Media Release: Australian retailer City Beach slammed for selling major porn brand to teens
Youth retailer City Beach has been slammed for promoting global porn industry brand Playboy, following the release of its new range of Playboy-branded clothing.
Read moreWIN: New measures to help protect minors from predators on Instagram
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:
Read moreMTR opinion piece on ABC: Why “consent” doesn’t stand a chance against porn culture
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.”
Read moreBelle Delphine: Product of a culture that eroticises children and monetises their sexualisation
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
Read moreFederal ALP MP slams Etsy's child abuse themed merch
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.
Read morePetition to Etsy: Stop selling incest and child abuse themed merch!
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.
Read more12 ways Honey Birdette disempowers women and girls
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.
Read moreAdelaide bakery serves up porn-themed cupcakes for Xmas
Cupcakes with a side of WAP-inspired porn
If there was any doubt about the mainstreaming of porn culture, Adelaide bakery The Cupcake Lady has released a range of porn-themed cupcakes for Christmas.
Borrowing phrases and imagery from Cardi B’s pornified chart-topper ‘Wet A** Pu**y’ (WAP), the cupcakes are a reminder that porn - and its harmful messages which disempower women - is everywhere.
Ad Standards endorses ‘JobSeeker boob job’ ad on Perth bus - weeks after Peter from the Public Transport Authority ordered its removal
Another Ad Standards fail
One man, five days and actually caring about the community has achieved what Ad Standards, a comprehensive advertising Code of Ethics (and accompanying Practice Note), a 22-member panel and a weeks-long review process could not: takedown of a sexist, objectifying advertisement from Perth’s public buses.
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