Caroline Taylor, child sexual assault, crime, DSM, pedophilia, psychiatry, rape, Salon, violence
25 Aug 2011
‘Is it possible the DSM could become the book of appeasement, refuting questions of morality and legal culpability with regard...
channel 7 sunrise, Frockwriter, Hailey Clauson, Jason Lee Parry, objectification, Patty Huntington, Roger David, Sexualisation, underage models, Urban Outfitters
24 Aug 2011
“If underage models continue to appear in these kinds of photoshoots, it is solely because adults have enabled them” Parents...
female images, female musicians, media representations, objectification, popular culture, Rolling Stone, Science Daily, Sexualisation, status of women
22 Aug 2011
“A decisive narrowing of media representations of women” A new study by Erin Hatton, PhD, and Mary Nell Trautner, PhD,...
Advertising, children, fashion, Jours Aprés Lunes, lingerie, objectification, Sexualisation
19 Aug 2011
Today a guest post from Jane Hollier. Jane, 23, is nearing the end of her Media degree at Charles Sturt...
advertising standards board, Britain, New Love Club, objectification, porn t.shirts, Roger David, sexual slavery, Sexualisation, status of women, trafficking, violence against women
18 Aug 2011
An “ironic patriotic comment on capitalist recruitment and identity” says Roger David. In January last year I wrote about how...
equality, Human Rights Commission, objectification, P*rnography, say no to porn t shirts, Sexualisation, status of women, violence against women
15 Aug 2011
HRC needs to take stronger action on images which contribute to harassment and excuse violence Last month I wrote about...
advertising standards board, Keep Australia Beautiful, objectification, sexist, The body beautiful bar, Vitaco
11 Aug 2011
This worth reprinting from Collective Shout’s site. This campaign isn’t about health, it’s about employing sexist advertising to flog a...
adultification, beauty industry, Channel 7 The Morning Show, Dr Robyn Silverman, fashion, Sexualisation, Thylane Loubry Blondeau, Vogue
9 Aug 2011
You’ve probably already heard about 10-year-old French model Thylane Loubry Blondeau and the controversy over the way she is being...
Advertising, advertising standards bureau, billboards, collective shout, objectification, outdoor advertising, status of women, Tool Shop
8 Aug 2011
Last month Channel 7’s Morning Show asked me to comment on the Tool Shop’s Queensland billboard depicting three women with...
Abigail Bray, Big Porn Inc, P*rnography, porn harms, prostitution, sex industry, sex slavery, Spinifex Press, trafficking
24 Jul 2011
Big Porn Inc: Exposing the Harms of the Global Pornography Industry Melinda Tankard Reist and Abigail Bray (eds) Forthcoming Release—September...
brothels, Caroline Norma, Coalition Against Trafficking in Women, exploitation, Newsweek, prostitution, sex trade, Sydney Morning Herald, trafficking, violence against women
21 Jul 2011
Addressing the myths of the prostituted Asian woman On July 3 the Sydney Morning Herald ran an article titled ‘Low...
lady gaga, objectification, P*rnography, sexulisation, teens, violence
20 Jul 2011
THE ACTIVIST MELINDA TANKARD REIST When Lady Gaga toured here last year with Monster Ball, young girls were treated to...
