The shame is not with young women’s sexuality but with a culture that teaches them that is their only value Melinda Tankard Reist Everywhere girls turn they absorb messages which tell them their value and worth is in their sexual allure and their ability to attract sexual attention. Messages from media and popular culture tell […]
‘CSR begins with men growing a conscience’ – Lyn Swanson Kennedy writes for Mumbrella Earlier this month at Mumbrella360, Scentre Group’s customer experience director, Phil McAveety, spoke about Westfield malls as “living centres”. Lyn Swanson Kennedy was angry. Collective Shout has been petitioning Scentre’s CEO to stop Honey Birdette’s “porn-themed window displays” for 18 months. […]
Sexual harassment will not be reduced if drivers of harassment including sexualised and objectified portrayals of women remain continue unabated Shopping centres facilitate objectification of women Collective Shout made a submission to The Australian Human Rights Commission National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces. We commended the Commission for investigating this very serious violation […]
Free from ‘toxic chemicals.’ Not free from toxic messages Last week, 15 girls aged 14-16, and involved with Fusion Mornington Peninsula’s Real Girls program, took on Australian make-up and skincare brand Frank Body over its lip and cheek ‘Send Nudes’ product. Fusion Mornington Peninsula June 7 at 5:50pm Dear Frank Body, I am speaking on […]
Company apologises for ‘error’ after outcry including from eating disorder specialists It’s so good to be able to share another win with supporters. This one thanks to 13-year-old Melbourne teen Naomi, who spotted this billboard advertising the DFO at Morabbin Airport in Melbourne. Naomi told her mother, long time supporter Gloria Anderson, who texted me […]
Gone in 24 hours. But why does this keep happening? Well that was quick. On Tuesday afternoon I posted on my social media pages this hoodie for primary school aged boys. It was found in the Canberra outlet store of surf style chain shop Quiksilver, which describes itself as ‘The World’s Leader in Snow and […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“If empowerment is our goal, we won’t find it within the commercial interests of companies like Honey Birdette” By Caitlin Roper Ryan Gosling gets it. As his character asserts in the 2011 film Crazy, Stupid, Love, “The war between the sexes is over. We won the second women started doing pole dancing for exercise.” It’s […]
Sign our petition! Maccas wants to be seen as a family-friendly restaurant and claims to care about the communities in which its global restaurant chains do business. But is that true when these are among some of the images playing on a music video loop in stores throughout Australia? Why do our kids have to […]
