US RAP artist Tyler the Creator sings songs advocating rape and extreme violence against women. His lyrics include themes of murder, genital mutilation, stuffing women into car boots, trapping them in his basement, raping their corpses and burying their bodies. In Tyler’s world, women are sluts, bitches and ‘‘hos’’ who invite criminal acts. They have […]
Rapper promotes rape and violence against women. We don’t want him here. As published on Collective Shout *TRIGGER WARNING* Graphic descriptions of rape and violence against women Collective Shout is urgently calling on the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Hon. Brendan O’Connor, to revoke the visa granted to Tyler the Creator. Rapper ‘Tyler the Creator’ […]
Claims to love me but I don’t think he meant it Following our protest against 30 Rock stand-up comedian Tracy Morgan – who spread his anti-women pollution at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival this week – and our calls for Regal Theatre in Perth not to give him a platform to spread his hate speech […]
Call on Regal Theatre to pull Morgan off the program How much more women-hating are we expected to endure? And this latest manifestation in the name of ‘entertainment’? Steve Bennett has written this review of 30 Rock’s Tracy Morgan’s stand-up Performance at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival for UK comedy guide Chortle. Here’s an extract: […]
‘We showed companies all over the world that rewarding rape is not just wrong, it’s a bad marketing strategy’ So happy to report some good news. U.S based women’s protest movement UltraViolet led a massive protest against rapper Rick Ross and his endorsement deal with Reebok, prompted by his lyrics in the Rocco song ‘U.O.E.N.O’., […]
On Saturday I appeared on Weekend Sunrise with Danielle Egan, US author of a new book which argues concerns about the sexualisation of girls are exaggerated. You can watch it here Beauty Redefined: Victoria’s Dirty Little Secret The time-wasting, body-hating self-objectification proved to go hand-in-hand with such “bold, sexy, powerful” ideals – though ideal for […]
Melbourne will join the international dance campaign ONE BILLION RISING this Thursday 14 February – dubbed ‘V-Day’ – as part of a global activist movement to end violence against women and girls. This year will be the largest day of action in the history of the campaign and will mark its 15 th anniversary. The […]
The gang-rape of a 23-year-old student in a moving bus on the night of December 16 in the capital city of Delhi has triggered anger, outrage and shock amongst every citizen this country. The National Crime Records Bureau records 572 rapes reported from Delhi for the year 2011. This year 635 rapes had already been […]
Doing good instead of bingeing is all class: MTR in Sunday Herald Sun Scarlett* (she asked me not to use her real name) from Victoria, wrote to me about her experience of Schoolies. While on schoolies I heard numerous stories of girls I go to school with having sex in club toilets with complete strangers […]
Please let’s import them In I think every anti-rape campaign I’ve seen, the responsibility is on women and girls not to get raped. Do this, don’t do that, don’t go home with a stranger, don’t drink too much, don’t travel on your own, you can use your keys as a weapon, etc. And if […]
Confusing the central issues of violence and responsibility Last month Jezebel ran a piece titled ‘Rapists Explain Themselves on Reddit, and We Should Listen’ by Katie J.M. Baker. It looked at the attitudes of rapists and would-be rapists as expressed on a long Reddit thread about why they did what they did – or wanted to. […]
Violating women’s privacy – and proud of it A woman face down on a bed, naked, sleeping and unknowing. A man, phone at the ready, takes her picture. She doesn’t know. She has not consented. Grinning and thumbs up, he then tweets it like some virtual swap card, with the hash tags #wakeupwitharandom, #awkwardsundays and […]
