Encouraged, once again, by a man who cares about the (mis) treatment of women and girls in our world. I’ve published Melbourne writer Guy Sigley before, here he is again, in a perfect follow up to the previously published piece on ‘Hollaback!’, the new campaign against sexual harassment. Dear universe, can we have some more men […]
Men of the Year are dressed. Woman of the Year is not. Upmarket British men’s magazine GQ has declared for ‘Men of the Year’. Starring in the ’15th Annual Men of the Year Awards Special Issue’ is English rapper of Nigerian decent, Tinie Tempah; English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams (not just any old man of the […]
As the AFL Finals get into full swing, the Melbourne Press Club will be holding its annual Footy Finals Lunch on Thursday 20th September. OurSay is working with the Melbourne Press Club to give you the chance to put forward a question for the panel. So we did. Here’s Collective Shout’s question, which so far […]
‘These uppity women, you let them go to school and then they get involved in politics and then they don’t want to be hit and it’s POLITICAL CORRECTNESS GONE MAD and what’s a bloke to do?’ In response to Prime Minister Julia Gillard announcing aid to the Pacific to raise the status of women to […]
Guest post by Guy Sigley, originally published at The World Tells Me Today’s post begins with an actual account of the meeting that took place when the Lynx ‘Clean your balls’ campaign was born.* It’s late on a Friday afternoon. Lynx executives sit side-by-side with the most brilliant minds in the advertising industry. They’re ready […]
“When a woman believes that a man is focusing on her body, she narrows her presence by spending less time talking” This post is two years old, but as nothing has changed, I thought I’d bring it to my reader’s attention. Posted by Ed Yong on January 12, 2010 For something intangible, a glance […]
“A woman will see this as a representative of herself and her self-worth” Have come across some great blog posts on the stuff that matters here at MTR and I thought you should see them too. Opt 4 has perfectly captured the way objectification of women and girls is harful to them. And there’s some […]
Lad’s mag pretends to apologise a·pol·o·gy noun, plural a·pol·o·gies. a written or spoken expression of one’s regret, remorse, or sorrow for having insulted, failed, injured, or wronged another I find myself pondering the question: do the editors at Zoo Weekly Magazine understand what an apology is? This week a Change.org petition, initiated by Collective Shout […]
More sexploitation from a repeat corporate offender Men’s deodorant brand Lynx – owned by Unilever – has added to it’s ongoing list of degrading ads with the company’s latest promotion, “Lynx, cleans your balls.” We began hearing from CS supporters about the ad via our Facebook page when it aired on television. We checked out […]
Player loses underwear replayed on giant screens, sex doll shared, chosen men get to ‘tackle’ players, fans leer and jeer – and they call it sport Deborah Malcolm On Saturday night I was in the crowd at the Lingerie Football League game at All Phones Arena, Sydney Olympic Park. I’m a former athlete. I have […]
It wasn’t about playing football – it was about how aggressively we could act towards the other girls Tal Stone Last Thursday I found myself walking towards the bright lights of the Sydney’s All Phones Arena at Homebush. Turning the corner, I realised I was in the right place when I saw a line that […]
