What a year! Our team is tired…but elated. This year has seen us achieve some of our biggest wins in our 10-year history: and you helped us do it. Here are some of our wins and highlights from 2019: Following our campaign calling on 7-Eleven to withdraw unrestricted pornographic magazines that sexualise teen girls and […]
Free from ‘toxic chemicals.’ Not free from toxic messages Last week, 15 girls aged 14-16, and involved with Fusion Mornington Peninsula’s Real Girls program, took on Australian make-up and skincare brand Frank Body over its lip and cheek ‘Send Nudes’ product. Fusion Mornington Peninsula June 7 at 5:50pm Dear Frank Body, I am speaking on […]
Company apologises for ‘error’ after outcry including from eating disorder specialists It’s so good to be able to share another win with supporters. This one thanks to 13-year-old Melbourne teen Naomi, who spotted this billboard advertising the DFO at Morabbin Airport in Melbourne. Naomi told her mother, long time supporter Gloria Anderson, who texted me […]
Collective Shout successfully defends movement against Sexpo legal threat MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 24 APRIL 2018 The Federal Court in Brisbane today dismissed an application brought against Collective Shout by Sexpo Limited, over a campaign by Collective Shout calling for the removal of porn ads from the sides of buses on which children travelled […]
Today I head to the US to speak in LA, Washington and Philadelphia. In LA I’ll be addressing a gathering of abolitionists connected with the Salvos. Then to Washington to address the Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Global Summit, April 4-7, run by my friends at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation. From there to […]
‘The sexual objectification of women for profit is in direct contradiction to efforts to eradicate the exploitation of women’ Pic: Sailor Brinkley Cook Instagram By Caitlin Roper The #MeToo movement has taken the world by storm, exposing the endemic exploitation and abuse of women and girls by men across a range of industries. The social […]
Gone in 24 hours. But why does this keep happening? Well that was quick. On Tuesday afternoon I posted on my social media pages this hoodie for primary school aged boys. It was found in the Canberra outlet store of surf style chain shop Quiksilver, which describes itself as ‘The World’s Leader in Snow and […]
‘The laser focused Melinda Tankard Reist offers the key to her unwavering purpose, so that we can unlock our own’ What a pleasure it was to be interviewed by dynamo Karen James, a former banking executive who turned her back on it all to help others find their purpose. Founder of the On Purpose Hub, […]
“I don’t know any woman whose own personal sexuality drives her to be with a succession of strangers, catering to these strange men’s desires while struggling to uphold the very minimum of safety precautions, until we are sore, raw, swollen, chaffing, and torn. This is not consent, this is coercion. This is not sex work, […]
Very encouraging to see large numbers of men condemning UltraTune for its ultra sexist ads. As published by Collective Shout
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 […]
Julien Blanc was deported. Why are his mates allowed in? Remember the time in 2014 we combined to get U.S ‘pick-up’ artist Julien Blanc booted out of Australia for promoting violence against women? We’d succeeded in persuading venues who had booked him to cancel. He then sneakily tried to hold his nasty little seminar on a […]
