More evidence that the notion of ‘age appropriate’ clothing is a modern nonsense. These three painting are by Renaissance master Giovanni Battista Moroni…. Is it age appropriate for such a young girl to be wearing a pierced earring and a pearl necklace? And what
This deserves a separate entry. Baby Metal are a manufactured ‘idol’ group. They perfectly demonstrate the way Japanese culture takes Western memes and reinterprets them. In this case Western Heavy Metal is combined with Asian pop, the girls are dressed in a style called Loli-Goth,…
My third novel is concerned with the clash of cultures, east vs west. With the decline of America and Europe, Australia is increasingly turning to Asia. As a result there has been a corresponding increase in Asian immigration and therefore an increase in the popularity…
I thought I might start adding some images that depict the change in children’s fashion. In my search for examples of the naked child in art I naturally come across many more images of children wearing period clothing. There is one site in particular that…
Sigh, here we go again. In my entry Corporate Paedophilia I argued that Emma Rush has a tendency to see sexualisation where none exists. In an article in the Fairfax press, Sexed up tween advertising show fashion needs to grow up… (with Caroline Norma) she
Théophile Auguste Vauchelet What’s interesting about these is that they are allegories of the pre-Fall innocence of children – little Adams and Eves.
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Another female painter… who tragically died young. Marie Madeleine Rignot-Dubaux (1857-87). This is Ne la reveillex pas …(do not wake up). It’s an odd painting. Obviously an allegory, but of what? Perhaps innocence – the title is a command to not wake up from the
Don’t know much about Jules-Alexis Muenier (1863-1942). This is La jeune modele posant dans l’atelier (A young model posing in the studio).
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Some argue that the first novel was The Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatan) …written by an 11th century Japanese noblewoman called Murasaki Shikibu. It has been praised as a book of great subtlety and psychological insight. Yet it is also porn. It was written as
Two seemingly innocent words have been nagging me this week. I didn’t think they were worth writing about, but now that their author has written a piece attacking Michelle Griffin… a few more pieces have fallen into place. The author of course, is Dr Emma
A work in progress – and something completely different. A crime novel about cultural and generational clashes. A series of murders in the Melbourne art world. 
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