Category Archives: Australia

Obesity Moral Panics and the Gendered Presentation of Disordered Eating

Posted on May 5, 2007 by arielladrake

The news here recently reported on a new study suggesting that eating disorder rates in Australia have more than doubled in the last decade, and the rates of “regular disordered eating” (that doesn’t necessarily coincide with a diagnosable eating disorder) … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Gender issues, Studies, The Beauty Myth | 2 Comments

I'm not going to be judgmental, I'm just judging you.

Posted on February 18, 2007 by arielladrake

Australia’s Federal Health Minister, Tony Abbott, is one of my least favourite people. He’s been on an anti-abortion kick for the last few years, and the recent jewel in his attack is a government-funded pregnancy counselling hotline which allegedly aims … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Conservative, Feminism, Politics, Reproductive Rights | 6 Comments

Childcare in Australia

Posted on February 4, 2007 by arielladrake

So, the media here has been all over a recent report released by the Federal Treasury Department that supposedly counters years of claims that there is a childcare crisis in Australia, and claims that childcare is ‘accessible and affordable’. One … Continue reading →

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