Following publication of my ABC piece ‘Consent education does not stand a chance against pornography’, I have been interviewed for a number of ABC programs and podcasts. ABC Religion and Ethics Report March 17 MTR talking sexual assault, harassment, coercion and the role of pornography as a contributing driver of violence against women with host Andrew […]
Book now for 2021! I am so pleased to see new speaking engagements coming in for 2021, after having lost most of my work in 2020. I will never take them for granted again! A special bonus is that I now have a young man working with me, a natural speaker with a special message […]
It will be wonderful to be able to return to Toowoomba, QLD, and Adelaide and Murray Bridge, S.A, to address students, teachers and parents in October and November. Toowoomba Parents, carers, teachers and guardians are invited to the event below this Monday, kindly hosted by The Glennie School, at which I have had the pleasure […]
Confronting the harmful impacts of porn on boys: and encouraging them to aspire to healthy relationships When I first heard the name ‘Richie Hardcore’ I thought maybe he was an ex porn ‘star’ now going ‘hard’ against porn. Turned out it was his ring (fighting) name and related to a sub-genre of punk music. A […]
‘We must make sure that we are raising young men who know that it is unacceptable (and illegal) to have sex with someone who is too drunk to consent and empower them to stand up to those who think that behaviour is okay’ Paul Dillon is Australia’s foremost authority on the impact of alcohol and […]
Madonna turns her back on the cause of women In exposing the breast of a 17-year-old fan, Madonna sets back campaigns for respect and consent There were the tired and predictable sexual props. The pole dancing. The sexualised dancers dressed as nuns. The on-stage spanking by her dancers, crew and band (all 19 of them) […]
He’s sexist and we know it: Collective Shout campaign called on Foo to be dumped Collective Shout’s Jas Swilks launched a campaign through Change.org late last year calling on Channel 7 to drop singerand X-Factor judge Red Foo, for his appalling rape culture fuelling song ‘Literally I Can’t’. The Change petition read in part: RedFoo […]
This isn’t an issue of personal taste but taking responsibility for harm done to real women News.com reports last tonight that Redfoo has ‘apologised’ to his fans after the backlash to his new track Literally I can’t (also see here). The message was posted on his Facebook page this yesterday afternoon. The message was for his […]
Read this. It is a thing of great beauty. Reprinted with permission See also: He’s sexist and we know it: Calling on X Factor to cut ties with Redfoo and make a stand against rape culture Redfoo threatens to sue Melbourne blogger
Sign the petition, tell Channel 7’s X Factor there’s no place on their show for men who promote rape culture and to cut ties with Redfoo Jas Swilks/Collective Shout “You’re an annoying slut cos you’re talking” – Red Foo RedFoo has just released his new collaboration with Lil Jon, Play-N-Skillz and Enertia McFly ‘; named […]
Over exposure is making teens pawns to porn A 15-year-old boy confided in me after I addressed his class at a Sydney school last year. He cried as he told me he had been using porn since the age of nine. He didn’t have a social life, had few friends, had never had a girlfriend. […]
Who says female corpses aren’t sexy? Two dead women in lingerie swing back and forth from the ceiling from a chain around their necks. Two young women are slumped on a silk-sheeted bed, like corseted lifeless mannequins. A man advances on them. His intentions are clear. Another woman in fetishized clothing lies spread-eagled on […]
