Big Porn Inc: Exposing the harms of the global porn industry (Spinifex Press, edited by Dr Abigail Bray and me) is now appearing on bookstore shelves in the UK and North America. Host and producer of The F Word radio show and the executive editor of feminisms.org, Meghan Murphy interviewed me recently. It was good […]
‘Out of control…outdated damage control tactics…’ Fantastic post from Corporate Failings on Monday about Diva’s spectacular mis-management of the outrage over the company’s pimping of a major brand of the global sex industry to little girls. Why Diva founder should feel very sad In an earlier post the same day, Corporate Failings asked ‘Has Diva lost […]
One hundred friends and supporters gathered at Spoon Deli Cafe in East Brisbane Friday night to celebrate the Brisbane launch of Big Porn Inc: Exposing the harms of the global porn industry (Spinifex Press). Five contributors spoke: myself, Dr Betty McLennan, Caroline Norma, Dr Robi Sonderegger and Melinda Liszewski. Scott Stephens, Editor of ABC Religion and […]
Big Porn Inc contributors continue to get a significant run in the media. In the lead up to our Brisbane launch tonight, here are recent pieces by Dr Meagan Tyler, co-editor Dr Abigail Bray, and Dr Helen Pringle. Porn: Just a bit of harmless fun? Pornography is great. Just a bit of fun. It doesn’t […]
Heather Horne and Helen Pringle on porn discrimination in the workplace Last week, Tony Abbott was photographed at a manufacturing company beneath a pornographic calendar image. In a piece titled ‘Naked truth: Factory life laid bare for Tony Abbott’ News.com concealed part of the woman-on-woman porn image with “Oops”. The reporter characterised it as an issue […]
Why is the Playboy empire peddling its bunny logo to the middle-school set? The Playboy brand has come a long way. Playmates now samba proudly on family friendly fare like “Dancing With the Stars,” and its empire is the subject of a retro-themed fall drama. But are you ready to let your little girl be […]
Why this is Important Diva is an Australian fashion jewellery retailer popular with young girls. Alongside items such as Winnie the Pooh charm bracelets, Disney Princess pendants and Cute Cupcakes Best Friends necklaces, Diva has now chosen to stock Playboy brand products. Playboy has succeeded in embedding its bunny logo on pencil cases, bed linen, […]
Keep the global brand of the porn industry off our girls – boycott Diva Playboy has been very clever with its marketing, establishing its brand on doona covers, pencil cases, wallets, keyrings, stationery, make-up, youth clothing ranges and even embedded into children’s movies such as Hop. I’ve written about this before. Now DIVA is the […]
In compiling ‘Big Porn Inc: Exposing the harms of the global pornography industry’, the raw and painful experiences of women had a significant impact on us. Men who think viewing porn is harmless – and that the women who care for them shouldn’t take it badly (after all, aren’t the women in porn just ‘fake’ […]
Big Porn Inc: Exposing the harms of the global porn industry, co-edited by myself and Abigail Bray and published by Spinifex Press, had its first official launch at Readings Books in Melbourne last Thursday. It was a great night. Clive Hamilton, Professor of Public Ethics at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Charles […]
I thought I was coming to Australia for a mix of work and sightseeing. Well, I was correct about the work part, but missed seeing your beautiful country since I spent much of my time holed up in the studios of ABC. My book Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality, was, thanks to the […]
“Apocalypse” and “Cage Fight on Crack!” – these were two of the many twitter predictions for Monday night’s ABC Q&A, with myself, Germaine Greer, Barnaby Joyce, Paul Barry and Joe Hildebrand on the panel. Another person predicted Germaine Greer would rip the arms off Barnaby Joyce and beat the rest of the panel with them. […]
