Making children vulnerable to sexual danger and harm

Emma Rush, who co-wrote the Australia Institute reports Corporate Paedophilia: The sexualisation of children in Australia and Letting Children be...

If this is PG then what’s not?: Ke$sha gets down and dirty on “family friendly” dance show

Dannielle Miller from Enlighten Education, who I’ve run here before, has blogged on Channel 10 and its allegedly PG-rated show...

Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism

“I was startled by what some young women were saying to me about their inability to access dissent; their inability...

They didn’t “have sex” with the girl: they raped her

Today, another example of how rape is not named as rape. The Australian reports today on a 51-year-old Hobart man...

It’s not just me: others question Gaga’s revelling in brutality

Nice to know I’m not the only one with a negative critique (also published in On Line Opinion Friday)of the...

John Mayer Loves Himself

Self Love In an interview in this month’s Playboy, John Mayer says he can’t keep his hands off himself. Giving...

Going Gaga over raunch dressed up as liberation

US pop juggernaut Lady Gaga is bursting on to Australian stages this week. The much hyped tour began in Sydney...

But it’s not that violent: one teacher’s account of the impact of violence saturation on her students.

Plus: Grand Theft auto gamer’s instruction video for best way to murder prostituted women And Calvin Klein’s new men’s underwear...

Dads’ “rights” gone mad: girls ordered to have overnight stays with child porn dad

Caroline Overington writes in The Australian today that the Family Court has ordered two girls aged 8 and 10 to...

Bitches, sluts, not marriageable, too pretty: Is any girl good enough?

Since my last piece on the cyberbullying taking place through Facebook, other sites targeting girls for their alleged flaws have...

Facebook Slut Page Removed: but bullies still active

On the weekend – on the eve of International Women’s Day – I wrote about a Facebook slut page, arguing...

A special IWD treat from the Australian Archives: The case against female trade commissioners