DJs sues thinktank over report on sexualised images of children in advertising
Todays SMH: Sex, lies and advertising: DJs sues over child exploitation claims IN WHAT is believed to be a world first, David Jones begins a legal case tomorrow in which it is suing the left-leaning think tank the Australia Institute [...]
Open Golden Globes frocks thread!
We seem to have a habit of doing this, so that’s good enough reason to do it again. I still reckon George Pell frocks up better than most Hollywood types, but if you’d like to challenge that assessment, or just [...]
Little black canvas
“Really, they are so badly dressed … I will put them all in black to teach them good taste,” So spake Coco Chanel, and a fashion icon was born. I’ve always loved that the little black dress has evolved so [...]
…healthier and more productive…
An interesting piece in Spiked Online talks about the new “values” that we are teaching our children: Here, the authorities are trying to attach meaning to children’s everyday mundane activities; government targets are being pursued through activities such as children [...]
Bad ideas of 2006
I don’t think I’ve seen a better obituary for neoconservatism than this: Of course, the article cites neocons who hold true to the idea that neonconservatism will make a comeback, and considering the length of time that platform shoes have [...]
Technicolour dreamin…
Ok, I know I was rude about Fashion_Suicide (it’s still ewwww btw…), but I’d back London Sunshine over the pathetic (nay, bathetic) Sam and the City any day of the week. I first fell for London Sunshine when she wrote [...]
If you go down to Myspace today, you’re in for a big surprise
It’s Jessica Simpson, who’s taken to making new, ahem, friends via social networking. So, you know all those profiles on MySpace that claim to be Jessica Simpson? Well, those are not hers. Oh, Jessica Simpson is on MySpace, but she’s [...]
Nip/Tuck: beyond Caveat emptor?
Tonight’s Four Corners featured the burgeoning practice of cosmetic surgery and highlighted the biz aspects and the contestation within the medical profession over who can do it. [You can watch it streamed online here - if you have really good [...]
Fashion police
There’s a strange new feature at Suicide Girls: Fashion_Suicide is a project of SuicideGirls. A global team of all SuicideGirl street photographers brings world fashion to you, from high to low, punk to posh. Today’s photo comes to us from [...]
The veil or the push-up bra? It’s a false (non)choice
There’ve been some interesting, and some less than interesting op/eds published in the wake of the Australia Institute report tigtog wrote about on the alleged sexualisation of girls in advertising. I want to leave that particular issue aside for a [...]
An outrageous claim!
That is the reaction of Australian retailers to a think-tank report which argues that the way they advertise and stock inappropriately sexualised clothing for young children amounts to corporate paedophilia. [link to electronic appendix (pdf)] The report focussed on the [...]
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