Refilling Your Compassion Tank

In our busy lives, it’s easy to overdo things and feel drained, over it, low on energy and empathy. Especially for those of us who care for others, professionally or personally (or both). Caring for people, caring for causes, caring for issues and situations can...

The Little Mermaid

In the story of the Little Mermaid, Ariel falls in love with a handsome human prince. She strikes a deal with the sea witch, to give her legs so she can be with him. But the sea witch demands a cruel bargain: human legs she can have, but every step she takes on them...

The Diet Testers: Part Two

We’re back in the pointless world of The Diet Testers, where hapless victims of diet culture are put on weight cycling diets for the entertainment of the evil Dr X. It’s time for Sue and Lucy to be weighed after their incredibly irresponsible 2 week crash diets. Sue...

The Diet Testers

People keep telling me about a program on SBS called “The Diet Testers,”a ‘reality show’ which puts various diets under the microscope. What a great idea, I thought. Someone really needs to bust open the diet industry! Here’s what an SBS promo says about the show: “Dr...