Sign the petition – together we can end Wicked Campers’ mobile misogyny once and for all Wicked Campers are notorious for their sexually explicit slogans and imagery, even advocating rape and murder. Ad Standards has upheld complaints against Wicked Campers’ slogans and imagery more than 80 times; but with no power to enforce rulings and […]
We will continue to #boycottWestfield Despite 58,000 signatures on a change.org petition to its CEOs, a national day of boycott held Friday, a deluge of phone calls, emails and social media posts, and significant risk of loss of reputation and brand damage, Westfield continue to absolve itself of responsibility for the advertising behaviour of tenant […]
Honey Birdette stores are not a powerful look for women Susie O’Brien November 13, 2017 WHAT are “pleasure parlours” packed with raunchy lingerie, sex toys and bondage items such as whips, paddles, bridles and harnesses doing in the middle of mainstream shopping centres? I don’t blame one Melbourne father for objecting this week to the […]
Time to act on Honey Birdette’s repeat offences I spoke with Ben Fordham on Radio 2GB yesterday about the repeat corporate offender Honey Birdette, the sex shop masquerading as a lingerie store in family shopping malls. We at Collective Shout have been campaigning against Honey Birdette for a number of years. Now the pressure is […]
#MeToo has encouraged some men to post about their misogynist behaviour online, but they need to move beyond social media confessions. October 22, 2017 by Feminist CurrentEarlier this week, Meghan Murphy offered a few suggestions as to what we might ask of men, in light of the viral hashtag, #MeToo, which aimed to remind the […]
‘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 […]
“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 […]
Our age should not dismiss our relevance I’m finding myself drawn and attracted to the actions of ‘older’ women. Perhaps it’s because I’ve now entered my 50’s, perhaps because I have many women friends a decade or more older women have cared for and mentored me, perhaps it’s (hopefully) wisdom gained through the years where […]
Collective Shout welcomes new laws: calls for other states for follow QLD lead We at Collective Shout have been protesting Wicked Camper’s misogynist, sexist, violent and rapey car slogans for almost nine years. At a time when we are ‘Counting Dead Women’ here and globally, the boys at Wicked come up with slogans like this: […]
Very encouraging to see large numbers of men condemning UltraTune for its ultra sexist ads. As published by Collective Shout
QLD and TAS say Wicked in breach of anti-discrimination laws My colleagues and I have been speaking out against Wicked Campers for around eight years. It’s taken a long time to build momentum. But now, at least, we are getting some traction at state level with the Queensland Government condemning the camper van company, and […]
