I woke this morning, turned on the TV to ABC News 24, and saw a caption at bottom of screen which read ‘gunman dead’. Having, probably like most Australians, stayed up late watching events unfold before succumbing to sleep, at first I felt relief – did these mean the hostages were OK? But the full […]
My piece on Herald Sun website here: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/julien-blancs-sexist-abusive-pickup-methods-should-be-rejected-by-aussie-venues-says-melinda-tankard-reist/story-fni0ffsx-1227112652542 Blanc’s training seminar: how to grab women’s heads and shove them into your groin See also: Julien Blanc Real Social Dynamics Dating Coach Slammed for Promoting Sex Abuse Tactics in Melbourne, Herald Sun
And all for a good cause! It was probably intended to be clever. But appropriating the language of the global traffickers in the bodies of little girls in the name of a “good cause” was never going to be a good idea. ‘Innocent. Young. Available. Experience the sensation of buying a girl’. These words serve […]
