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anorexia nervosa, Beauty Redfined, body image, diet industry, dieting, Eating Disorders, Food pyramid, Health, mental health, mental illness, Nutrition Australia, orthorexia, weight loss

3 Jul 2015

How a chocolate bar helps me stay healthy: eating disorder survivor concerned about new food pyramid

‘A chocolate bar every now and then won’t kill me, but not eating a chocolate bar every now and then...

asylum, human rights, persecution, Rohingya, Thai authorities, Thailand, torture, trafficking

1 Jul 2015

A Journey into Hell: the torture, rape and murder of the Rohingya peoples

I’ve only just caught up with this ABC 4 Corners program ‘A Journey into Hell’, screened two weeks ago. Please...

child development, child sexual development, child welfare, children, online pornography, P*rnography, porn harms, sexual assault, sexual harassment, Sexualisation, The Age

28 Jun 2015

Porn fuelling child-on-child sexual abuse: when will our Government act?

Porn, family violence linked to surge in child-on-child sex abuse cases The number of children sexually abusing other children has...

ABC Q&A, hate speech, Islam, Miranda Devine, misogyny, Rita Panihi, SEXUAL ABUSE, sexual harassment, violence against women, Zaky Malluh

24 Jun 2015

Why was a Muslim activist who threatened to gang rape Australian women columnists given a free kick on Q&A?

Why would I want to appear on Q&A following such an outrage against freethinking women? Australia’s first terror suspect, Zaky...

17 Jun 2015

20 reasons why Coles and Woolworths should #BinZooMag

Zoo Weekly has a long history of exploiting and objectifying women for the enjoyment of male readers. During this time,...

collective shout, Immigration Minister, misogyny, rape, Tyler the Creator, violence against women

12 Jun 2015

Deny visa for Tyler the Creator: Collective Shout’s letter to Immigration Minister

The Hon. Mr Peter Dutton MP Parliament House Ministerial Office Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Dear Minister, We are...

Change.org, mainstreaming porn, objectification, sexual assault, Sexualisation, violence against women, Zoo weekly

12 Jun 2015

Zoo Weekly is putting my friends and I in danger

Petition Creator Laura Pintur writes for Mamamia on Collective Shout’s campaign to get Zoo Weekly out of Coles and Woolworths....

body image, child development, child welfare, children, Girls, objectification, pole dancing, sex industry, Sexualisation, teens, The Project, tweens, twerking

7 Jun 2015

Pole dancing for girls: how a sex industry practice puts them at risk

‘We are enrolling them into a billion-dollar global industry that objectifies, oppresses and conditions women to believe they are created...

Porn before first kiss: MTR on ABC 7:30 Report

Porn’s distortions need addressing in schools say educators The ABC filmed me addressing students at Healthdale Christian College in Melbourne...

13 year old girls as ‘Boner Garage’ click bait: the latest trend in the pornified worlds of teen girls

How sexualised behaviour has become the new normal While the content was disturbing, it was encouraging to wake up to...

ACT Government, brothels, Canberra, prostitution, prostitution survivors, sex industry, sex trade, status of women, trafficking, violence against women

31 May 2015

ACT sex industry exhibition ignores the brutal experiences of women like me: prostitution survivor speaks out

Maybe next time there could be an exhibition for survivors like me? By Donna* Last month a new exhibition...