“Apocalypse” and “Cage Fight on Crack!” – these were two of the many twitter predictions for Monday night’s ABC Q&A, with myself, Germaine Greer, Barnaby Joyce, Paul Barry and Joe Hildebrand on the panel. Another person predicted Germaine Greer would rip the arms off Barnaby Joyce and beat the rest of the panel with them. […]
‘Anyone interested in how ideas of free speech operate to defend an industry that causes serious harm to women and children will find compelling arguments and disturbing information in this book’ – Bookseller and Publisher The contentious topic of pornography has received increased public attention recently, due to the appearance of anti-porn activist Gail Dines […]
‘The central issue about pornography for a woman on the left like me is sexual subordination and how to end it’ Opponents of pornography are prudes, moralisers, hung up about sex and want to put all women in burqas . Right? Not exactly. Dr Helen Pringle tackles these weary and predictable stereotypes in a piece […]
These pictures demonstrate why it’s not a good idea to leave me in a television studio in front of a camera on my own… As Neil McMahon tweeted: My friends have amused themselves with references to leaning towers and lefties. The topic is not quite as amusing. You can see the interview here. I’m at the […]
Our new book, Big Porn Inc: Exposing the Harms of the Global Porn Industry, documents the proliferation and normalisation of pornography, the way it has become a global industry and a global ideology, and how it is shaping our world and the harm this causes. The global pornography industry is expected to reach US$100 billion […]
Big Porn Inc: Exposing the Harms of the Global Pornography Industry Melinda Tankard Reist and Abigail Bray (eds) Forthcoming Release—September 2011 … our primary concern with pornography is not that it is offensive (although it often is), but that it is subordination and degradation—mostly of women. It is a human rights issue. The unprecedented mainstreaming […]
