Return visit planned for August At last, re-building our work post the 2020 losses, Daniel and I landed in WA April 19 for two weeks of engagements in Perth and Albany involving seven private schools and an independent school counsellor’s seminar. Fortunately, the snap lock down occurred over the Anzac Day long weekend, and, while […]
Book now for 2021! I am so pleased to see new speaking engagements coming in for 2021, after having lost most of my work in 2020. I will never take them for granted again! A special bonus is that I now have a young man working with me, a natural speaker with a special message […]
What happened to your body image and self-respect policies Girlfriend mag? In the year 2013, I wrote the ‘Girl Mag Watch’ reviews for Generation Next, which were published on the website of the youth mental health social enterprise and in its newsletters to thousands of subscribers. I reviewed Girlfriend and Dolly (an example of a review can be found here). […]
Youth advocate shares views on the sexualisation of our kids [UPDATE] OPEN INVITATION – Parents and Community Session Hosted by Coolum Beach Christian College This is a free event with child minding provided. Click here for more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/680485449009905 As published in the Sunshine Coast Daily SUNSHINE Coast parents and carers who wonder if their children are growing […]
“Every time you spend money, you’re casting a vote for the kind of world you want” – Anna Lappe There are too many companies who want you to think they care about corporate social responsibility (CSR) when they clearly don’t. Every year we collate a list of the worst for you to send a message […]
Empowering boys to change Recently I addressed Year 10 girls and boys at a school in NSW. During question time at the end of my presentation, one of the young women read out a Facebook post by a male peer, filled with disparaging descriptions of the girls in his class. The girls were clearly […]
Sex is too intimate to compromise. – Melinda Tankard Reist By loveandnoregrets May 8, 2017 Sex is too intimate to compromise. ‘I’d already decided that teen sex was no fun, especially for girls. Too many of my friends told me about the sex they’d had and it sounded horrible. It sounded fast – insanely fast- […]
‘This book helps parents understand how we can win back girlhood – happy, wild and free. It’s the core of individuality and self-belief – and is the new feminism that we want for our daughters’ Globally renown psychologist and author Steve Biddulph has been a remarkable support for our movement Collective Shout since the earliest […]
It’s time pornography was included in discussion of factors contributing to violence against women I’ve just a released a new DVD! It’s based on an address I gave to civic leaders, community groups, educators and those at the frontline of addressing domestic violence, in Queensland late last year. I think it’s safe to say it […]
Opinion: Our kids exposed to an adult world Melinda Tankard Reist The Courier-Mail is to be commended for its series on the hypersexualisation of our young people — especially the impacts on children by allowing them to be exposed to porn even before their first kiss. What has been documented here in the Generation Sext […]
Yesterday Studio 10 screened a special investigation on the impact of pornography especially on young people. I was part of the panel. You can view an extract from the program below: See also: ‘When 5 year olds create porn themed images in class’. MTR, Australian Childhood Foundation Prosidy blog ‘Growing Up in Pornland: Girls Have […]
Our new ambassador in her first media interview in the role The hypersexual world and its impact on young girls and boys In the two weeks since you heard Donald Trump’s confessions – unintended – of groping women, the strongest response has come from US First Lady Michelle Obama. You may have heard her say […]
