19 Jun 2012

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...

19 Jun 2012

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...

17 Jun 2012

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...

10 Jun 2012

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...

9 Jun 2012

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...

8 Jun 2012

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...

5 Jun 2012

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...

4 Jun 2012

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...

1 Jun 2012

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...

30 May 2012

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...

28 May 2012

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...

24 May 2012

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...