Off it goes again! Just when I thought it was dead. Never underestimate an albatross, is all I’ve got to say. This article appeared the other day in both the Brisbane Courier and the Sydney Morning Herald :
Show true Puberty Blues, not whitewash
In its wake I was contacted by Simon Marnie at ABC 702 for yet another trip down memory lane and an opinion on the current state of play with regards to young women. I had to say that I’m still very much in the minority out in the waves and that the issues that confronted us as young women are still around today. Unprotected sex can still result in pregnancy and with the rise of HIV AIDS since the book and film were made, can even lead to serious illness if not death. So in lieu of the Pope coming out with any rational statements on the matter, I made a public plea for guys to wear condoms. Who knows, it might have just got through to someone out there in radio land. Let’s hope so!