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We must follow France and put an end to exploitation

If Tracy Connelly were alive today and living in France, it’s possible she might have found a way out of...

Advertising, beauty, body image, bullying, carers, Dolly, drugs, fashion, Generation Next, Girlfriend, ice, marijuana, mental health, teen girls mags, teens, young carers

14 Dec 2013

Dolly commended for highlighting the life of young carers

In 147 pages of beauty and fashion shopping, advice and advertising , along with tips on catching your “crush” this...

Brospherism, cyber bullying, LFL, online abuse, sexism, sexual harassment, Social media, status of women, trolls, Twitter, Tyler the Creator, Van Badham, villification, violence against women, Women’s Agenda

11 Dec 2013

‘I bloody hate u bitch’: more fan mail from the Brosphere

This message from a special fan landed in my public profile Facebook inbox this morning. I won’t include his name,...

Change.org, Channel 7, collective shout, equality, Legends Football League, LFL, LFL Facebook, Lingerie Football League, NRL, Penrith Panthers, sport, status of women, women in sport

10 Dec 2013

Best On Show: LFL fans slobber over player’s bums on Facebook

Pick your favourite arse by number We continue to be sold a line by the promoters and profiteers of Legends...

Daily Edition, jingle my bells, Sexualisation, Supre, women's weekly

10 Dec 2013

‘Jingle My Bells’ tee: Supre encourages sexual harassment of girls

Supre must withdraw slogan shirts that sexualise and degrade girls Click here to Sign the petition! Collective Shout has started...

Brisbane Times, camp 14, Canberra Times, escape from camp 14, human rights, human rights violations, kim il sung, kim jong-un, michael kirby, north korea, shin dong-hyuk, the sun-herald, the sunday age, totalitarianism, un commission of inquiry into north korea

1 Dec 2013

Horrors of North Korea’s prison camps must be exposed

A small and very hungry girl is searched by her teacher, who finds five grains of wheat in her pocket....

Advertising, christmas shopping, collective shout, cross'em off your xmas list, marketing, retail

29 Nov 2013

Cross’em off your Xmas list!

Collective Shout’s list of Corporate offenders for 2013 As published at Collective Shout The festive season is here. You only...

beauty industry, body image, fashion, Girlfriend, girlfriend magazine, marketing, Sexualisation

28 Nov 2013

Drugs, depression and dealing with embarrassing parents: Girlfriend November 2013

Girlfriend and Dolly can be commended this year for taking strong stands on alcohol and drugs. This issue of GF...

‘I have lost count of how many women have told me they have been raped. All of the rapists have gotten away with it while the women are burdened with years of unspeakable shame and self-hatred’ –an explosive new manifesto against rape culture

‘Misogyny Reloaded’ by Abigail Bray In 2011 Dr Abigail Bray, a researcher and writer now living in the South of...

abuse, collective shout, football, gridiron, LFL, misogyny, sexism, status of women, violence against women, women in sport

20 Nov 2013

Opposed to Lingerie Football? You must be fat and ugly

Another example of the abuse women receive for speaking out By Caitlin Roper Last week, The Australian newspaper reported that...

Fairfax, rape, relationships, sex, sexual assault, SMH, status of women, Sun Herald, teen girls, violence against women

18 Nov 2013

I felt I was there to fulfil his needs: girls speak out about sexual pressure

MTR column Sunday Molly, 16, (at their request, only first names are used) was asleep in the home of a...

body image, Dolly, Girls, pregnancy, Teen pregnancy

18 Nov 2013

Pregnant and punished: Dolly and teen pregnancy

‘What it’s really like to be a teen mum’ starts off: ‘Babies might seem cute, but having one of your...