Collective Shout is a grassroots campaigning movement against the objectification of women and sexualisation of girls in media, advertising and popular culture.

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17 Aug
Child sex dolls seized in Australian Government crackdown following 60,000 strong petition

“I came across an advertisement on Child Sex Dolls while looking at Japanese news online. Who would think such a heinous insult to the sanctity of children would exist?” Read more

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12 Aug
Sexploitation of women in sport

Sexploitation  As published by www.ausport.gov.au Reprinted with permission Read more

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12 Aug
Our new merch has just dropped

Collective Shout have joined up with Liminal to create a limited edition T-shirt printed on Freeset T-shirts. Freeset offer freedom and choice to women and families caught in human trafficking and the sex trade in India.  Read more

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10 Aug
Hot Girls Eat Free: Petersham Inn's sexist ad campaign

Take Action against sexist promotions Via Yahoo7 News A Sydney pub has been slammed for its "sexist" promotion offering free meals for "hot" women. The former family-friendly pub, Petersham Inn, in Sydney's inner west, has recently transformed into an American-style sports bar, including an adult entertainment venue featuring strip shows.... Read more

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03 Aug
Boys are scholars, girls are looked at: Gap slammed for sexist kids t-shirts

Clothing retailer Gap has been accused of sexism over their latest kids collection. The advertising campaign features a little boy, labelled 'the scholar' wearing an Albert Einstein t-shirt, and a girl, the 'social butterfly' whose outfit is the 'talk of the playground'. Read more

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28 Jul
Honey Birdette says "In your face" to Ad Standards (and kids)

Collective Shout call for financial penalties for repeat offenders Honey Birdette are no stranger to the Advertising Standards Board. The sex shop which masquerades as a high end lingerie store in major shopping centres across Australia have repeatedly breached the advertising codes showing little regard for the self regulated system... Read more

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27 Jul
There's a world of difference between sex and sexism in advertising

Originally published on The Conversation Advertising and sex are two of the oldest professions in the world. Indeed, one of the earliest uses of advertising was to advertise sexual services; prostitutes in Ancient Greece carved ads into the soles of their sandals so that their footprints read: “Follow me”. Sex... Read more

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26 Jul
Jennifer Aniston Hits Back at the Media for Body Shaming and It's Brilliant

It is hard enough for women to love the skin we're in when we are bombarded daily with advertisements sending us the message we have to be hot, thin and sexy. Pornified images have become the wallpaper of society and too often the media pushes one single narrow stereotype of... Read more

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25 Jul
Her daughter was sexually exploited online so this mum took action!

We have a saying at Collective Shout: "Silence is the language of complicity, speaking out is the language of change." And recently Melbourne mum, Melanie Sheppard, refused to be silent after discovering that her daughter had been sexually exploited on social media.  Read more

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21 Jul
Qld Attorney General: Wicked Campers must pull vile slogans or get off the road

Palaszczuk government moves to curb offensive advertising slogans Read more

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