Social media a free-fire zone for cyber hate

As published in the Canberra Times Jan 22, 2012 Most days when I turn on my computer I am offered...

25 Dec 2011

Here’s to another year: Thanks for your amazing support

My publishers, Spinifex Press, made this Christmas decoration for their Christmas mailout. I bet you’ve never quite seen one like...

Pussy Energy Drink: Sexism in a can

“Pussy is great by itself, but you know sharing with friends, it’s nice to experiment and I would recommend sharing...

Gail Dines: Exposing the Myth of Free Porn

As I read Jennifer Wilson’s article, I couldn’t help thinking that the pro-porn crowd must be producing a list of...

Remembering Puangthong Simaplee: a life prostituted and ended at 27

What passing bells for those who die as cattle? By Dr Helen Pringle Ten years ago, Puangthong Simaplee died at...

I was so ignorant of the epidemic of violence against women until it happened to me: rape survivor tells

Why I took part in 16 days of activism against gendered violence against women By Kate Ravenscroft “How frequently women...

What would the world be like if men rejected violence? Male anti-violence worker issues a challenge to men at the end of ’16 days of activism’

‘We have made huge gains in becoming aware of the realities of many women’s and girl’s lives, and have a...

How City Beach conditions boys to porn: one dad’s plea for something better for our boys

If sexual images are inappropriate in the workplace, they are inappropriate at school Simon Kennedy I have spent the last...

Lads’ mags content mirrors attitudes of convicted rapists – new study

Magazines aimed at teen boys condition them to pro offending attitudes Are sex offenders and lads’ mags using the same...

‘Show us your tits’: Scarlett, 18, on the treatment of young women at Schoolies

Wet t.shirt comp, simulated sex, ‘best tits’: young women as sexual fodder at end of school celebrations Scarlett from Victoria,...

Pornifying the classroom: a lesson in objectification for Year 8s

City Beach selling sexism to 12-13 year olds Collective Shout supporter Amy Fletcher notified Collective Shout today of a pencil...

Austereo: Vilifying and threatening women fine with us

Kyle Sandilands to stay on According to a report in the Daily Telegraph today, Southern Cross Austereo has no plans...