How come the sex industry never has anything to say about the johns and punters – the kind of men, for example, who share their ratings of women with other men in the way you might recommend a meal or place to stay? While they continue to roll out selected prostituted women as human shields* […]
I wonder if men like Jackson Katz and Jonah Mix and Chris Hedges (mentioned in this piece by Meghan Murphy and by me in this post on ABC Lateline and ‘sex work’ know what it means to women to have them speak so strongly and unequivocally – and often condemned for doing so- on issues […]
Two of my favourite women writers were published in ABC Religion and Ethics on the same day this week. Dr Helen Pringle (long time collaborator and contributor to Big Porn Inc) and talented emerging young writer Laura McNally, who I’ve published here a number of times before. Both are contributors to the new Connor Court […]
I wrote earlier how the sex industry went into overdrive over some fair questioning on ABC Lateline last week. The industry’s meltdown over the program demonstrated how hostile it is to any light being shed on the realities of the business of sexploitation which profits from the bodies of women. This blog post exposes the facts […]
The sex industry’s reaction to even mild questioning of its position demonstrates how any discussion about prostitution is shut down in Australia. When an industry is used to having its way day after day and rarely being called to account, it’s a rare moment when a serious national current affairs program such as ABC’s Lateline […]
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 […]
Who thinks of such things? A long-sleeve Christmas T-Shirt, with festive motifs, adorning the word ‘Rape’, the word itself made from candy canes. A petition has been launched to get CafePress not only to take it down but to pre-vet products before they are sold. Cafe Press also features in Collective Shout’s annual Cross Ém […]
Cross’em off your Xmas list 2014 As published at Collective Shout It’s that time of year again! With the Christmas season upon us, retailers are taking it up a notch competing for your business. Now is the time to remember the companies who objectified women and sexualized girls to sell products and services. They do […]
By Nicole In Grand Theft Auto V, an R-rated video game that allows players to attack and kill women in the sex trade, I would have been the character who gets left by the sidewalk, bleeding and unconscious. Or hit with bats, run down, set alight still screaming and graphically murdered – for game […]
How pro GTAV gamers cyber mobs try to shut us down (Trigger warning) This is just a sample of the vicious messages activists received yesterday following the announcement by Target Australia and then Kmart, that they would no longer stock GTAV. As well (I can’t show the image, it is too distressing), the face of one […]
Grand Theft Auto 5 fuelling the epidemic of violence against women, say survivors. [UPDATE] Win! Target withdraws Grand Theft Auto 5 from shelves Read the complete media release here. *Warning- graphic content.* Women survivors of violence are calling on Target to withdraw Grand Theft Auto V from sale, a “sickening” video game that encourages players […]
Target: Withdraw Grand Theft Auto 5 – this sickening game encourages players to commit sexual violence and kill women Nicole Survivor – Australia It’s a game that encourages players to murder women for entertainment. The incentive is to commit sexual violence against women, then abuse or kill them to proceed or get ‘health’ points – and […]
