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A second author has come forward to accuse Brooke Bellamy of reproducing one of her recipes. Cookbooks are big business – and no stranger to scandals.
New series from Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand dominate this month’s suggestions for what you should stream next.
Belle Gibson built a ‘wellness’ empire on a lie about cancer. Scammers often use psychology and widely-held beliefs to exploit vulnerable people.
The story of Belle Gibson, ex-wellness influencer and convicted fraudster, is only the tip of the iceberg of content creators profiting from harmful health advice.
The Netflix series follows the rise and fall of Gibson, as Aussie blogger who claimed natural methods had helped her overcome ‘malignant brain cancer’.
Christopher Glasl’s withdrawn memoir of his time in Special Operations Group raises questions about publisher fact checking. How do they do it? And can it be improved?
Lifestyle gurus define themselves in opposition to experts — but can we really trust what they tell us?
We must ask ourselves how healthy it is to publicly shame a vulnerable person and what the right balance is between culpability and a sense of care and generosity to those who have done the wrong thing.
Social media entrepreneur Belle Gibson is not the first to be accused of fabricating a personal recovery story for public consumption. So what responsibility do publishers have in such cases?
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Reader (Associate Professor) in Sociology, City St George's, University of London
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Lecturer, Learning & Teaching Innovation, Flinders University
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Lecturer, Publishing, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Sociology, City St George's, University of London
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Clinical Psychologist, PhD Candidate, University of Sydney
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Dennis Altman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice Chancellor's Fellow and Professorial Fellow, Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University
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Lecturer in English, University of Canterbury
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Lecturer, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
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Associate Professor, Film Studies, University of Sydney
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Professor of History, President, Australian Historical Association, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies, Adelaide University
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Associate Lecturer in History, University of Wollongong
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Senior Lecturer, Sociology, University of Tasmania
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Associate Professor & Chair of Discipline - Psychological and Social Health, Southern Cross University
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Associate Professor in Literary Studies, Monash University