Resumé & Photo

A one page PDF version of my resumé is available here. My academic publications are listed here. A formal picture of me can be downloaded from here and casual ones from here and here.

 Backhanded Compliment?

18 Aug 2010

Leslie has been noted as an "immodest celebrity" for her regular Twitter appearances on Q & A

 Leslie Interviewed by Michael Bachelard for Generations Article

7 Mar 2010

 Leslie's Idea on Childless Make the Australian Women's Weekly

23 Jun 2009

In the July 2009 editorial, the high circulation Australian Women's Weekly, quotes Leslie's ideas from her book What, No Baby in its comments about their cover story exclusive on TV personality Sonia Kruger's decision to have a baby with the help of her gay best friend and co-star, Todd McKenney.

 Centennial Warriors by Elizabeth Kehoe

21 Jan 2009

In the wake of the passage of the Abortion Law Reform Bill here in Victoria late in 2008, Elizabeth Kehoe sent me this beautiful tribute.

 Leslie quoted in Sydney Morning Herald review of Susan Faludi's new book The Terror Dream

12 Apr 2008

 Leslie quoted in The Australian's discussion of a new crop of novels about deviant mothers

5 Apr 2008
 Ten Questions for Leslie in this week's Australian Jewish News (AJN)
24 Aug 2007

Each week, the AJN poses ten questions to someone, and this week was Leslie's turn. Catch the interview in the Life section of the Friday 24 August 2007 edition.

 
 Leslie Nominated as Feminist Icon
25 Sep 2006

In the wake of the deaths of feminist icons Betty Friedan and Wendy Wasserstein, Book Standard reviewer Jessa Crispin nominates Leslie, Susan Faludi and Laura Kipnes as likely successors.

 
 Leslie elected to the board of Family Planning Victoria
27 Oct 2005

Family Planning Victoria is a specialist statewide agency with extensive experience and knowledge in the areas of human relations, sexuality and sexual and reproductive health.

 

 Leslie listed as one of Australia's "most talked about brains"

18 Apr 2005

Leslie has appeared in the list of 20 nominated by The Age as Australia's celebrity - or public - intellectuals.

 Leslie nominated as one of the most influential Australians

7 Mar 2005

The 100 people who voted, and who they voted for.

 Leslie Cannold's original ideas about choice may put her odds with other feminists in the fertility debate

26 Feb 2005

The Mercury Magazine reports that while Leslie has often found her ideas at odds with other Australian feminists, she has proved popular with various media outlets where she has carved a niche as a spokeswoman on issues about motherhood, ethics and abortion.

 A Woman Fighting to Help her Sisters Have it All: an encounter between Sushi Das and Leslie Cannold

22 Jan 2005

The Age's Saturday Interview focuses on the events in Leslie's life that led her, a partnered mother of two children, to write a book about the difficulties many of her contemporaries are having finding a man who wants children, and whom they want to have children with.

What, no baby? What, No Baby? takes us on journey into the lives of contemporary women who plan to have it all - marriage, motherhood and work - yet have been derailed by reluctant men, insatiably demanding jobs and ever-climbing expectations of what it takes to be a "good" mother.
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The Abortion Myth book cover The Abortion Myth forges a new women-centred abortion ethic capable of preserving a woman's right to control her body and her freedom to choose or reject motherhood.
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