Dr Zohl de Ishtar, Nobel Peace Prize nominee and author of three books, will be speaking at two events about the Kapululangu Elders' efforts to protect and keep alive 50,000 years of traditional women's knowledge.
BRISBANE Friday 16 October, 4.30pm for a 5pm start, finishing at 7pm. Brisbane Square Library Community Room, at the top end of Queen St, opposite the casino. Light refreshments available at 4.30pm. Hosted by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Donations gratefully received. Contact WILPF members Norma 3207 7929 or Chris 0437 327 890 for more information.
MALENY Thursday 15 October, 6.30pm Maleny Baptist Church Light refreshments available. $10 full/$8 concession Contact Rachael 5494 2286 or Anne 5494 3346.
All proceeds will go to the Kapululangu Aboriginal Women's Association.
Tune in to Ockham's Razor on Radio National this Sunday 4 October at 8.45 am to hear Ariel Salleh, editor of Eco-Sufficiency and Global Justice. The topic is "Is our sustainability science racist?"
Adproofing Your Kids, by Tania Andrusiak (Getting Real contributor) and Daniel Donahoo, will be launched on Sunday 4 October at 2.30pm at the Eltham Bookshop Courtyard, 970 Main Road, Eltham, Victoria.
Contact the Eltham Bookshop for more information on 03 9439 8700 or ELTHAMbookshop@bigpond.com.
Susan Hawthorne has a new poem featured on the Feminist Peace Network's website. Read the poem on their website here. It is in reaction to the proposed mining of the Liverpool Plains in NSW.
In response to an article in The Age, Julie Gale writes in a letter to the editor published Sep 18 09: 'No, all is not well. Christine Gordon (Comment & Debate, 17/9) shooting a messenger such as social commentator Melinda Tankard Reist will not help "young women find their own way". There is little doubt among child development professionals that all is not well in girl world. Yes, many kids are doing well, but many others are struggling. Research links sexualisation with increased anxiety, depression, eating disorders, early sexual contact and increased sexually transmitted infections. The rate of self-harm in young females has increased by more than 50 per cent in the past decade. John Marsden may write "wonderful books for young people" but that does not mean he is right when it comes to the sexualisation issue. Women should support each other in helping our struggling girls (and boys) navigate their way through the sexualised culture we have imposed on them.
Getting Real has been released to great media attention, including a double-page spread in The Weekend Australian Inquirer section and a multitude of radio. Melinda Tankard Reist was a guest on Jon Faine's Conversation Hour, as well as Life Matters -with contributor Louise Newman- plus Sydney 2UE, ABC Southern Qld and ABC Northern Tas, while contributor Julie Gale appeared on RN's Counterpoint.
& look out for Melinda on ABC TV Q&A this Thursday, 9.30pm.
Melbourne University's Cordelia Fine writes about waxing, plucking, tweezing and womanhood: 'Meanwhile the younger generation watches and learns. In Getting Real...Melinda Tankard Reist shows how the relentless pressure on women to be better-than-real is touching the lives of girls at an increasingly young age...She describes a Melbourne-based website for girls that -until complaints were made- promoted Brazilian waxing alongside ads for Playschool and Barbie Princess dolls.'
Jordie Albiston and Patricia Sykes will be participating in a session on libretti on Fri 28 Aug, and Melinda Tankard Reist converses on 'birth wars' in an interview with Mary-Rose MacColl, Sat 29 Aug.
Former High Court Judge of Botswana, Unity Dow will speak at the University of SA's Hawke Insitute on Weds 16 Sept on the topic, Through Their Eyes: Of Diamond Rings and Cows, Diamonds For Love and Cows For..?
Keeping Aboriginal Women's Culture Alive: speaking tour 
