherenow.tumblr.com We’ve...
View ArticleRole models & world changers.
Words: Lauren Moss The fabulous, talented, passionate and powerful Heywire crew, ‘All Women’. From Sunday the 9th February to the 14th February, I was incredibly lucky to join the winners of the ABC’s...
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