Objectification whatever the size: MTR on Online Opinion On the 7pm ABC News Sunday, June 27, a report on the Federal Government’s new voluntary body image code of conduct was illustrated by the story of size 14 model Laura Wells. Laura was proud of her body and very confident, even though she didn’t conform to […]
Today, a guest blog post from my friend and Collective Shout colleague Melinda Liszewski, affectionately known as ‘The Other Melinda’. Melinda has been a long time campaigner against the objectification of women. She is fondly known as the young woman who took on Blokesworld in 2005 – an event celebrating everything men love, e.g. fast […]
Following ‘Santa’s Bitch’ and ‘Pussy Power ‘comes ‘High Beams’ Do you remember Supre’s ‘Santa’s Bitch’ t.shirts for tween girls at Christmas? That charming little tee which told girls they were Santa’s ho, entrenching and mainstreaming pimp culture in girl’s clothing? Take a refresher on it here . Supre told me – and others who complained – […]
What’s happening to our boys?: Maggie Hamilton’s new book When I first began turning my attention to the sexualisation of girls in the media and popular culture, a book that significantly echoed my own thoughts was What’s happening to our girls: Too much too soon, how our kids are overstimulated, oversold and oversexed (Penguin, 2008) […]
Recently I wrote a post Boys, Babes and Balls: Hooters mascots for U16 boys footy about Hooters restaurant entering a sponsorship deal with a Gold Coast Under 16 boys club. The deal included money and two cheerleaders in tight clothes cheering the boys on. I argued that ‘…embedding busty mascots in with 15 and 16 […]
How do you know when a teenage girl singer is now all grown up? What are the tell-tale signs that she has left the foolishness of her immature girly days behind and become a real woman? Her coming-of-age is easy to detect. She will launch a sexy new look and a song that tells us […]
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“Hooters” is a euphemism for breasts in common parlance Hooters is an American restaurant chain specialising in beer, wings and “beautiful girls”. Beautiful girls with beautiful Hooters, of course. In its latest move to further market its brand and help the “desperate” club, Hooters has hooked up with an under 16 boys football team on […]
Lindsay Lohan goes with the (blood) flow [Trigger warning. Images of violence, self-harm] It seems nothing is off limits to be sexified for the purposes of grabbing attention and flogging stuff, whether it be a company’s products, a music video, or reviving a celebrity’s flagging career. Glamourising violence against women as sexy is the latest […]
Sexualisation, pressured sex, pornified music video clips, Kiely Williams PR campaign for the women-love-rape movement, a little boy having his wish to go to a strip club granted, leg waxing for little girls, sexism in Christine Nixon reporting: a selection of articles from the last couple of weeks reflecting the status of women and girls. […]
The UK Home Office just released the Sexualisation of Young People: Review by Dr Linda Papadopoulos. It is a compelling, thorough and strongly evidence-based paper which should be read by anyone concerned about the impacts of the pornification of culture on girls and boys. Getting Real: Challenging the Sexualisation of Girls is cited a number […]
