The disparaging and belittling of mothers: on mother shaming in sexualisation debate

‘How dare the elite media and privileged individuals who think themselves superior to the average mother, deride mothers and imply they’re not eligible for a view on how society should be improved?’ Caroline Norma The articles last week in New Matilda (Trixie Wellington), Crikey (Helen Razer) and ABC Unleashed (Lauren Rosewarne) were so nasty and […]

Collective Shout win against A Serbian Film: Review Board reverses decision

Film depicting extreme sexual violence now banned On September 14, Collective Shout made a submission to the Classification Review Board, calling for a review of the Classification Board’s April decision to grant the film an R18+ rating. We described scenes of extreme sexual violence against a child and against women. “A Serbian Film contains depictions […]

Back to school: the perfect time to legitimise sexual interest in little girls

Return to school special at Melbourne sex shop Blackboard, schoolbooks, pencils, apple. You associate these things with children right? Children in classrooms, children learning, children bringing an apple for the teacher. Not the sort of things you would usually associate with a sex shop. The “Love Play” adult store in St Kilda, Melbourne, has no […]