Page 55 – Melinda Tankard Reist

Women bloggers call for a stop to ‘hateful’ trolling by misogynist men

‘ Women are supposed to be sexual objects, we’re still not supposed to be thinking, feeling, complex human beings. It...

brothels, prostitution, sex industry, slavery, status of women, violence against women

10 Nov 2011

Selling women on virtual auction blocks: 19 y.o Chinese student ‘must be sold!’

Sydney escort agency trading in a woman’s vulnerability The Daily Telegraph reported Wednesday that a Sydney escort agency, My Out...

Big Porn Inc, collective shout, galvanize press, Melinda Tankard Reist, P*rnography

7 Nov 2011

Galvanize Press interviews MTR

Posted on Galvanize Press

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activism, advertising standards board, collective shout, Lynx, objectification, Rugby, sexism, Sexualisation

4 Nov 2011

ASB upholds complaints against Lynx ‘Rules of Rugby’ ad

Unilever complains Collective Shout encouraged complaints The Advertising Standards Board have upheld complaints against Lynx’s sexist ‘Rules of Rugby’ advertisement....

America Apparel, Caltex, city beach, collective shout, Cotton On, Diva, Factorie, General Pants, Glue Store, live, McDonalds/Fuelzone, mumbrella, Nando’s, New Generation, Rivers, Roger David, Supre, Surfstitch, Unilever, Universal

3 Nov 2011

Stop making sex objects of women and kids

In this guest post, Melinda Tankard Reist calls on advertisers to stop sexualising kids and objectifying women The ad industry...

Change.org, Diva, playboy

2 Nov 2011

Diva backs off: Change campaign declared a success

Here’s the announcement Change.org – who we have partnered with in our campaign against Diva – sent out to everyone...

7wonderlicious, Change.org, collective shout, collett smart, Diva, ines almeida, playboy

31 Oct 2011

Collective Shout activists tell Diva to Bin the Bunny

Collective Shout activists who hand-delivered our 6000+ signature petition to a number of stores over the weekend, met with a...

Change.org, Collect Shout, Diva, P*rnography, playboy

29 Oct 2011

Diva stop selling porno fashion chic to girls: petitions delivered in stores this weekend

Collective Shout supporters will deliver our 135-page Change.org petition containing 6000-plus signatures in Diva stores in various states this weekend....

Alison Grudy, Andrew Scipione, human rights, rape, sexual assault, status of women, violence against women

26 Oct 2011

Stop blaming women for being raped sexual assault psychologist appeals

The anti-rape pact we really need By Alison Grundy I am infuriated by the continued and deliberate misrepresentation of the...

Abigail Bray, Big Porn Inc, Helen Pringle, Julie Gale, Melinda Liszewski, Renate Klein, Spinifex Press, Susan Hawthorne

24 Oct 2011

Big Porn Inc launched in Sydney: ‘The seismic shift humanity needs’

The fourth and final launch of Big Porn Inc: Exposing the harms of the global porn industry took place in...

activism, Change, collective shout, Corporate Failings, Diva, P*rnography, playboy, porn harms, sex industry

19 Oct 2011

Diva: ‘Perhaps the most blatant example of consumer disregard we’ve come across’

‘Out of control…outdated damage control tactics…’ Fantastic post from Corporate Failings on Monday about Diva’s spectacular mis-management of the...

ABC, Betty McLennan, Big Porn Inc, Caroline Norma, Christine Jackman, Erica Bartle, girl with a satchel, Melinda Liszewski, P*rnography, porn harms, Robi Sonderrager, Scott Stephens, sex industry, Spinifex Press

18 Oct 2011

Big Porn Inc launched in Brisbane: 100 turn out to show support

One hundred friends and supporters gathered at Spoon Deli Cafe in East Brisbane Friday night to celebrate the Brisbane launch...