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Pages tagged "BDSM"


Our campaign calling for removal of Melbourne bondage mural in the media

Posted on News by Collective Shout · May 20, 2025 4:30 PM · 1 reaction

Collective Shout in the News

We've rounded up some of the top media coverage of our campaign urging Melbourne's Yarra City Council to remove a gigantic fetish-porn themed street mural depicting a woman, bound and gagged. Since we launched the campaign, more than 1500 supporters contacted the Council.

The mural - painted on commission at a Cecil Street photography studio - was partly covered by a graffiti tag. The Council fined the property owner and/or occupant for displaying the mural without a permit. The Council is also reviewing its public art policies to prevent similar incidents.

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Bound, gagged, degraded: The eroticised torture of women approved for a public audience

Posted on News by Collective Shout · May 09, 2025 6:35 AM · 1 reaction

UPDATE: The mural has been tagged over, and following over 1500 emails to the council, the business responsible has been issued a fine for displaying it without a permit. 

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A new public mural in Fitzroy, Melbourne depicts a woman in BDSM fetish gear gagged and bound with ropes.

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15 porny onesies gone: but 1000s more remain: TeePublic fix it now!

Posted on News by Coralie Alison · February 27, 2024 6:33 AM · 1 reaction

TeePublic responds - but we're not buying it!

*Content warning*

Last Friday we launched a new campaign against online apparel company TeePublic for selling harmful and degrading clothing, including onesies for infants, with slogans glorifying violence against women and exploitation of children. We found countless onesies depicting women being choked, bound, handcuffed, on a leash and chained up.

"Choke me - it's the only way I learn." On a baby onesie - and plenty more like it. @TeePublic is using babies as a vehicle for promoting the sexualised abuse of women. @Martin_Hosking any response?@collectiveshout https://t.co/48FqCHWgTB pic.twitter.com/VV0wWJv1Ok

— Caitlin Roper (@caitlin_roper) February 23, 2024

Supporters swiftly took to social media to call out TeePublic for turning a blind eye to the sexualisation of children and profiting off the degradation and abuse of women.

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Meta targets Collective Shout while Honey Birdette gets free pass

Posted on News by Coralie Alison · February 01, 2024 12:10 PM · 1 reaction

We recently shared to Facebook the latest Bondage, Discipline, Dominance, Submission, Sadism, and Masochism (BDSM) style posters hanging in Honey Birdette's shop windows for school holidays. We intentionally added blurred sections across the chest and genital region before posting. As a campaigning movement it is important to our strategy that we alert supporters when there is an ad that needs calling out. 

The post read: 

Westfield partners with p*rn giant for back to school child grooming - take action!

Content warning - *we have censored the ad

Our Engagement Coordinator Coralie Alison spotted this graphic p*rn themed Honey Birdette ad at a Westfield shopping centre while back-to-school shopping with young children.

The Playboy-owned s*x shop window ad - labelled ‘Stephanie Black’ - features near naked women in cut-out bondage wear that exposes their genital region. One is topless, wearing nipple pasties.

The shopping centre is currently running kids’ school holiday activities and other promos enticing parents to come purchase children’s school supplies.

Last year Ad Standards upheld community complaints against a similar shop window ad for the ‘Stephanie’ bondage range.

*Take action: Tell Westfield to pull Honey Birdette’s BDSM-p*rn themed ad

Contact Westfield ANZ

➡️Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WestfieldANZ?mibextid=LQQJ4d

➡️Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/westfieldanz

➡️X: https://x.com/scentregroup?s=21&t=RcbohD8QJxBvbAh0SLE1VA

➡️LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/scentre-group/

Let us know if you get a response.

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We then got alerted by Facebook that our post had violated their Community Standards on adult sexual solicitation. We were even warned that our account may be restricted or disabled. 

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Yet Honey Birdette's post (without blurring) was still able to be up on Facebook for anyone 13 and older to see. 

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We disagreed with Facebook's decision and asked for an appeal. 

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Our appeal was reviewed and our original post was found to not be in violation of Facebook's Community Standards and was reinstated. 

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We (a small charity challenging sexual exploitation) were targeted by Meta (a trillion dollar company) whilst Playboy owned sex shop Honey Birdette wasn't.   

We have also lodged a complaint with Ad Standards and will update our supporters as soon as the Panel makes a determination. We encourage all community members concerned about the pornification of shop front window displays to write to their Shopping Centre management and to lodge their own complaint with Ad Standards. You can lodge a complaint here.

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Backlash over Sydney’s ‘creepy’ kink teddy bear mural: CS quoted in Daily Telegraph

Posted on News by Caitlin Roper · February 24, 2023 12:01 AM · 1 reaction

Originally published in the Daily Telegraph

A “kink and BDSM-inspired” mural in the Sydney CBD of a “furry” leather-bondage man with a teddy bear head has been slammed for being “inappropriate” and “creepy” in a public space.

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The painting, created on a Wynyard street wall by “YCK Laneways”, a consortium promoting local shops in nearby streets, is part of the WorldPride festival, but has been likened to the recent Balenciaga fashion house scandal linking adult sex themes to children.

Online reaction to the image, depicting an overweight man with bondage straps laying on a rainbow flag on a couch with a bear and the logo “YC Gay” was scathing, with some calling for it to be removed.

Grassroots campaigners Collective Shout spokeswoman Caitlin Roper said children should not be exposed to sexual fetishes, but that the mural would attract their attention because of the use of “appealing” teddy bear images.

“The widespread condemnation of Balenciaga for their BDSM-themed ads involving children demonstrates that many people strongly object to involving or exposing kids to this kind of content,” Ms Roper said.

“Kink and BDSM-themed imagery is not appropriate for the public space which includes children.

“The global research is clear – sexualising children by exposing them to adult, sexualised or pornographic imagery harms their physical and mental health, beliefs, attitudes and sexuality in a range of ways.”

“There are other ways to promote diversity and inclusivity that don’t involve adults imposing their sexual fetishes on an audience that includes children.”

Read more in the Daily Telegraph. 

UPDATE: Caitlin Roper quoted in Daily Tele piece on Oz Kink Fest

Caitlin Roper from grassroots Australian organisation Collective Shout, who campaign against the infiltration of pornography and harmful objectification into the mainstream, sees deep problems with the message that sexualised abuse is sexy and women should enjoy it.

“We're seeing the legitimisation of male violence against women under the guise of ‘kink’ and BDSM,” she says.

“I think it is being fuelled by the mainstreaming of violent porn… all of which paint degradation and sexualised violence against women as 'hot' and something women should want.”

She says LGB was previously about same sex attraction but has grown to the point where sexual preferences and fetishes have been added to that.

From 'Being a little kinky has gone a bit too far', Clarissa Bye, 2 March - only in the print newspaper

See also:

Balenciaga exploits children in BDSM-fetish themed ads

Objections to BDSM-themed kids show 'Battle Kitty': MTR in NY Post

LOL dolls in BDSM + fetish wear are more examples of 'corporate paedophilia'

Corporate Paedophilia: Clothing brand Caroline Bosmans sexualises kids for profit


Objections to BDSM-themed kids show 'Battle Kitty': MTR in NY Post

Posted on News by Caitlin Roper · February 06, 2023 5:22 PM · 1 reaction

MTR quoted in the New York Post alongside other commentators concerned about pornified themes in Netflix’s animated interactive children’s series ‘Battle Kitty’ – for children 7+

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'Sexualising the slavery of black women': Honey Birdette slammed for racially insensitive portrayal of black woman

Posted on News by Collective Shout · April 05, 2022 7:07 PM · 1 reaction
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Sex shop 3-way bondage-Santa: Happy Christmas from your local shopping mall

Posted on News by Lyn Kennedy · December 18, 2020 7:31 AM · 2 reactions

Honey Birdette rolls out new porny window displays just in time for XMAS holidays 

The presence of Santa in public places like shopping malls naturally attracts the interest of children. This fact seems to have no bearing at all on sex store Honey Birdette, which has a long history of appropriating the popular figure of Christmas cheer in its full length window displays.

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Normalisation of 'rough sex' in pop culture has led to “culturally approved script” for men who kill women

Posted on News by Caitlin Roper · November 20, 2020 4:44 PM · 1 reaction
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Ad Standards gives green light to Honey Birdette “ultimate bondage babe” Instagram image

Posted on News by Caitlin Roper · May 04, 2020 11:12 AM

Ad Standards still failing to grasp the concept of sexual objectification

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