Canberra

Get Active at ANU FOR FREE!

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  We all love exercise right? But not all of us have the dollars to attend as many classes as we might like, especially when you are a student. If you are studying at the Australian National University and want to get moving while also being able to pay your rent, we have found a free exercise class for every day in the Uni week from 19/2/18 – 29/3/18. All classes are run by ANU Sport. Find our more here.   So here is Free Fitness ANU Guide   Monday Les Mills RPM Location: ANU Fitness Centre, ICS Time: 7.30am… Continue Reading →

Sexual Harassment — Are You Ready to Act?

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  The meteoric rise of the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements have forced open a dialogue on what constitutes appropriate sexual behavior. Following on from Hollywood, other industries including fashion and financial are now becoming woke to the problems entrenched within their workplace culture. If you have experienced unwanted or unwelcome behavior at work, would you speak out? If you did speak out, do you know who to talk to? What if you are a leader? Most organisations should have policies in place to deal with sexual harassment, however, decision making around the prevention of sexual harassment or actions around… Continue Reading →

Invincible She – Invincible Young Women of Adversity

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  Camille Aniversario is certainly not one to dream small. Not only is she the founder of much loved local business Pip & Lou The Canberra Dessert Designer, Camille is also the founder of Invincible She an empowering personal blog as well as the designer of childrenswear label Margery which will be launching in 2018. Camille is also a survivor of domestic violence and a passionate advocate for women. So you could say she dreams big, she dreams loud and she dreams without restraint. On the 10 December, Camille will add another string to her bow: launching a landmark event… Continue Reading →

Clothes Swap and Style Event

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It’s clothes swap time! Fast fashion can make us feel like clothing is disposable. Is this scenario familiar? Heidi bought a dress to wear out to a party last week and is now sick of it, but hey, it only cost $40 so it’s no big deal to her so she chucks it out. Just imagine if everyone in Australia did that to just one item? In Australia, we generate 6000 kilograms of clothing waste every 10 minutes (ABC TV). Only a comparatively small percentage of what we donate to charity shops gets sold with the rest ending up in… Continue Reading →

Fashionably Numb – Changing the Way we Think About Fashion

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  For most of us, clothes are fun. As well as protecting us from the elements, they offer a mechanism for self-expression, an opportunity to try on different personas. We enjoy the thrill of the chase, constantly seeking the buzz that finding the perfect hard to find item produces. And then, once that thrill wears off, we do it all again. We want more, more, more and more often. The fashion industry is one of the most polluting industries in the world. Many of the people who work to produce the clothes we wear don’t earn a living wage and… Continue Reading →

I’m human – not superhuman and not subhuman

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  There are no airs and graces about Kristen Holzapfel. The author of Selfless: a social worker’s own story of trauma and recovery, and owner of Canberra’s Friendly Petsitter, is known for her openness and honesty about the messiness of life. In her role as a frontline social worker, Kristen experienced an extreme trauma reaction. She shared her story to bring perspective to a situation many people who work in ‘helping professions’ grapple to reconcile – that being superhuman is a sign of success. ‘By accepting that I’m human – not superhuman and not subhuman – made me realise I… Continue Reading →

Does FASHFEST Still Pass the FASH-test?

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  Note from the Author: When researching and writing this article I have found myself on a journey clouded by passionate opinions, varied perceptions and anonymous disclosures. I have questioned the ethics of speaking up versus staying quiet and what the role of a publication such as this is and should be within the Canberra fashion community. In publishing this story Leiden hopes to spark a conversation about fashion, design and creativity and what we all, from the people who sew each garment through to those sitting in the stands admiring them, want that to be celebrated in our home… Continue Reading →

Soul Project Event SOAR – Align, Be Brave, Be Boundless

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  Now that Night Fest is over and FashFest is done the next must-attend evening event in Canberra is brought to you by the amazing women of The Soul Project. Personal growth is so in right now as it should be and this event, themed SOAR – align, be brave, be boundless, with a stellar line up of presenters is sure to fill your soul and send you into the end of the week on a motivated high. Do you feel stuck? Not sure what direction to take next? Maybe you feel like you’ve been labelled and that holds you… Continue Reading →