Tag: Big Porn Inc

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 the Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney, last Thursday. One hundred people attended and heard seven contributors speak about their chapters in the book: myself, co-editor Dr Abigail Bray, Spinifex Press  publishers Dr Susan Hawthorne and […]

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 of Big Porn Inc: Exposing the harms of the global porn industry (Spinifex Press). Five contributors spoke: myself, Dr Betty McLennan, Caroline Norma, Dr Robi Sonderegger and Melinda Liszewski. Scott Stephens, Editor of ABC Religion and […]

Selling women hatred as freedom: why porn is not liberating

Big Porn Inc contributors continue to get a significant run in the media. In the lead up to our Brisbane launch tonight, here are recent pieces by Dr Meagan Tyler, co-editor Dr Abigail Bray, and Dr Helen Pringle. Porn: Just a bit of harmless fun? Pornography is great. Just a bit of fun. It doesn’t […]

Tony Abbott and that porn calendar: not ‘oops’ or tacky but discrimination

Heather Horne and Helen Pringle on porn discrimination in the workplace Last week, Tony Abbott was photographed at a manufacturing company beneath a pornographic calendar image. In a piece titled ‘Naked truth: Factory life laid bare for Tony Abbott’ News.com concealed part of the woman-on-woman porn image with “Oops”. The reporter characterised it as an issue […]

ABC Editor Scott Stephens to launch Big Porn Inc in Brisbane October 14

Big Porn Inc celebrated in the West Big Porn Inc was launched at the W.A Parliament September 22, hosted by the Hon Kate Doust MP. and the Hon Nick Goiran MP. and supported by Minister for Mental Health Hon. Helen Morton, MP. Co-editor Abigail Bray and I addressed the audience of 60 people, along with […]

Petition launched to stop Diva pimping Playboy brand to girls: please sign today!

Why this is Important Diva is an Australian fashion jewellery retailer popular with young girls. Alongside items such as Winnie the Pooh charm bracelets, Disney Princess pendants and Cute Cupcakes Best Friends necklaces, Diva has now chosen to stock Playboy brand products. Playboy has succeeded in embedding its bunny logo on pencil cases, bed linen, […]

DIVA pimps Playboy to girls: Collective Shout calls for boycott

Keep the global brand of the porn industry off our girls – boycott Diva Playboy has been very clever with its marketing, establishing its brand on doona covers, pencil cases, wallets, keyrings, stationery, make-up, youth clothing ranges and even embedded into children’s movies such as Hop. I’ve written about this before. Now DIVA is the […]

Is porn wrecking your relationship? MTR in Just B magazine

In compiling ‘Big Porn Inc: Exposing the harms of the global pornography industry’, the raw and painful experiences of women had a significant impact on us. Men who think viewing porn is harmless – and that the women who care for them shouldn’t take it badly (after all, aren’t the women in porn just ‘fake’ […]

Rescuing sex from porn: Clive Hamilton

In June this year Hugh Hefner opened a new Playboy Club in London. When asked about the feminist demonstrators outside, Hefner said: “Playboy and the Playboy Clubs were the end of sexism.” The sad thing about this statement is that Hefner probably believes it. Hefner is at one with those postmodern radicals who believe girls […]

Time to start telling the truth about the porn industry

I thought I was coming to Australia for a mix of work and sightseeing. Well, I was correct about the work part, but missed seeing your beautiful country since I spent much of my time holed up in the studios of ABC. My book Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality, was, thanks to the […]

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