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#boycottWestfield, #pornharms, activism, collective shout, Honey Birdette, Karen James, Melinda Tankard Reist, MTR, objectification, On Purpose, On Purpose Hub, porn culture, pornography, Sexualisation

19 Dec 2017

‘In our most powerful podcast yet’: Karen James interviews MTR for On Purpose Hub

‘The laser focused Melinda Tankard Reist offers the key to her unwavering purpose, so that we can unlock our own’...

#boycottWestfield, #CrossedOff, body image, child development, children, collective shout, corporate social responsibility, CSR, objectification, porn culture, pornification, Sexualisation, status of women, teens, violence against women

10 Dec 2017

Our annual list of corporate offenders to Cross Off your Xmas list!

“Every time you spend money, you’re casting a vote for the kind of world you want” – Anna Lappe There...

‘I learnt to act like porn stars so boys would like me’ – Jemima tells MTR how her life changed when exposed to porn at 10

‘I shaved my pubic hair and became highly sexual…my innocence was stolen from me’ Jemima (her real name withheld by...

Honey Birdette continues its porny anti-social behaviour as landlord Westfield absolves itself of responsibility

We will continue to #boycottWestfield Despite 58,000 signatures on a change.org petition to its CEOs, a national day of boycott...

‘It’s time Honey Birdette CEO dragged this company, which is peddling outdated and dangerous images of women, into this century’: Susie O’Brien Herald Sun

Honey Birdette stores are not a powerful look for women Susie O’Brien November 13, 2017 WHAT are “pleasure parlours” packed...

The day I discovered my husband was consuming child porn: MP Rachel Carling-Jenkins tells MTR her harrowing story

I can’t get the images out of my head: I reported him to try to save the child victims… Dr...

MTR accuses Westfield of aiding and abetting sexism in Ben Fordham interview

Time to act on Honey Birdette’s repeat offences I spoke with Ben Fordham on Radio 2GB yesterday about the repeat...

#MeToo, Caitlin Roper, porn culture, rape, rape culture, Reclaim the Night, sexual assault, status of women, violence against women

3 Nov 2017

The cultural sanctioning of violence against women: Caitlin Roper’s Reclaim the Night speech

“Violence against women isn’t an anomaly; it is the natural manifestation of a culture in which women are regarded as...

#ItWasMe #IWill #IHave, #MeToo, Feminist Current, Harvey Weinstein, Meghan Murphy, misogyny, objectification, porn culture, rape culture, sexism, SEXUAL ABUSE, sexual harassment, status of women, violence against women

28 Oct 2017

11 ways men can respond productively to #MeToo

#MeToo has encouraged some men to post about their misogynist behaviour online, but they need to move beyond social media...

#ItWasMe #IWill #IHave, #MeToo, Harvey Weinstein, misogyny, objectification, porn culture, rape culture, sexism, SEXUAL ABUSE, sexual harassment, status of women, violence against women

21 Oct 2017

I have a debt to pay down to future generations to not be men like me: one man owns his complicity

‘We cannot ignore that we have leveraged these toxic ideas to get what we want’ Around the world, women, en...

MTR launching critical new surrogacy book Canberra Tuesday

I’m honored to be launching the latest book by a woman who is (with Susan Hawthorne) not only my own...

#womennotobjects, Andrea Dworkin, Big Porn Inc, feminism, Hugh Hefner, Playboy #Hughhefnerlegacy, porn, porn culture, pornography, prostitution, sex industry, sex trade, sexploitation, status of women, women’s human rights

8 Oct 2017

Behold your hero of the sexual revolution: girl child centrefolds, rape cartoons, sexual harassment and wife beating jokes. MTR on Hefner

The House that Hef Built: Hugh Hefner’s Dark Legacy Melinda Tankard Reist “A new angel has opened his wings!” “We...