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5 Jul 2010

Boys and Guns photo exhibition cannot be compared with Henson’s naked girl images

Save the alarm for the real sexualised and exploitative images of children Is this photo comparable to these? Last week...

advertising standards bureau

2 Jul 2010

Another critique of the Government’s new body image code

Dannielle Miller’s thoughts on the code This blog post by Dannielle Miller, CEO of Enlighten Education, appears on her site...

Advertising, advertising standards bureau, body image, marketing, objectification, Sexualisation, womens magazines

1 Jul 2010

Advertising and objectification: women’s equality should come before vested commercial interests

MTR on Gruen Sessions Last night the on-line version of the ABC’s Gruen Transfer, known as The Gruen Sessions was...

Advertising, advertising standards bureau, body image, marketing, objectification

30 Jun 2010

The Beauty Industry will conform to this? That’ll be the day

Don’t hold your breath for advertising messages that tell you you’re just fine the way you are. At the start...

body image, fashion, objectification, Sexualisation, womens magazines

28 Jun 2010

New Body Image Code: it’s a start but sexualisation and objectification still rule

We need more than this to make advertising, beauty and fashion industries accountable On the 7pm ABC News last night,...

objectification, rape, sexual assault, sexulisation

24 Jun 2010

Anti rape condom: what we really need is an anti-rape culture

Today, a guest blog post from my friend and Collective Shout colleague Melinda Liszewski, affectionately known as ‘The Other Melinda’....

child pornography, P*rnography, prostitution, rape, sex trafficking, sexual assault

22 Jun 2010

Opposed to porn sex: debased, dehumanised, formulaic and generic

Stop Porn Cultures conference: how industrialised porn harms us all I’ve just come back from the US where I attended...

sex trafficking

17 Jun 2010

Victor Malarek’s speech: International sexual terrorism – the trade in women’s bodies

Victor Malarek – here’s what he said Award winning Canadian journalist and author Victor Malarek was in Australia recently speaking...

body image, BodyMatters Australasia, Eating Disorders, Girls, Lydia Jade Turner, Sarah McMahon, thin ideal, weight loss, women

15 Jun 2010

An interview with Lydia Jade Turner and Sarah McMahon from BodyMatters Australasia

BodyMatters: a health-based, not weight-based approach to eating and wellness. One of the privileges of the cause I’m engaged in...

Abigail Bray, feminism, objectification

14 Jun 2010

Abigail Bray’s ”Why Roddick’s sex shops are a sell out” published in Online Opinion

See Abigail’s piece as published in Online Opinion:

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feminism, online opinion, workplace harassment

11 Jun 2010

“I’m staring at your tits” published in Online Opinion

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feminism, sexual harassment, workplace harassment

7 Jun 2010

“I’m staring at your tits”: Why sexual harassment in the workplace continues

How ‘playing the game’ contributes to a hostile working environment for women Catching up on a pile of newspapers (new...