Cyndi Tebbel

Cyndi Tebbel (born 1957) is an Australian editor, journalist, author and feminist commentator. She is currently a freelance journalist for a number of magazines and has written two books.

Career

Tebbel was born in the United States and grew up in Chicago, migrating with her family to Australia as a teenager. Tebbel then completed a visual arts degree followed by a Communications degree at the University of Technology, Sydney. She started work as a writer for Vogue Australia from 1985 to 1987, leaving to become the editor of New Woman magazine.

She is best known for putting plus-size models on the cover of New Woman magazine. In 2000, she published her first book, The Body Snatchers: How the Media Shapes Women published by Finch.^[1] Since 1997 she has been a freelance writer.

Bibliography

Book

• The Body Snatchers: How the Media Shapes Women Sydney : Finch Publishing, 2000

Articles

• Rape: The crime they say we asked for, August 2010, New Woman
• Making a decision so difficult requires support, not condemnation

References

1. ^ Vermeulen, Stephanie (2005). Stitched-up: who fashions women's lives?. Jacana. p. 78. ISBN 1770090290. 

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Name	Tebbel, Cyndi
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Short description	Australian journalist
Date of birth	1957
Place of birth	United States
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