Two special articles by two special women – friends and colleagues I have had the privilege of working alongside for quite a few years now. First, Laura McNally, our gutsy new operations manager at Collective Shout, exposes the degradation fest that is Sexpo – and how it’s porny ads are being pimped to kids on […]
Last week I was one of 12 panelists on the ABC2 program ‘Australians on Porn’. I’d had my hesitations about participating, the producers assured me of fair treatment and a serious discussion how porn was shaping sexual attitudes and behaviours. What transpired was a wank fest and sex industry promotion. We saw and heard from […]
Re-branding exploitation as choice “The realisation that on issues related to poverty and sexual exploitation, there is no solidarity from Australian feminists… “…I had wrongly assumed that those leading the charge against sexism would examine how ethnocentrism […]
Two of my favourite women writers were published in ABC Religion and Ethics on the same day this week. Dr Helen Pringle (long time collaborator and contributor to Big Porn Inc) and talented emerging young writer Laura McNally, who I’ve published here a number of times before. Both are contributors to the new Connor Court […]
Who thinks of such things? A long-sleeve Christmas T-Shirt, with festive motifs, adorning the word ‘Rape’, the word itself made from candy canes. A petition has been launched to get CafePress not only to take it down but to pre-vet products before they are sold. Cafe Press also features in Collective Shout’s annual Cross Ém […]
‘At least Emma isn’t advocating for sex predators. At least Emma isn’t advocating for pedophiles. At least Emma isn’t advocating for men who produce violent pornography. At least Emma isn’t advocating for human traffickers. At least Emma is advocating for women’ By Laura McNally Emma Watson’s speech at the UN has made headlines worldwide. […]
Agency is magic and so is twerking By Laura McNally Another day, another article arguing that criticism of sexualization and objectification is proof that men are afraid of women’s expressed sexuality and that women are jealous. What an innovative, groundbreaking notion. A recent article at Huffington Post defends a twerking video model, Amber Rose, posted […]
