Are you looking for speakers with expertise in addressing the harms of sexualisation, objectification, pornography and porn culture?
Collective Shout offers experienced and engaging communicators who have been addressing these issues for more than 10 years. We offer presentations for schools, conferences, corporate engagements, youth and community events.
TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE
- Harms of sexualisation and objectification of women and girls
- Harms of pornography/porn culture, damage to children, links to violence against women and girls,
- Consent and Boundaries
- History of Collective Shout – vision, mission, wins, successful campaigning and how to get involved Corporate Social Responsibility/ethical investment
- Sex dolls, Robots and AI: threats to women, dangers to humanity
We offer one-off presentations, half day, full day and multi-day presentations. Our preference in schools is at least one full day to reach the whole school community.
Melinda Tankard Reist, Movement Director
Melinda is an author, speaker, media commentator, and advocate for young people. She is best known for her work addressing sexualisation, objectification, harms of pornography, sexual exploitation, trafficking and violence against women. Melinda is author/editor of six books including Getting Real: Challenging the Sexualisation of Girls (Spinifex Press, 2009) and Big Porn Inc: Exposing the harms of the global pornography industry (Spinifex Press, 2011, co-edited with Dr Abigail Bray).
Melinda has appeared on ABC’s Q&A and The Gruen Sessions and many other TV and radio programs. Melinda is co-founder of the grassroots campaigning movement, Collective Shout: for a world free of sexploitation. She is an Ambassador for World Vision Australia, Compassion Australia, Hagar NZ and the youth mentoring body the Raise Foundation, Melinda is also Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Culture and Ethics, Notre Dame University, Sydney.
She is named in the Who’s Who of Australian Women and the World Who’s Who of Women.
FEEDBACK
“Melinda Tankard Reist was the key speaker to address all our Year 7-10 students at our inaugural Wellbeing Day. Her informative, engaging and eye-opening presentation was better than I could have ever expected…Students have been talking about Melinda’s presentation every day since her visit to our school. Highly recommended - 10/10!!” - Julia Picone, Head Teacher Wellbeing, George’s River College, Peakhurst, NSW
“Thank you so much for your talk with us today. It is so important to acknowledge the injustices that riddle society - especially the normalised dehumanisation and sexualisation of women. It has been extremely comforting knowing that people like you are working behind the scenes to help protect women. It was a privilege for us to listen to you today - Ivy, 17, Good Samaritan Catholic College, NSW
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