Jeans: The Stuff of Dreams or Nightmares?

May 17, 2012 in Body, Body Image, Fashion, Style

Today’s guest post by Claire Wallace: Unless you live in the tropical north, for most Australians it’s that time of year where the mercury has dropped and we’re all thinking about hot chocolate and soup. It’s also the time of year when most of the population becomes dependant on a piece of clothing fraught with complications. Jeans. For some, jeans are a trusted, faithful wardrobe staple. Flattering, comfortable, durable and warm. Easy to dress up or down for day or night. The great all-rounder! For others, jeans are the stuff of nightmares. Ill fitting, stiff, evil purveyors of muffin-top. Too [...]

Are Your Free Range Eggs Really Free Range?

May 3, 2012 in Current Affairs, Food & Recipes, Health, News, Nutrition

Today’s guest post from Claire Wallace: As consumers, we are faced with an avalanche of choices at the supermarket or grocer, particularly as more and more of us are concerned about making ethical purchasing decisions. Eggs are an especially fierce battleground for consumers’ choices – a battleground that is becoming hazier by the day. Recently The Egg Corporation, which represents around 400 commercial egg producers, has released new standards for ‘free range’ eggs in Australia. The standards cover things like the environment that the hens should be kept in, stocking densities and the like. The new standards allow ‘free-range’ hens to be stocked at 20,000 [...]

How To Look Good Naked: An Open (Love) Letter to Gok Wan

April 11, 2012 in Body Image, Film & TV

Today’s Guest Post from Claire Wallace: Dear Gok, I only found out who you are about 6 months ago. As the proud new owner of a Foxtel subscription, I happily stumbled across your program How to Look Good Naked thinking to myself, ‘hmmm, this should be interesting….’ It turns out that I came to the party quite late because the series has been running since 2006. But from that first episode I watched, I was both gobsmacked and delighted at the positive and inspiring message. At its simplest, How to Look Good Naked plucks women from all over the UK [...]