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Big Porn Inc: Exposing the harms of the global sex industry, Spinifex Press

14 Sep 2012

‘Edgy, engaging, well-written’: Big Porn Inc highly commended in Education Publishing Awards

Maybe we should have included recipes? Dr Susan Hawthorne, Director, Spinifex Press Last Thursday, the 2012 Australian Educational Publishing Awards...

Change.org, facebook, Petition, porn free culture

12 Sep 2012

Facebook: stop pimping porn

Activists petition Facebook to uphold policies It’s not the first time Facebook has come under fire for inappropriate or illegal...

ABC 4 Corners, cyberbullying, facebook, mental health, self harm, suicide, suicide prevention, teenagers, youth issues

11 Sep 2012

ABC 4 Corners lifts the lid on suicide’s anguish: a must-watch program for all who care about young people

One suicide is a tragedy. But what happens when a community is rocked by a series of suicides, one after...

afl, Buddy Franklin, football, Nena and Pasadena, NRL, porn tshirts, sport, status of women, sunday herald sun, violence against women

9 Sep 2012

Make the AFL accountable: vote for our question on why the AFL refuses to act on Buddy Franklin’s porn tees to be asked at footy finals lunch

As the AFL Finals get into full swing, the Melbourne Press Club will be holding its annual Footy Finals Lunch...

#destroyingthejoint, #destroythejoint, Alan Jones, equality, Julia Gillard, News With Nipples, status of women, violence against women, women in power

5 Sep 2012

Let’s Destroy the Joint

‘These uppity women, you let them go to school and then they get involved in politics and then they don’t...

4 Sep 2012

The subjugation of girls: from child marriage to fashion and commercialised images: Dr Jocelynne Scutt

Denying girls the right to be girls Great piece by barrister and Human rights lawyer Dr Jocelynne A. Scutt. Dr...

Advertising, miss representation, objectification, status of women

31 Aug 2012

Miss Representation: a must see film

Advertising, body image, danielle binks, dove real beauty, fair and lovely, marketing, objectification, Spinifex Press, Triumph, Unilever

29 Aug 2012

Declare yourself insulted

By: Danielle Binks You know the one thing that’s more insulting than blatantly sexist/misogynistic advertising? Advertising that touts pseudo-feminism but...

airbrushing, beauty industry, body image, Change.org, Cleo, collective shout, fashion, mumbrella, thin ideal

27 Aug 2012

Calling on Cleo to stop airbrushing images: Change petition

Cleo Magazine: Stop digitally altering images to change appearances #RealGirlsCleo Following a US teenager’s successful petition calling on 17 Magazine...

Generation Next, girlfriend magazine august 2012

23 Aug 2012

Teen girl mag watch: A significant intervention at a critical time in the conversation and about girls, sexualisation and sexuality

Ok, firstly, a disclosure. I’m going to open with some praise for a Girlfriend which, naturally, you the reader could...

The disparaging and belittling of mothers: on mother shaming in sexualisation debate

‘How dare the elite media and privileged individuals who think themselves superior to the average mother, deride mothers and imply...