Media Release Grassroots campaigning movement Collective Shout has captured images of children participating in Easter activities being exposed to porn-themed shop front displays in WA shopping centres. Vicinity Centres-owned Galleria Morley and AMP Capital-managed Karrinyup Centre invited children to ‘Meet the Easter Bunny’ have their faces painted and hunt for Easter eggs within metres of […]
‘As a parent, we worry most about sex offenders exploiting and abusing our children in private spaces…But it’s not individual strangers who are corrupting our boys…It’s a billion dollar industry, intent on finding the next generation of customers at increasingly younger ages’– Jas Rawlinson Brisbane-based freelance writer, mental health advocate and author of the recently […]
Youth advocate shares views on the sexualisation of our kids [UPDATE] OPEN INVITATION – Parents and Community Session Hosted by Coolum Beach Christian College This is a free event with child minding provided. Click here for more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/680485449009905 As published in the Sunshine Coast Daily SUNSHINE Coast parents and carers who wonder if their children are growing […]
[UPDATED] Cinemas respond We are writing to you in regards to the children’s film Show Dogs, due for release 5 July. Upon its release in the US, it attracted substantial criticism from parents and child advocates over concerns of “grooming” children for sexual abuse. The film tells the story of a police dog going undercover […]
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 […]
“Every time you spend money, you’re casting a vote for the kind of world you want” – Anna Lappe There are too many companies who want you to think they care about corporate social responsibility (CSR) when they clearly don’t. Every year we collate a list of the worst for you to send a message […]
‘I shaved my pubic hair and became highly sexual…my innocence was stolen from me’ Jemima (her real name withheld by request) is a 19 year old university student living in Melbourne. At age 10 she saw pornography for the first time. Her life began to unravel, culminating in sexual assault by a group of teen […]
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 […]
Honey Birdette stores are not a powerful look for women Susie O’Brien November 13, 2017 WHAT are “pleasure parlours” packed with raunchy lingerie, sex toys and bondage items such as whips, paddles, bridles and harnesses doing in the middle of mainstream shopping centres? I don’t blame one Melbourne father for objecting this week to the […]
I can’t get the images out of my head: I reported him to try to save the child victims… Dr Rachel Carling-Jenkins, 42, was first elected as a Democratic Labor Party member in Victoria in 2014, resigning from the DLP this year and joining the Australian Conservatives. Her background is in the welfare sector and […]
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 […]
