What's Hot/What's Not

What’s Hot – Women’s charities

Publicist Kristy Fraser-Kirk’s $37 million sexual harassment lawsuit against David Jones, its board and its former chief executive could result in a windfall for the community sector. In her statement of claim, Fraser-Kirk said any punitive damages she won “would be paid to charity assisting persons in the area of sexual harassment and bullying as nominated by the applicant”. Meanwhile, designer Alannah Hill held a one-day “sorry sale” to atone for her off- colour comment in the wake of the scandal, raising $178,000 for the White Ribbon Foundation.

What’s Not – Slacktivism

Slacktivism describes "feel-good" measures in support of an issue or social cause that require little personal effort and have little or no practical effect, other than to make the person doing it feel satisfaction. Slacktivist activities include wearing “awareness” wristbands, joining a Facebook group or signing an internet petition without much thought or understanding of the issues.