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	<title>Melinda Tankard Reist &#187; fashion</title>
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		<title>Existing beauty standards will not be compromised – even if Mr Airbrush takes a day off</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[French-Marie Claire goes sans air brushing, but not sans camera tricks, makeup, lighting and models already near ‘perfect’.
French actress Louise Bourgoin graces the cover of this month’s edition of French Marie Claire &#8211; hailed as the “totally non-airbrushed April issue”. Leaving aside the fact that it’s not totally non-airbrused because the women in the ads [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 03:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I was startled by what some young women were saying to me about their inability to access dissent; their inability to hear voices that were presenting an alternative” – Natasha Walter
I’m half way through Natasha Walter’s new book Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism. It is a compelling read, laying bare the forces of sexualisation, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Push up tween bras pushed off shelves</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
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I’ve been involved in a few campaigns against the sexualisation of girls, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a company act on complaints as quickly as this one did.
On Tuesday I posted a blog about a ‘tweenage’ push-up bra sold at Best &#38; Less. A number of people got active and wrote to the company [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Push-up bras for tweens: the illusion of breasts for the youngest girls</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We magnify the body, we perfect the silhouette, we help to cheat
That was said about push-up bras by a woman who manages a French company which invented them.
A bra now being marketed to girls who haven’t even hit their teens and, mostly, will not possess anything that needs support, let alone need a lacy push-up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sexual assault prevention tips guaranteed to work</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
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Came across this on Girl w/ Pen.
These tips put the responsibility where it should be:
1. Don’t put drugs in people’s drinks in order to control their behavior.
2. When you see someone walking by themselves, leave them alone!
3. If you pull over to help someone with car problems, remember not to assault them!
4. NEVER open an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>But Wait, There’s More: Why Does Supre Treat Little Girls This Way?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know, I was really hoping to focus on something other than anti-women t-shirts this week  and blog on a topic which might hopefully maintain the interest of the 13,000 people who visited this site in the past four days in response to global coverage of objectifying items of apparel.
But just as I was tossing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some outstanding weekend reading and listening for those who care about the treatment of women and girls by the dietary industry, the prostitution industry, the sexualisation industry and hotted up car festivals.</title>
		<link>http://melindatankardreist.com.au/2010/01/some-outstanding-weekend-reading-and-listening-for-those-who-care-about-the-treatment-of-women-and-girls-by-the-dietary-industry-the-sex-industry-the-sexualisation-industry-and-hotted-up-car-festiva/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First up, Lydia Turner (discovered here first!) in ABC&#8217;s The Drum Unleashed today about the failure of “weight-loss” dietary products and the death and injury they cause. Then Julie Bindel on men who use prostituted women and why, followed by a podcast with Diane Levin, co-author with Jean Kilbourne of So Sexy So Soon: The new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women blindfolded and gagged: the latest in men’s fashion from Roger David</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The try-hards at Roger David are promoting two new t-shirts for the boys, featuring women who are gagged, with strips across their eyes and semi-naked, as the latest fashion statement. 

The woman in the ‘Annie Hollywood’ t-shirt  (produced by ‘Blood Is The New Black’) looks as though she has been roughed up. She appears disheveled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Objectification for all sizes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This on Nine MSN
At last we can see  “plus sized” women posed seductively, mouths parted slightly, dull eyes staring off into the distance, draped over some inanimate object looking passive and desperate for male attention.
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		<title>Mags&#8217; flawed obsession with body perfect</title>
		<link>http://melindatankardreist.com.au/2010/01/mags-flawed-obsession-with-body-perfect/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SHOCK horror: nude supermodel has dimple on thigh. In a move labelled daring and revolutionary, this month&#8217;s edition of Marie Claire features nude photos of Australian model Jennifer Hawkins airbrush-free. The shoot reveals &#8220;brave&#8221; Jen with all her flaws. 

And what exactly are these impediments? A tiny crease in Hawkins&#8217;s waist, a slightly dimpled thigh [...]]]></description>
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