The price you pay for activism – but it won’t stop us [Warning: threatening, sexually violent language] Caitlin Roper, my fellow Collective Shout activist in the West, has put together this montage of some of the abusive and threatening tweets we receive on a regular basis. We want people to know just how bad this […]
Twitter: Add a Report Abuse Button to tweets My friend and fellow Collective Shout activist Talitha Stone has launched this petition calling on Twitter to add a report abuse button to tweets. Please support this brave and gutsy young woman. In June this year, I was subjected to an horrific torrent of abusive tweets from […]
‘The pornification of culture and the normalization of (increasingly violent) porn is contributing to a society where pornography, even the most brutal forms, are in many ways sanctioned, defended as well as protected’ By Hennie Weiss Edited by Melinda Tankard Reist and Abigail Bray, Big Porn Inc: Exposing the Harms of the Global Pornography […]
And another sexual assault survivor who isn’t laughing Late yesterday afternoon Brian McFadden sent these tweets: So, it seems he’s upset his song is “getting attention for the wrong reasons”. Lyrics about doing damage to an inebriated women were just meant as a bit of fun. And anyway that woman was his fiance Delta Goodrem, […]
Woman shares impact of McFadden ‘Can’t wait to do some damage’ song *Trigger warning for survivors of sexual assault Yesterday ABC The Drum Unleashed published my piece ‘New song by Delta’s man promotes rape myth’ about Brian McFadden’s new single, released Monday, titled ‘Just as you are (Drunk at the Bar)’ which contains the lines: […]
Etsy’s sadistic greeting card for rape survivors I was just about to post this blog when I got news through twitter that the on-line seller of vintage and handmade products Esty had changed its policy and was prohibiting items and listings that disparage or promote hate. However, as the rape cards and other offensive cards […]
