MTR and Dr Emma Rush discuss sexualisation of children on ABC Nightline
Dr Emma Rush and I were guests on the ABC Nightline program hosted by Tony Delroy last night. You can listen here: abctonydelroy
Tag: violence against women
‘I often wonder if men and boys ever consider the damage their unwanted hand on the unwilling bodies and souls of girls does to us’ – child abuse survivor
…and one of the bravest women I have ever met Last month I posted a piece by a woman named Carrie, who was sold by her father into prostitution at the age of 9. She wrote about our amazing reunion 14 years after I was involved in attempts to secure asylum for her and her […]
Women degraded and used as commodities: the terrible impacts of the objectification of women
‘In a society where media is the most persuasive force shaping cultural norms, the collective message that our young women and men overwhelmingly receive is that a woman’s value and power lie in her youth, beauty, and sexuality’ By Ori Golan It’s on billboards, in newspapers and magazines; it proliferates on television and social networks. […]
All these women might still be alive if their killers had not been paroled
Parole board failures a matter of life and death When murderer John Coombes was convicted for a second murder, what did the Adult Parole Board do? Let him out of prison in 2007 to murder his friend, foster mother Raechel Betts, and throw her body parts into the sea. When violent offender William Watkins was […]
‘When we have sentencing that allows men like Dinsley and Bayley to walk free, we have sentencing that is broken’: support stronger rape sentencing
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An amazing reunion: meeting woman sold by father 14 years after helping her find safety here
I had always wondered how she fared….now I know Sometimes you wonder if anything can change, if your small efforts can make a difference against a global onslaught of horror. Every day more bad news for women, more abuse, assaults, violence and suffering. (For example this done to a close friend of mine and then […]
Why I’m calling on Twitter to stop abuse
US Rapper Tyler The Creator unleashes a torrent of hate on Sydney activist By Talitha Stone I’m a 23-year-old psychology student from Sydney and in June this year, I was subjected to a horrific torrent of abusive tweets from fans of touring American rapper Tyler Okonma. I challenged Okonma’s lyrics which encourage rape and violence […]
When men threaten to rape you: this is what twitter abuse looks like
The price you pay for activism – but it won’t stop us [Warning: threatening, sexually violent language] Caitlin Roper, my fellow Collective Shout activist in the West, has put together this montage of some of the abusive and threatening tweets we receive on a regular basis. We want people to know just how bad this […]
Women should be able to speak out without facing rape threats: please sign petition!
Twitter: Add a Report Abuse Button to tweets My friend and fellow Collective Shout activist Talitha Stone has launched this petition calling on Twitter to add a report abuse button to tweets. Please support this brave and gutsy young woman. In June this year, I was subjected to an horrific torrent of abusive tweets from […]
Tracy could not have been Wendy or Jill, but she could have been any other woman in prostitution
Prostituted women are the ones at the coalface of the misogyny and pornography-fuelled attitudes Caroline Norma Commentators this week have been falling over themselves to decry the ‘hypocritical’ public quiet over the murder of St Kilda prostituted woman ‘Tracy’, compared to the attention Jill Meagher’s death attracted last year. Wendy Squires wrote that, even though […]
Dolly tackles binge drinking, abusive relationships and cyber attacks
Sometimes I wonder if one girl’s mag gets wind of what another is up to and copies it. In this case it’s a good thing, with Dolly also running a feature on binge drinking. I commended Girlfriend for a strong piece on “liquid poison” also this month. What is less understandable is why it Dolly […]
Does White Ribbon’s latest campaign really help women?
‘Help out by staying in, demonstrates a lack of understanding of some of the fundamental issues relating to family violence, and men’s violence against women’ Danny Blay is Executive Officer at the ‘No To Violence Male Family Violence Prevention Association (NTV) Inc’ Incorporating the Men’s Referral Service in Melbourne, Victoria. I’m impressed with Danny’s work […]
