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Age, graphic, Outrage, P*rnography, row, Sunday, tshirts

25 Jan 2010

Outrage over graphic tshirts prompts pornography row, The Sunday Age

Outrage over graphic tshirts prompts pornography row

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Daily, labelled, message, offends, rape chic, Sexual, T-shirts, Telegraph

25 Jan 2010

Sexual message offends as T-shirts labelled rape chic, The Daily Telegraph

Sexual message offends as T-shirts labelled rape chic…

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fashion, Girls, marketing, P*rnography, sexulisation, Supre, women

24 Jan 2010

But Wait, There’s More: Why Does Supre Treat Little Girls This Way?

You know, I was really hoping to focus on something other than anti-women t-shirts this week and blog on a...

counselling, sexual assault, sexual assault survivors, sexual predator, violence towards women

23 Jan 2010

Help if you need it

I addressed some particularly sensitive issues regarding sexual assault and violence towards women last week (and will do so again)....

body image, dieting, Eating Disorders, fashion, Girls, marketing, objectification, sexual assault, Sexualisation, trafficking, violence

22 Jan 2010

Some outstanding weekend reading and listening for those who care about the treatment of women and girls by the dietary industry, the prostitution industry, the sexualisation industry and hotted up car festivals.

First up, Lydia Turner (discovered here first!) in ABC’s The Drum Unleashed today about the failure of “weight-loss” dietary products...

degradation, fashion, objectification, rape, Sexualisation, trafficking, violence

19 Jan 2010

Women blindfolded and gagged: the latest in men’s fashion from Roger David

The try-hards at Roger David are promoting two new t-shirts for the boys, featuring women who are gagged, with strips...

child development, Girls, puberty, violence

12 Jan 2010

Early-blooming girls ‘more aggressive’

GIRLS who go through puberty before their 12th birthdays are more aggressive and more likely to steal, fight and take...

art, bravehearts, child pornography, child protection, government

12 Jan 2010

‘Artistic merit’ fades as child porn defence

January 11, 2010 CHILD protection group Bravehearts has welcomed recommendations by a NSW government panel to scrap the defence of...

art, censorship, child pornography, Girls, rape, Sexualisation

11 Jan 2010

Creators of beauty are capable of ugliness

Clive Hamilton has written a commendable piece about the way artistic men who commit sexual crimes are considered above the...

body image, bodymatters, butterfly foundation, Eating Disorders, jennifer hawkins, marie claire, modelling, objectification, Sexualisation, supermodel, thin ideal, women, womens magazines

11 Jan 2010

Hawkins as naked advocate: undoing gains in eating disorder prevention

A special guest blog posting by Lydia Jade Turner on the Jennifer Hawkins Marie Claire photoshoot controversy. Lydia is Director...

antislavery conventions, cyprus, european convention, european court of human rights, exploited, russia, sex trafficking, trafficking

9 Jan 2010

Sex trafficking violation of antislavery convention: Human Rights court

The Wall Street Journal JANUARY 8, 2010 Rights Court Raises Sex-Trafficking Oversight By PAULA PARK The European Court of Human...

body image, fashion, modelling, objectification, women, womens magazines

9 Jan 2010

Objectification for all sizes

This on Nine MSN At last we can see “plus sized” women posed seductively, mouths parted slightly, dull eyes staring...