Named 'champions for women' host BDSM-strangulation ads in their malls

'Choking is sexy, women love to be choked'. That's the message Honey Birdette is broadcasting to all-ages audiences in shop windows across the country.

[Written by Movement Director Melinda Tankard Reist, originally published 9 February 2017 on ABC Religion and Ethics]

"Every fairy tale has a dark side."

That's the motto of the just released film Fifty Shades Darker, the second in the trilogy of films adapted from E.L. James's Fifty Shades pulp fiction series.

This blog was originally published on Melinda Tankard Reist's blog on May 3rd 2010.