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Following community outcry, Aussie Bodies has announced it will withdraw an ad campaign that tied "self esteem" with physical appearance. 

In a statement announcing that the ad would be withdrawn, Aussie Bodies said it hadn't understood the "harmfulness" of the campaign, but we're not buying it! 

Why?

From Talitha Stone's petition on Change.org:

*Trigger Warning* graphic descriptions of rape and violence against women

Women should be able to speak out without facing rape threats

Collective Shout activist Talitha Stone has launched a petition calling on Twitter to add a report abuse button to tweets. Please sign and share widely.

And the Advertising Standards Board says its ok

This is a billboard advertisement in Brisbane for Honey B’s strip club. See that building behind the billboard? That’s a school.

Activists petition Facebook to uphold policies

Press Release from the Royal Humane Society

An Extraordinary General Meeting of the Directors of the Royal Humane Society of Australasia today conducted a case review and has decided to unanimously revoke the Certificate of Merit awarded to Mr Paul McCuskey effective immediately.

Collective Shout supporters will deliver our 135-page Change.org petition  containing 6000-plus signatures in Diva stores in various states this weekend.

From Melinda Tankard Reist's blog

On December 10, I wrote an opinion piece titled ‘Who says female corpses aren’t sexy?’ for ABC The Drum Unleashed, reprinted here the same day. The piece has so far received 1086 comments (many helpfully informing me I am mentally ill and hung up about sex).

Here’s an extract from the article: