PEOPLE POWER WIN AS ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY REVOKES BRAVERY AWARD FOR “WIFE-BASHER”

Change.org Media Release June 19, 2012 After more than 18,000 sign Change.org petition, Society revokes award given to man jailed...

Lynx hits the jackpot: sexist, racist and ageist

More sexploitation from a repeat corporate offender Men’s deodorant brand Lynx – owned by Unilever – has added to it’s...

Wife bashers are not heroes: Humane Society should withdraw bravery award

It will be five years this week since Jeannie Blackburn lost her baby at 13 weeks.* The baby was pronounced...

A sad day for all women in sport: Deborah Malcolm reports on weekend’s Lingerie Football League game

Player loses underwear replayed on giant screens, sex doll shared, chosen men get to ‘tackle’ players, fans leer and jeer...

Abused, called pussy and told to “pancake the shit out of her”: my experience of Lingerie Football League try outs in Sydney last week

It wasn’t about playing football – it was about how aggressively we could act towards the other girls Tal Stone...

An insiders view of the sexploitation of women in advertising

Using sexualised images of women “a cheap shot and didn’t really show a lot of talent” Mark Farrelly As someone...

A message to advertisers from anti violence campaigner

The objectification of women has real life consequences in the lives of real people Kate Ravenscroft Anti violence against women...

MTR to address ad industry on sexploitation

“I’m sure I will be welcomed with open arms,” she says. On this Wednesday I address the Mumbrella 360 conference...

Why I regret being a teen model judge and threw my women’s mags away: ex mag editor Erica Bartle seeks something better

‘It was a liberating act to throw them away: I had been held captive’ I sat near a girl and...

Girlfriend May Review: injects some much needed reality, but doesn’t go all the way

In last month’s Girlfriend Review, I outlined the disturbing findings of the magazine’s annual body image survey. Our young women...

Divers in speedos, Warwick Capper’s footy shorts, wrestling: the stunning arguments in defence of lingerie football

“What about male divers…will you ban them?” – Derryn Hinch I’m rarely speechless, but I did find myself struggling for...

Misogynistic ads and the oxygen of publicity

In a week in which I was described as everything from ugly, to jealous, to Hitler (I’m sure Nazi is...