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#pornharmskids, child sexual abuse, children, P*rnography, rape, rape culture, relationships, sexual assault, violence against women, young people

31 Jan 2016

Symposium Feb 9 Sydney to examine porn and young people public health crisis

Symposium to hear evidence of online porn harms to children Sydney – Leading academics, educators and child advocates are set...

Banishing the Beasts: The Slick Misogyny of U.S. Pick-up Artists Not Welcome Here

Melinda Tankard Reist Yesterday, American “pick-up” artist and “executive dating coach” Jeff (Jeffy) Allen had his Australian visa revoked by...

Jeff Allen impersonates being ‘retarded’ and drives a ‘rape van’ to pick up women. Now he’s touring Australia to teach men his tricks.

Julien Blanc was deported. Why are his mates allowed in? Remember the time in 2014 we combined to get U.S...

#fhritp, ABC Religion & Ethics, Channel 10, Chris Gale, everydaysexism, Jamie Briggs, Mel Mclaughlin, Melbourne Renegades, misogyny, Peter Dutton, sexism, sexual harassment, sport, violence against women, women in sport

6 Jan 2016

Why cricketer Chris Gayle must be called out on sexism: MTR on ABC

No, Chris Gayle, We Won’t ‘Move On’ from your Nationally Televised Sexism Melinda Tankard Reist – 5 Jan 2016 To...

#madfuckingwitch, channel 7 sunrise, Jaime Briggs, male entitlement, ministerial code of conduct, MTR, Peter Dutton, sexual harassment

5 Jan 2016

MTR comments on Briggs, Dutton on Sunrise program

I’d pretty much just stepped off the beach at Mount Martha (VIC), arrived home, barely had time to drag a...

ABC Religion and Ethics, ABC2, Laura McNally, Laura Pintur, misogyny, P*rnography, prostitution, rape, rape culture, sex industry, sexism, trafficking, TripleJHack, violence against women

16 Dec 2015

The ABC’s sex industry promotion

Last week I was one of 12 panelists on the ABC2 program ‘Australians on Porn’. I’d had my hesitations about...

20 Nov 2015

Cross ’em off your Christmas list: Our 2015 list of corporate sexploitation offenders

It’s that time of year again! As the Christmas season draws near, companies are competing for your business. Now is...

19 Nov 2015

How I found my voice as an activist through Twitter

Gemma Ruth Wilson Here are my top 10 tips for getting the most of Twitter, as an individual or as...

Chemist Warehouse forced to remove ‘virgin’ sex toy

Company slammed for aiding sexual fantasies for young girls On Tuesday night, young Melbourne supporter (and kayaking buddy) Verity Thompson...

Feeling Special: Zoo’s last issue and Tyler’s new song dedicated to us

Tyler’s ‘F—k It: a tantrum set to music It’s not every day you get a magazine and a song dedicated...

ABC Religion and Ethics, Anne Summers, can we reclaim the word slut, feminism, Feminist Current, fgm, Laura McNally, liberal feminism, Meghan Murphy, Nimko Ali, prostitution, sex industry, trafficking

13 Oct 2015

McNally and Murphy expose ‘feminist’ whitewashing of the sex trade and how SlutWalk fails us

Re-branding exploitation as choice ...

ABC 4 Corners, ISIS, rape, rape as a weapon of war, sexual slavery, trafficking, violence against women

13 Oct 2015

Rescuing the slaves of ISIS: a must-see documentary

This is what bravery looks like Now and then you see a documentary that stops you in your tracks. ‘Escape...