Responds to backlash with PR spin, gaslights customers objecting to Playboy merch

We've had another major #WakeUpInstagram win, with Instagram's rollout of new tools to help protect underage users from predators on the platform including:

Published March 10 on ABC Religion and Ethics 

Warning: this article contains accounts of sexual assault that many will find disturbing.

“Most of my friends had either been raped, sexually assaulted or received unwanted sexual attention by the time we were in year 11.”

At the age of 21, Delphine is now the highest paid ‘porn actress’ on the planet. The specific reasons for her success make for uncomfortable reading. 

By Jen Izaakson 

*Content warning - discussion of child sexual abuse

Prominent child protection experts also speak out

Anna Cordell's petition to Etsy calling on corporate leaders to stop selling incest and child abuse themed merch has drawn support from around the world. It has so far attracted over 17k signatures, and hundreds of comments condemning Etsy's lack of corporate social responsibility. 

Anna Cordell's change.org petition

Sign and share the petition here!

I am an Australian fashion designer, singer-songwriter and mother of 5. Until recently, I was also an Etsy seller.

Despite broadcasting objectifying and pornified representations of women, reinforcing sexist and harmful stereotypes about women and sexuality, and accusations of bullying and harassing young female staff, sex store Honey Birdette’s go-to refrain is that they are “empowering women”.

This claim is at odds with reality. Read on as we unpack the various ways that Honey Birdette disempowers women and girls. 

Cupcakes with a side of WAP-inspired porn