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Hard News: Women and their representations, in reply to
OK I been unable to stop myself making some lists. Once you get going it's hard to keep to 10!
here are the NZ women writers I think have to be on the influential list (in no particular order):
Robyn Hyde
Keri Hulme
Janet Frame
Ruth Park
Lynley Dodd
Margaret Mahy
Lauris Edmond
Fiona Farrell
Patricia Grace
Renee
Joy Cowley
Barbara Ewing
Elsie Locke
Katherine Mansfield
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Hard News: Media7 will soon be Media3, in reply to
where do I get this Free Sky access then?
MacKenzie Basin ;-)
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Hard News: Women and their representations, in reply to
feeding womens’ hate of, and disconnection from, their own bodies.
I think we also have to mention photo retouching. The beautiful, flawless faces we see in advertising aren't even achievable by the models! Take a look at this (mouseover for original photo).
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Awesome celebrity profile headline. Punctuation does matter!
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Who remembers that bumper sticker from the 1980s, "Girls Can Do Anything!" ?
I remember Dale Spender saying that it should be, "Girls Have Done Everything!”
This is why I’d rather have a long list: because high achievement isn’t some freakish thing. All kids should be aspiring to it. -
Oh, and 10 lawyers and judges!
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Hard News: Women and their representations, in reply to
Yeah, I realised I'd left out journalists and broadcasters. Maybe we'd better make it 110, or 120! Interesting to note Sylvia Cartwright made the WW top 10 but not Sandra Coney.
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Well, if you decide to pick 10 politicians, 10 writers, 10 artists, 10 musical performers, 10 scientists, 10 sportspeople, 10 businesspeople, 10 actresses, 10 community leaders and 10 other notables...there's 100 right there. Not a time-consuming exercise! I reckon I could do that over lunch with a couple of buddies easily. Only time would be arguing who to include and who not to!
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Gossip and beauty magazines sometimes do have worthy articles, but those are pretty much drowned out (and often, contradicted) by the tide of anxiety-inducing advertising.
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Why only 10? I would have gone for 100 influential women!
And why not some who are at the cutting edge now – like Vicki Buck with her biofuel company. She was recently mentioned in the Guardian’s list of 50 people who could save the planet.