28 Jul 2025

“We have a much more empowered and calm school” Amazing feedback from multi-state school tour!

I’ve received some wonderful feedback following engagements with students, staff, parents and community across multiple states so far this year...

6 May 2025

Adolescence: It’s time for Katie’s story

Spare a thought for Katie Melinda Tankard Reist “Do you know what I don’t like about all this? The perpetrator...

6 May 2025

Behind the Classroom Door, sexual harassment is becoming routine

Content warning: This article discusses sexual violence. I had always wanted to be a teacher. I’ve only been in the...

18 Dec 2024

MTR 2024 Highlights

15k students reached, 34 Collective Shout victories, landmark sexual harassment report released, Global Impact award: my whirlwind year! As 2024...

10 Dec 2024

Secondary Schools and a duty of care to keep students safe from harmful s*xual behaviours: MTR + Maha Melhem on Children’s Law podcast

The ‘Best Interests Children’s Law’, podcast aims to “raise awareness about the rights and interests of children – one conversation at...

30 Nov 2024

“Powerful and transformative…I wholeheartedly recommend Melinda and Marshall to any school”

I was delighted to receive this wonderful endorsement from Shire Christian School, NSW, following a recent engagement as part of...

30 Nov 2024

“It’s out of control…it’s insidious…it’s not okay!” Sexual Harassment of Teachers Report

Publishers: Collective Shout and Maggie Dent Editors: Melinda Tankard Reist and Maha Melhem A couple of years ago, we found...

9 Feb 2024

Harmful sexual behaviours in schools: How should educators respond? 

Leading child safeguarding expert Maha Melhem joins MTR in staff professional development For many years in my engagements in schools...

5 Jul 2023

Porn’s grooming starts young: MTR Eureka Street essay

When the moaning stops: How porn is damaging young people In July last year, Eureka Street editors asked me to...

4 Aug 2022

‘He Chose P*rn Over Me’- Women Harmed By Men Who Use P*rn global launch

Robert Jensen launches book, contributors speak of trauma – and rebuilding My new book ‘He Chose P*rn Over Me’: Women...

13 Jun 2022

“It makes my skin crawl”: sexual moaning rise in schools

Schools must act urgently to address routine sexual harassment of female students and teachers It was one year ago during...

3 Apr 2022

‘The eroticising of child sexual abuse and exploitation is happening in plain sight’. MTR essay on on-line harms to young people in CASE quarterly

Melinda Tankard Reist has spent the past decade exposing the sexualisation of girls and women by corporations and advertisers, campaigning...