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Advertising, beauty, body image, Eating Disorders, fashion, Kate Ellis, media, Mia Freedman, National Body Image Advisory Group

21 Jun 2011

When will we get a body image code that works?

And what’s happened to the body image positive tick? When then Minister for Youth and Sport Kate Ellis launched the...

Adele, Christina Aguilera, female artists, lady gaga, Mike Stock, music, objectification, Richard Russell, Rihanna, Sexualisation, Warwick McFadyen, XL Recordings

17 Jun 2011

No porno gimmicks, no sexualised scripts: Adele just sings

Give me Adele any day I should probably declare an interest before I post these two articles which I’ve wanted...

bullying, channel 7 sunrise, facebook, social networking

15 Jun 2011

Ranking sex partners on facebook: opportunity for bullying and revenge.

A number of Facebook pages have attracted media attention recently for offering an opportunity to rank a partner’s sexual ‘performance’....

beauty industry, Candice Huffine, fashion, objectification, Robyn Lawley, sexualised images, Tara Lynn, Vogue Italia, women

13 Jun 2011

Topless ‘plus size’ women in Vogue shoot equals empowerment?

Huzzah! More sexualised images of women served up by the fashion and beauty industry Here’s some photos from the latest...

Advertising, Bailey review, children, David Cameron, emma rush, fashion, Mother’s Union, Senate inquiry into sexualisation of children in the contemporary media environment, Sexualisation, Sunrise

8 Jun 2011

UK takes action to address sexualisation of children: what’s Australia doing?

Australia lagging behind while sexualisation gets worse A six-month independent review into the commercialisation and sexualisation of childhood, in...

Bitch shut your mouth: e.bile against women who speak out

War of Words Christine Jackman, The Weekend Australian, June 04, 2011 THIS much Nina Funnell knows about the man who...

Advertising, advertising standards board, collective shout, marketing, objectification, Sexualisation, Supre

2 Jun 2011

Supre: proudly engaging in the objectification of girls

Collective Shout supporters have alerted us to Supre’s latest advertising campaign. First, a topless girl advertising ‘jeggings’ on the back...

Beautiful You, beauty industry, beauty pageant, body image, Julie Parker, Miss Earth Australia, objectification

30 May 2011

Miss Earth Australia – Green Activism In A Tiara?

Today a guest blog post by Julie Parker, reprinted from her site Beautiful You. I’m not a fan of beauty...

Australian Sex Party, objectification, sexulisation, slutwalk, The Punch, violence against women

27 May 2011

Should women walk away from the word ‘slut’?

Using slut as the flagship word for this new movement puts women in danger through giving men even more license...

ABC Drum TV, Big Porn Inc: Exposing the harms of the global porn industry, boys, collective shout, Gail Dines, national times, P*rnography, Pornland, relationships, sexuality, Triple J

25 May 2011

Gail Dines: how the hardcore porn industry is ruining young men’s lives

It rakes in billions, exploits women, and leaves men disgusted with themselves. A few years ago at the Adult Entertainment...

collective shout, Gail Dines, P*rnography, Pornland

21 May 2011

An invitation to hear Gail Dines speak on the harms of pornography

Please click here for a list of Gail’s other events in Sydney and Melbourne. See also: How pornography hijacks our...

Brocial, facebook, Morning Show, objectification, Sexualisation

20 May 2011