‘We cannot ignore that we have leveraged these toxic ideas to get what we want’ Around the world, women, en masse and too many to count, have shared their experiences of sexual assault, harassment, molestation and intimidation in a global outpouring of identification with the victims of Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein. Their shared recognition […]
By Caitlin Roper There is no shortage of businesses still clinging to traditional sexism, capitalising on exploiting women’s bodies and sexuality, despite a growing societal awareness into the harms of objectification. Ian Strover, owner of Perth tavern The Sixty30, has spent almost five years trying to introduce topless waitresses into the venue. His application attracted […]
A young woman takes on fashion retailer for objectifying a woman for profit On September 8, a young Sydney woman, Mimi Batwolf, wrote on the Facebook wall of Australian fashion retailer General Pants, to tell them what she thought of their latest advertising image: The comments on her post show the contempt a significant […]
‘This thick, landmark book is highly recommended’ My co-editor Abigail Bray, my publishers and me (of course) were delighted to read this journal article “Book Reviews: Recent Books on Pornography: From Discussions of Harm to Normalization” by Robert Brannon of Brooklyn College, US and published this week by Dignity: A Journal on Sexual Exploitation and […]
“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 […]
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 […]
Melinda Tankard Reist – a movement defined by acts of daring Melinda Tankard Reist is an author, speaker, media commentator, blogger and advocate for women and girls. She is best known for her work addressing sexualisation, objectification, harms of pornography, sexual exploitation, trafficking and violence against women. She is the co-founder of grassroots campaigning movement […]
Sex is too intimate to compromise. – Melinda Tankard Reist By loveandnoregrets May 8, 2017 Sex is too intimate to compromise. ‘I’d already decided that teen sex was no fun, especially for girls. Too many of my friends told me about the sex they’d had and it sounded horrible. It sounded fast – insanely fast- […]
‘This book helps parents understand how we can win back girlhood – happy, wild and free. It’s the core of individuality and self-belief – and is the new feminism that we want for our daughters’ Globally renown psychologist and author Steve Biddulph has been a remarkable support for our movement Collective Shout since the earliest […]
And how a pornified world harms our ability to achieve gender equality “Pornified messages are bombarding our young people and giving them distorted ideas about their bodies, about relationships, and about sexuality,” says Melinda Tankard Reist, in this podcast interview, “According to global research, (this is) making our kids very unwell.” We are seeing a […]
Last year Western Australian Tavern The Sixty30 made an application to vary existing trading conditions to allow topless waitresses. Along with other members of the community and the Commissioner of Police, we lodged an objection on the basis that: The use of women’s bodies in sexual entertainment and services is a form of prostitution Sexual […]
It’s time pornography was included in discussion of factors contributing to violence against women I’ve just a released a new DVD! It’s based on an address I gave to civic leaders, community groups, educators and those at the frontline of addressing domestic violence, in Queensland late last year. I think it’s safe to say it […]
