I think you'd have to be a female to understand the pressures on us - and it's a scourge of Western capitalist societies. At least Aussie girls can get away with bad nails. That's a requisite in the US, for women to have nice nails! ;) Trust me, you can't do anything with acrylic nails! The way the US media has shamed - bullied - Kirstie Alley into dieting - that's not advanced (and it would happen here too). And the way the British tabloid media (which reflects cultural values as much as shapes them) criticises Camilla Parker Bowles purely on the basis of her age, and apparent less attractiveness to Diana, is shamefully sexist too (and it's happening here). What I see expressed is a profound hatred of the older woman. This is why you don't get more women doing music, or following music, because they are trivialised by all this superficial stuff.
> On this basis, Australia seems, just figuratively speaking, even > *further* away from Europe than I've ever heard anyone else describe it > as being... > > What do other Australians think? > > K
