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 […]
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 […]
As published at Collective Shout Earlier this year UltraTune launched its new series of television commercials which attracted substantial criticism from the broader community. UltraTune opted to screen their ads during the Australian Open while families were watching the tennis. You can read about them in our earlier blog post here. We encouraged people to lodge a complaint with the […]
More comedy gold from the ASB: except we’re not laughing [UPDATED] It’s no secret that the advertising industry’s preferred model of regulation, self-regulation, has failed. Despite various government inquiries exploring the many flaws in the current system, as well as condemnation from child health professionals and the Australian Medical Association (AMA) the advertising industry has been […]
People power forces Wicked Campers to withdraw misogynistic marketing Wicked Campers withdraws sexist slogans from vans after 110,000-strong change.org petition; petition starter Paula Orbea says it’s a “people powered win against sexism” The campervan company at the centre of a people-powered revolt over sexist van slogans has today issued an apology and committed to reviewing […]
Wicked assigns women and girls to a place of inferiority: Dr Helen Pringle …Wicked Campers is a serial offender at the Advertising Standards Bureau (ASB), which has formally considered dozens of complaints against the company since 2008. What is most striking over that time is that the ASB has completely failed to counter the campaign of derision […]
Thousands support Sydney mother’s petition against misogynistic Wicked Campers. Wicked Campers are known for their campervans emblazoned with sexist and demeaning slogans.We’ve written about them before. One of our supporters, blogger and activist Paula Orbea, decided she had had enough after her young daughter was exposed to a certain van while out with her grandparents. She […]
