Ryk Goddard interviews MTR on links between Fifty Shades and violence against women A coalition of organisations combating abuse want you donate $50 rather than watch 50 Shades darker. Melinda Tankard Reist explains where the lines are between romance, fantasy and the facts. See also: Nothing says true love like getting a belting and being […]
Violence is the New Black: Fifty Shades and the Glamorisation of Abuse Melinda Tankard Reist ABC Religion and Ethics 9 Feb 2017 “Every fairy tale has a dark side.” That’s the motto of the just released film Fifty Shades Darker, the second in the trilogy of films adapted from E.L. James’s Fifty Shades pulp fiction […]
Melinda Tankard Reist Yesterday, American “pick-up” artist and “executive dating coach” Jeff (Jeffy) Allen had his Australian visa revoked by Immigration Minister Peter Dutton. Allen’s tour – part of a Real Social Dynamics (RSD) global roadshow – was billed as “Meet Jeffy.” Those concerned about rising rates of violence against women and the callous mistreatment […]
No, Chris Gayle, We Won’t ‘Move On’ from your Nationally Televised Sexism Melinda Tankard Reist – 5 Jan 2016 To sporting news now, and West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle has found closure from an incident this week in which he propositioned a female sports reporter live on air. After making a pass at Channel Ten […]
By Renate Klein and Susan Hawthorne Since the publication of Rachael Hills’s article “Who’s Afraid of Melinda Tankard Reist” (and see her reflections two weeks later) at least ten on-line and print media articles have joined in a public dissection and commentary along the lines of, “she’s a conservative religious fundamentalist” and “she’s pro-life and […]
