The Little League World Series is upon us. While we will have to wait until August 28th to find out who the champions of the sandlot are this summer, the qualifying games are already in full swing. But “little leaguers” have been busy all summer, participating in a variety of sporting activities around the globe. [...]
The tension has been building for months — the online protests started in April, and then there were the rallies in May. Not to mention the Facebook threats and numerous complaints to public officials. Despite all the brouhaha, an “American-style” child beauty pageant sponsored by Texas-based Universal Royalty took place over the weekend in Melbourne, [...]
My husband and I moved into our first home. Very exciting, but moving is such a drag– and it kept me away from blogging. But I’m back now, with lots to say! Also two weeks ago today, on May 24th, Australian child beauty pageant opponents, and some supporters, held rallies across the country. These protests [...]
This piece originally appeared on The Huffington Post on May 10, 2011. The Australian press and public have reacted strongly to plans to hold an “American-style” child beauty pageant in Australia this summer. Since I wrote a summary and a response to the “Australians Against Child Beauty Pageants” situation, the media attention has increased. Last [...]
In response to yesterday’s post on child beauty pageants in Australia (or not) I received a variety of thoughtful comments. One of them was from The Family Factor who wrote, So what happens to the girls’ views of the audience when they realize the[y] did not cut it? The idea that outward appearance is what [...]
Over the weekend I was contacted by the group Australians Against Child Beauty Pageants. I have been reading about their protests of a child beauty pageant that will be held in Melbourne in July for a few weeks now. Basically a US pageant system, Universal Royalty (which I write a bit more about below), is [...]
