Profound experiences with W.A students on my last roadtrip. Last month I spoke 27 times in three and a half weeks in the ACT, Queensland, Western Australia and New South Wales. I spoke on the objectification of women and sexualisation of girls in media and popular culture, the sexual world of the 21st century adolescent, […]
The dark world of paedophilia exposed The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, the recent sentencing of Daniel Morcombe’s killer along with the imprisonment last week of former television star Robert Hughes after being found guilty of nine sex offense against three underage girls, have all heightened public attention on the scourge […]
Why I want to stop Snoop Dog from visiting Australia I am a 24 year old activist with grassroots organisation Collective Shout. You may know me from my anti-violence campaign against US rapper, Tyler the Creator who verbally abused me at his all ages Sydney show last year. Just before Christmas I learned that Snoop […]
The Princess saves the Knight? Aussie kids’ gender stereotypes in 2014 Click on image below to watch video clip.
When pictures of the female players with full-forward breasts were splashed everywhere following Legends (aka Lingerie) Football League games in Sydney and Melbourne this month, it underscored what has been a losing year for women. Little publicity is given to women’s sport in general. Did you even know there are female gridiron teams, where players […]
‘Feminism is not supposed to be a synonym for sexism’ By Aphrodite Kocieda I’m writing this post, not necessarily to change your mind about whatever positions you hold about feminism, but to act in solidarity with other feminists — especially feminists of colour — who find it problematic that so many feminist sites are hailing […]
What’s the point of a National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women when we welcome artists who profit from promoting it?
Supre must withdraw slogan shirts that sexualise and degrade girls Click here to Sign the petition! Collective Shout has started a petition calling on Supre to withdraw slogan shirts such as “Jingle my bells” and “Big Booty “B*****s.” The petition rapidly accumulated thousands of signatures. Following a news article in Australian Women’s Weekly, Supre issued a […]
Girlfriend and Dolly can be commended this year for taking strong stands on alcohol and drugs. This issue of GF is no exception, with ‘The High Life’ exploring the harms of smoking marijuana. When celebs boast about it – such as Miley Cyrus posting a photo of herself smoking pot with the caption “High as […]
A female teacher at a Tasmanian school where I spoke on the objectification of women could not stay to hear the end of my talk. The images I showed were too confronting, bringing back traumas suffered two decades ago. ”The very acts that have become part of my trauma were there on display as a […]
Miley recently cited Irish singer Sinead O’Connor as an influence for her Wrecking Ball video. O’Connor begged to differ. Here’s what she wrote in an open letter on her website: Dear Miley, I wasn’t going to write this letter, but today i’ve been dodging phone calls from various newspapers who wished me to remark […]
The dark side of a selfie On Monday morning ABC Radio Australia’s Phil Kafcaloudes hosted a discussion on the ‘selfie’ phenomena with Olympia Nelson, Naziah Ali from Fiji, and me. You can listen to the program here.
