Media Release 23-year-old Melbourne woman calls on Coles and Woolworths to stop selling sexist Zoo magazine Marketing coordinator for a non-profit organization, Laura Pintur, 23, has launched a Change.org petition directed at the CEO’s of Woolworths and Coles, Grant Obrian and John Durkan, calling on the big two supermarket chains to stop selling Zoo Weekly. […]
Laura Pintur is a 23-year-old Melbourne woman who got tired of seeing the sexist lad’s mag Zoo on the supermarket shelves. Though never having campaigned on anything before, she decided she had to take action. Please support her Change.org petition now! Stop promoting rape culture! Bin Zoo mag. I’m a 23 year-old woman trying to […]
Fremantle Heritage Festival removes sexploitation photo following complaints As published at Collective Shout The Fremantle Heritage Festival is an annual community event hosted by the City of Fremantle. The event: “…showcases the stories that make up the rich tapestry of Fremantle both in the distant past and our childhoods. The festival honours and […]
By Melinda Tankard Reist Zoo Weekly has suffered a volley of artillery fire over its April “Special Commemorative Issue” marking the 100 year anniversary of the Gallipoli landing. Model Erin Pash adorns the cover and inside pages, holding a poppy, lying tummy down among poppies and reclining against old army posters on a page decorated with, you guessed it, poppies. […]
As published at Collective Shout Collective Shout’s Coralie Alison and Sydney activist and educator Paula Orbea asked Lonely Planet to stop promoting misogynist camper van hire company. Lonely Planet responded: “thanks for flagging this important matter, Coralie. Listing was removed from our Australian 18 guide (produced last year; hitting shelves in Nov)…the listing still on […]
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 […]
How are we expected to laugh at the epidemic of violence against women? Collective Shout wrote this response to a man who described us as ‘feminazis’ who lacked a sense of humour, and chose to ‘take offense’, on our Facebook page. He has since deleted his comments – because he’s now ashamed of them, we […]
I wonder if men like Jackson Katz and Jonah Mix and Chris Hedges (mentioned in this piece by Meghan Murphy and by me in this post on ABC Lateline and ‘sex work’ know what it means to women to have them speak so strongly and unequivocally – and often condemned for doing so- on issues […]
Women should not have to make sexual concessions to have a seat in the boys club. This morning I appeared on Channel Seven Sunrise to discuss Dr Gabrielle McMullin’s comments that given the level of sexual harassment in the medical profession and the penalties women faced when they complained, it may be better for them […]
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
