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TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE

⬥Objectification/Sexualisation

⬥Body image, mental health, wellbeing + resilience

⬥Predators, bots, sextortion, AI/deepfakes

⬥Harmful social media influencers (Andrew Tate etc)

⬥Addictions/Building healthy habits

⬥Sexual harassment, sexual assault

⬥Coercive control/red flags + green flags/Respectful relationships

⬥Responding to Harmful Sexual Behaviours/Sexual Harrasment of Teachers [SHoT] report

⬥Clarifying values/establishing boundaries

⬥Personal and cultural change

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 seven books (no. 8 on boundary-setting for girls forthcoming 2025) covering sexualisation of young people, the harms of the porn/sex industry and violence against women and girls. 

Melinda has appeared on ABC’s Q&A and The Gruen Sessions and many other TV and radio programs. She is co-founder and movement director of Collective Shout and coedited (with child safeguarding expert and lawyer Maha Melhem) the Sexual Harassment of Teachers [ShoT] report published by Collective Shout in partnership with Maggie Dent. 

Melinda is an Ambassador for World Vision Australia, Compassion Australia, Hagar NZ and the youth mentoring body the Raise Foundation. She is also Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Culture and Ethics, Notre Dame University, Sydney and named in the Who’s Who of Australian Women and the World Who’s Who of Women. In 2024 she was the recipient of the ‘Global Impact Award’ presented at the Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation [CESE] international summit.

Endorsements

“Thank you for making us feel strong. I never saw such closeness and community in the girls. But you gave us that. I have never felt more seen, as a female, as a student, as a victim...You’ve demonstrated the power that we can have, we just have to claim it by speaking out…” - Leo, 17, Adelaide, SA

“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

“Melinda is probably the world’s best presenter on the damage advertisers and p*rnography do to our children and teens – often when we don’t even know. Her highly visual presentations will knock your socks off. You will be left angry in the very best way and be so much better equipped to talk to, and protect, your kids.” - Steve Biddulph AM, Author Raising Girls and Raising Boys

“Melinda Tankard Reist has a simple message which is powerfully delivered. With her prodigious intellect, sand blasted sense of humour and immaculate research she puts a much-needed spot light on the erosion of childhood, the pornification of our environment and the commodification of young people.” - Dr Michael Carr Gregg, Adolescent psychologist

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