There are some books which chill you to the core. The Natashas: Inside the new global sex trade (Arcade, NY, 2003) by award-winning Canadian journalist Victor Malarek is one such book. A brutal expose of the lucrative trade in the flesh of women and girls from Eastern Europe, The Natashas is a testament to human […]
The commodification of sexuality ‘Veronica’ is a 21-year-old Australian woman who has taken up film director-cum-pimp Justin Sisley’s offer to auction her virginity for his film. “I need to do something with my life” is one of the justifications she gives here: [vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/11616540[/vimeo] Being paraded in a meat-market style display in a Nevada brothel in […]
Lindsay Lohan goes with the (blood) flow [Trigger warning. Images of violence, self-harm] It seems nothing is off limits to be sexified for the purposes of grabbing attention and flogging stuff, whether it be a company’s products, a music video, or reviving a celebrity’s flagging career. Glamourising violence against women as sexy is the latest […]
Advertising aimed at children exploits their developmental inability to spot deception or to distinguish between fantasy and reality. It exploits their trust and manipulates their natural need to belong, to be loved and to feel worthwhile in order to sell products. On October 4 last year I had the pleasure of launching Adproofing Your Kids: […]
Plus: Grand Theft auto gamer’s instruction video for best way to murder prostituted women And Calvin Klein’s new men’s underwear ad: No, we don’t want to see your d—k. Elizabeth at My Milk Spilt, whose piece on Facebook and violence against women I published here the other day, has now written about an experience she had […]
Psychologist Lydia Turner has written another significant guest blog, this time dissecting the weight loss show The Biggest Loser, and arguing that a weight-based approach can never provide long-lasting health outcomes. The Biggest Loser: A Danger to Health The time to expose the dangers of the popular weight loss show The Biggest Loser is […]
Came across this on Girl w/ Pen. These tips put the responsibility where it should be: 1. Don’t put drugs in people’s drinks in order to control their behavior. 2. When you see someone walking by themselves, leave them alone! 3. If you pull over to help someone with car problems, remember not to assault […]
The Wall Street Journal JANUARY 8, 2010 Rights Court Raises Sex-Trafficking Oversight By PAULA PARK The European Court of Human Rights ruled for the first time since it was created in 1998 that sex trafficking is a violation of antislavery conventions, in the case of a 20-year-old Russian woman who died two weeks after she […]
