Collective Shout are very pleased to report that we have successfully defended our movement against legal threats from Sexpo, with the Federal Court in Brisbane dismissing an application brought against Collective Shout by Sexpo Limited. Sexpo Limited was also ordered to pay Collective Shout’s costs. It was in May 2017 that we were alerted to […]
‘Every line of resistance matters’ – Dr Emma Rush When the Australian Association of National Advertisers announced this week that it was updating its Code of Ethics to better reflect concerns about the inadequacy of the advertising (self) regulatory system and wording of the code, we welcomed the change as good news and a long […]
We will continue to #boycottWestfield Despite 58,000 signatures on a change.org petition to its CEOs, a national day of boycott held Friday, a deluge of phone calls, emails and social media posts, and significant risk of loss of reputation and brand damage, Westfield continue to absolve itself of responsibility for the advertising behaviour of tenant […]
Time to act on Honey Birdette’s repeat offences I spoke with Ben Fordham on Radio 2GB yesterday about the repeat corporate offender Honey Birdette, the sex shop masquerading as a lingerie store in family shopping malls. We at Collective Shout have been campaigning against Honey Birdette for a number of years. Now the pressure is […]
A young woman takes on fashion retailer for objectifying a woman for profit On September 8, a young Sydney woman, Mimi Batwolf, wrote on the Facebook wall of Australian fashion retailer General Pants, to tell them what she thought of their latest advertising image: The comments on her post show the contempt a significant […]
Two special articles by two special women – friends and colleagues I have had the privilege of working alongside for quite a few years now. First, Laura McNally, our gutsy new operations manager at Collective Shout, exposes the degradation fest that is Sexpo – and how it’s porny ads are being pimped to kids on […]
Strippers, sex hotlines, nudity — explicit images are being splashed across our kid’s school buses. Right now, buses are picking up school kids with these inappropriate ads for the upcoming adult sex event, Sexpo! As a mum of three young kids who regularly use public transport for school and sporting activities, I was appalled to […]
One of the tactics predators use to groom children for sexual abuse is exposing them to pornography. Yet the Ad Standards Board permits the sex industry to target children in advertisements for pornography and prostitution services. The ASB gives free rein to the sex industry to advertise sexual services in public spaces, including areas frequented […]
Content Warning: Some content including in this post may be distressing, but it is content the ASB is promoting to your children. If an adult gave your child a Hustler magazine, what would you do? Perhaps contacting the police might be an appropriate response. But what if the adult was the Advertising Standards Board, and […]
Are we OK with games that allow kids to perform eye lifts and nose jobs? Melinda Tankard Reist A large needle is jabbed into the lips of a young girl. Instantly they become sausage-shaped. Another girl, oxygen mask over her mouth, has her nose cut into with a scalpel. A larger-sized girl in saggy underwear […]
Last year Western Australian Tavern The Sixty30 made an application to vary existing trading conditions to allow topless waitresses. Along with other members of the community and the Commissioner of Police, we lodged an objection on the basis that: The use of women’s bodies in sexual entertainment and services is a form of prostitution Sexual […]
The objectification of women is so unremarkable in advertising and popular culture that it’s sometimes hard to envisage what an alternative might look like. Is it possible to advertise lingerie or swimwear without objectifying women, we are asked? Is objectification in the amount of flesh revealed, or is it more than that? Where is the […]
