Supre: Setting the standard for objectification of girls

4 Jun 2010

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Following ‘Santa’s Bitch’ and ‘Pussy Power ‘comes ‘High Beams’ Do you remember Supre’s ‘Santa’s Bitch’ t.shirts for tween girls at...

How we are screwing up boys with violence, porn, drugs and alcohol

2 Jun 2010

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What’s happening to our boys?: Maggie Hamilton’s new book When I first began turning my attention to the sexualisation of...

Ugly, jealous, desperate, old: The attempt to silence women who speak out

28 May 2010

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Abuse not Argument Today I reprint an important blog post from Dannielle Miller of Enlighten Education. Danni is passionate about...

AFL pulls plug on Hooters sponsorship of U16s: ‘at odds with AFL’s promotion of female equality’

26 May 2010

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Recently I wrote a post Boys, Babes and Balls: Hooters mascots for U16 boys footy about Hooters restaurant entering a...

Nickelodeon’s lessons for kids: stalking, shooting and sexual fantasies

24 May 2010

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This blog is reprinted with permission from Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood. Tell Nick: “Naughty” Games are Not...

Myley Cyrus conforms to the script

21 May 2010

MTR in the Media

How do you know when a teenage girl singer is now all grown up? What are the tell-tale signs that...

Pornification: Alison Caddick questions the mainstreaming of porn

19 May 2010

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The term ‘pornification’ has recently been given prominence in books by Melinda Tankard Reist and others. Naomi Klein has also...

Nandos: objectifying women to sell chicken

17 May 2010

MTR in the Media, News

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The egalitarian, global commodification of sexuality

16 May 2010

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Women, we’ve arrived. We’re equal now with men. The conditions for equality have been met. Am I talking about political,...

Revenge: Slash her face so no one will want her

14 May 2010

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More Reasons to Hate Lad’s Mags: Zoo advises spurned lover to slash ex girlfriend’s face I’ve written before about lad’s...

Too Young, Too Sexy. MTR on Today Tonight

13 May 2010

MTR in the Media, News

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The new global slave trade: anti-trafficking author Victor Malarek in Australia this month

12 May 2010

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There are some books which chill you to the core. The Natashas: Inside the new global sex trade (Arcade, NY,...