tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042413869472011551.post8429925062507553689..comments2023-09-17T00:52:27.888+10:00Comments on Girl With a Satchel: Glossy Talk: Did Glamour get it wrong?Erica Bartle (nee Holburn)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03115131016810116605noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042413869472011551.post-28694348740757907042010-05-07T20:46:17.798+10:002010-05-07T20:46:17.798+10:00Ah, today has been filled with lots of Naomi Wolf ...Ah, today has been filled with lots of Naomi Wolf syncronicities! Last night I saw her speak about The Beauty Myth, 20 years after its release and then this evening I came across this post...<br /><br />When Naomi stepped onto the stage I have to admit I was a little star struck. But within 5 minutes it couldn't be clearer that Naomi is out of touch the current state of play and how images of beauty are being produced and consumed. <br /><br />We are in dire need of a new bred of critical thinkers - like yourself GWAS...<br /><br />I wrote a piece about this on my blog:<br />http://checksandspots.blogspot.com/2010/05/oh-naomi-when-did-life-pass-you-by.html<br /><br />I would love it if you dropped by and shared your thoughts...CHECKS AND SPOTShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01153952577116492108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042413869472011551.post-49617673216872929212010-05-07T16:09:25.350+10:002010-05-07T16:09:25.350+10:00Thanks for writing this post, GWAS! I have been th...Thanks for writing this post, GWAS! I have been thinking about the same issues lately- why is our empowerment tied to our image? Even reading your next post about Miley Cyrus- she chooses to announce her coming-of-age through a repositioning of herself as a sexual being, thus linking her adult identity with her perception as an object of desire. She could have focused on extending her achievements in singing, acting, anything else- yet this is the road she chose. <br />I've just started reading 'The Beauty Myth' and think i need to pick up Emily Maguire's book too to think through all this some more!Fashademichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10562237951717547733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042413869472011551.post-72275101865794437182010-05-07T11:26:41.538+10:002010-05-07T11:26:41.538+10:00there does seem to be an increasing number of arti...there does seem to be an increasing number of articles about the place of feminism at the moment. my mother is completely exasperated that i would not have counted myself as a 'feminist' - and until she forced me to read the Good Weekend article at the weekend, i guess i felt i didn't need to be concerned about feminism as i saw that all the work had already been done. what a wake up call! <br /><br />beyond the statistics about salary discrepancies, how employers are still more likely to employ male graduates, and even reflecting on how the entire professional workforce is geared towards males who don't get pregnant - these are shocking, but i refuse to define my life by work so do not matter to me as much - <br /><br />what really hit home was the author's comments on how women are suppressing their own progress by worrying so much more about their bodies and fashion. it's like we have built our own cages! i love shopping, my hair, magazines, etc - but from now on i will aim to cultivate my heart for others and my intelligence, and trust that these will speak louder than my appearance.petalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042413869472011551.post-10668232640303711742010-05-07T05:27:06.028+10:002010-05-07T05:27:06.028+10:00Awesome piece by Nicole. Very true.
More please?...Awesome piece by Nicole. Very true. <br /><br />More please?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042413869472011551.post-67382902855506775772010-05-06T12:45:16.101+10:002010-05-06T12:45:16.101+10:00Am loving the aligment of stars that is leading to...Am loving the aligment of stars that is leading to the huge number of articles on this important issue at the moment - Naomi Wolf is actually Down Under the the Happiness and its Causes conference in Sydney this week, just in time for the 20th anniversary of the publication of The Beauty Myth. There was a great interview with her in last weekend's Sundal Life magazine about pornography.<br /><br />Am wondering if there is anywhere online to read a copy of the Good Weekend piece - I missed it but it sounds very interesting and I can't find it on the SMH website.Kaitlynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042413869472011551.post-25438823851352608142010-05-06T11:58:51.770+10:002010-05-06T11:58:51.770+10:00I loved Nicole's piece for Cleo. Totally hit t...I loved Nicole's piece for Cleo. Totally hit the point. Snaps to Cleo for cutting through the "You can be curvy AND beautiful" bullshit. It's not about curves or thinness, or what anybody's body actually looks like. It's the way we're meant to judge every body, by whatever standard happens to be in vogue at that moment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com