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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.
18 Aug 2010
Leslie has been noted as an "immodest celebrity" for her regular Twitter appearances on Q & A
7 Mar 2010
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.
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.
12 Apr 2008
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.
18 Apr 2005
Leslie has appeared in the list of 20 nominated by The Age as Australia's celebrity - or public - intellectuals.
7 Mar 2005
The 100 people who voted, and who they voted for.
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.
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.
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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 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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