Harry Potter-tics: The Power of Personality

August 29, 2013February 3, 20158 Comments

A distraction from the abhorrent politics of personality happening in #auspol at the moment.

This is one for the Pottermores.

Interning at an Image Consultancy, I have learned a lot about psychology and image. Far and away the most interesting piece of knowledge I have acquired is about personality; naturally I linked it to one of the distinguishing books of my childhood!

Politics is all about personality, right?
Let’s look into personality a bit more…..

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Fashion, Politics and Personality: The rise of Personalit-ocracy

July 14, 2013January 18, 2016Leave a comment

Two things have had me thinking lately –

Julia Gillard’s quote in her pre-spill interview “we all know politics isn’t about personality”.
The role that personality plays over policy in contemporary politics.

I recently started an internship at an image consultancy firm, and it re-ignited my train of thought. As something of a politically and fashionably aware person – depending on the day, I pride myself on one over the other, these days perhaps more the latter [!]

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ALP Game of Thrones: The Rains of Canberramere

June 27, 2013January 18, 2016Leave a comment

More than just a leadership change happened yesterday.

“What happened, PIK? I’m overwhelmed! It makes no sense, why should I care?”

1. Julia Gillard called a leadership spill, Kevin Rudd challenged her; Kevin Rudd won – 57 votes to 45. He is now the leader of the ALP, and the [un-elected] Prime Minister of Australia.

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