Fueling sexist attitudes which contribute to violence against women Last month I responded to a piece by Brendan O’Neill, in The Australian, critical of our campaign against Tyler the Creator and Zoo magazine. It appeared in the on-line version at News.com (paywall means only subscribers would see it). Following this, my colleague Caitlin Roper took […]
Girl Rising: From Demure to Defiant I am affected today by the final paragraph in this piece by former UK Prime Minister now UN Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown. It echoes, I think, the mood of myself and my colleagues in Collective Shout: for a world free of sexploitation. The time for politeness […]
How do these people sleep at night? Zoo weekly has hit a new low, exploiting the vulnerability of female asylum seekers with their new competition searching for ‘Australia’s hottest asylum seeker.’ News.com.au reported Zoo Weekly has published a two-page spread in its July 16 issue asking asylum seekers to send “pics and a short story […]
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 […]
More Reasons to Hate Lad’s Mags: Zoo advises spurned lover to slash ex girlfriend’s face I’ve written before about lad’s magazines which thrive on the objectification of women and act as porn training wheels for boys. Now Zoo has run an advice column by British hardman actor Danny Dyer urging a heartbroken reader to “cut his […]
