Content warning: This piece contains references to rape and violence against women that may be distressing. This week, Noisey, Vice’s music channel, published a piece in defence of rap artist Tyler the Creator. The article, entitled ‘#FreeTylerTheCreator And Reject Theresa May’s Dumb Logic’ painted Tyler as a victim of racism and ignorance, and presented misinformation […]
‘If we really want to end the sexist treatment of women in music, the objectification of women needs to stop’: Meghan Murphy nails the hypocrisy Canadian writer Meghan Murphy wrote this timely and scathing piece nailing the hypocrisy on display at the recent Grammy awards where there was lots of sloganeering around #metoo and #timesup […]
Madonna turns her back on the cause of women In exposing the breast of a 17-year-old fan, Madonna sets back campaigns for respect and consent There were the tired and predictable sexual props. The pole dancing. The sexualised dancers dressed as nuns. The on-stage spanking by her dancers, crew and band (all 19 of them) […]
Fueling sexist attitudes which contribute to violence against women Last month I responded to a piece by Brendan O’Neill, in The Australian, critical of our campaign against Tyler the Creator and Zoo magazine. It appeared in the on-line version at News.com (paywall means only subscribers would see it). Following this, my colleague Caitlin Roper took […]
Sexualised Violence isn’t Alright, Just because a Woman is the Perpetrator BBHMM revels in the eroticization of total power, control and domination over another woman. But we are expected to see it as empowering, because Rihanna and her henchwomen are the agents of this control By Melinda Tankard Reist A frame from Rihanna’s new video […]
Inciting Violence Against Women Isn’t ‘Art’, and Tyler the Creator Shouldn’t Be Granted Entry By Caitlin Roper “It’s just irony” seems to be the go-to defence for misogyny these days. As a female activist for grassroots organisation Collective Shout, I hear it all the time. After the global backlash to Kanye West’s sexually violent […]
He’s sexist and we know it: Collective Shout campaign called on Foo to be dumped Collective Shout’s Jas Swilks launched a campaign through Change.org late last year calling on Channel 7 to drop singerand X-Factor judge Red Foo, for his appalling rape culture fuelling song ‘Literally I Can’t’. The Change petition read in part: RedFoo […]
Juan Salmeron and I talk discuss objectification of women in the music industry – and other places Being interviewed by the death metal music magazine Metal Blast was a first. I’m not exactly known for my taste in black metal The closest I got to ‘heavy’ was Suzi Quatro singing Devil Gate Drive in the […]
Because Blanc and Redfoo fail to identify, acknowledge, and discuss the factors that sparked outrage to begin with, they are incapable of sincerely promising to change By Natalie Jovanovski You may have heard about the misogynist antics of self-proclaimed “pick-up artist” and Real Social Dynamics (RSD) coach, Julien Blanc, whose recommendations for picking up women include […]
This isn’t an issue of personal taste but taking responsibility for harm done to real women News.com reports last tonight that Redfoo has ‘apologised’ to his fans after the backlash to his new track Literally I can’t (also see here). The message was posted on his Facebook page this yesterday afternoon. The message was for his […]
Read this. It is a thing of great beauty. Reprinted with permission See also: He’s sexist and we know it: Calling on X Factor to cut ties with Redfoo and make a stand against rape culture Redfoo threatens to sue Melbourne blogger
Sign the petition, tell Channel 7’s X Factor there’s no place on their show for men who promote rape culture and to cut ties with Redfoo Jas Swilks/Collective Shout “You’re an annoying slut cos you’re talking” – Red Foo RedFoo has just released his new collaboration with Lil Jon, Play-N-Skillz and Enertia McFly ‘; named […]
