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 […]
Serial offenders Diva quietly restock Playboy jewellery at discounted prices Last year we learned that retailer Diva was selling Playboy accessories– including Playmate of the month themes- to young girls in stores around the country. In response, we circulated a petition that received over 8000 signatures within weeks and generated substantial media attention. Diva quietly […]
UK Glamour Magazine has included Suri Cruise in its annual list of the world’s “Best Dressed Women” Up there with Samantha Cameron and Alexa Chung, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’ daughter is rated number 21 – ahead of Lady Gaga and Sarah Jessica Parker. Suri Cruise is 5 years old. This little ‘fashion icon’ still […]
Sexualisation, violence, commercialisation, commodification: Right to Childhood conference hears evidence of harm to children The Right to Childhood conference last Friday at Sydney’s Wesley Centre was a wake-up call to a society hell bent on forcing children to be exposed to imagery and messages which wreak havoc on their physical and mental health. Initiated by […]
