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June and Caleb have a looser, freeform conversation about Collective Shout, YouTube's new AI powered ID verification requirements, the UK's new Online Safety Act, and what this all means for small publishers and normal internet users just like you. Join our fantasy football league by filling this form out: https://forms.gle/GixJMftsYFcimLdQ8

Bacon and Aaron spend more time with sex worker activist N'Jaila Rhee to talk itch.io, the predatory nature of "anti-porn" censorship groups like Collective Shout, how payment processor monopolies create the infrastructure to empower them, and how we as citizens must resist the temptation of policing everyone around us.

Send us a textIn Episode 196 of the Spectator Mode Podcast, the crew returns to break down another wild week in gaming. We kick things off with what we've been playing and watching before diving into whether The Outer Worlds 2 is shaping up to be another case of Microsoft marketing misfires. From there, we explore the growing rumors around Sony potentially publishing games on Xbox, followed by our thoughts on Riot's latest 2XKO update and whether it's too little too late. We also dive into a deep discussion about Wuchang: Fallen Feathers and how it stacks up against other Soulslikes. Additionally, we address the contentious decision by Itch.io to remove NSFW games in response to external pressure from Visa, Mastercard, and Collective Shout. Ending it all with the surprising legal clash between Sony and Tencent over Light of Moritam. This episode's packed, so don't miss it.Timestamps:00:00 - Intro01:54 - Games played and stuff watched15:48 - Is OuterWorlds 2 the next Microsoft Mismanaged Marketing project?29:41 - Is Sony putting its games on Xbox?50:10 - Is the new 2KXO update too little too late?52:38 - How does Wuchang: Fallen Feathers compare to other Soulslikes1:01:48 - Itch.io removing NSFW games due to Mastercard and Visa (Collective Shout)1:13:04 - Sony Suing Tencent over Light of Moritam1:27:05 - OutroDon't forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more weekly episodes! Got thoughts on these topics? Drop them in the comments—we want to hear from you.Support the showYou can find the Spectator Mode podcast on the following podcast platforms. Please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcast, as it will go a long watch in more people discovering us. Thank you! Apple Podcasts YouTube Spotify Amazon Music

Video games! We talk about some this week, like Ninja Gaiden Ragebound, Wheel World, Grounded 2, Wildgate, and more DK Bananza, plus news like the purging of adult games from Steam and itch.io, Sony's lawsuit against Tencent's Horizon clone, Atari's acquisition of Thunderful, and the momentous and long-overdue return of Mario Paint to a modern Nintendo platform. CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:10) Intro (00:04:22) Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound  |  [Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S]  |  Jul 31, 2025 (00:17:19) Wheel World  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S]  |  Jul 23, 2025 (00:25:55) First Break (00:25:59) Grounded 2  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S]  |  Jul 29, 2025 (00:39:10) Donkey Kong Bananza  |  [Nintendo Switch 2]  |  Jul 17, 2025 (00:45:45) Wildgate  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S]  |  Jul 22, 2025 (00:53:49) Len's Island  |  [Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)]  |  Jun 19, 2025 (00:55:10) Second Break (00:55:15) What's going on with Steam, Itch, and Collective Shout? (01:14:32) Sony and Tencent have a lawsuit on the Horizon (01:21:13) Atari acquires Thunderful Group (01:26:47) Metroid 4 Prime has gotten its rating, maybe we'll get a date soon! (01:27:51) Mario Paint will finally be coming to a Switch platform near you! (01:32:58) Emails (01:51:33) Nextlander content updates (01:54:17) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts (01:55:55) Wrapping up and thanks (01:58:58) See ya!

On this week's Mean Age Daydream: Trump's tariffs seemed to have... worked? Also, unhinged leftists pick a new idiotic hill to die on with Sydney Sweeney's "nazi" American Eagle ad, Hollywood goes DEI dumpster diving again on old IP and Collective Shout censors games as platforms cowtow to a leftist mini-mob. Check out ⁠⁠https://Joincrowdhealth.com⁠⁠ and use code lions to get started for just $99 and take control of your healthcare! Help support what we do and grow our show! ⁠⁠https://patreon.com/lionsofliberty⁠⁠ OR support us on Locals! ⁠⁠https://lionsofliberty.locals.com/⁠⁠ Subscribe to the all new FIRST EPISODE PODCAST! ⁠⁠https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/ENTS⁠⁠... First Episode Pod on Rumble: ⁠⁠https://rumble.com/c/c-5679432 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's Mean Age Daydream: Trump's tariffs seemed to have... worked? Also, unhinged leftists pick a new idiotic hill to die on with Sydney Sweeney's "nazi" American Eagle ad, Hollywood goes DEI dumpster diving again on old IP and Collective Shout censors games as platforms cowtow to a leftist mini-mob. Check out ⁠⁠https://Joincrowdhealth.com⁠⁠ and use code lions to get started for just $99 and take control of your healthcare! Help support what we do and grow our show! ⁠⁠https://patreon.com/lionsofliberty⁠⁠ OR support us on Locals! ⁠⁠https://lionsofliberty.locals.com/⁠⁠ Subscribe to the all new FIRST EPISODE PODCAST! ⁠⁠https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/ENTS⁠⁠... First Episode Pod on Rumble: ⁠⁠https://rumble.com/c/c-5679432 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's Mean Age Daydream: Trump's tariffs seemed to have... worked? Also, unhinged leftists pick a new idiotic hill to die on with Sydney Sweeney's "nazi" American Eagle ad, Hollywood goes DEI dumpster diving again on old IP and Collective Shout censors games as platforms cowtow to a leftist mini-mob. Check out ⁠⁠https://Joincrowdhealth.com⁠⁠ and use code lions to get started for just $99 and take control of your healthcare! Help support what we do and grow our show! ⁠⁠https://patreon.com/lionsofliberty⁠⁠ OR support us on Locals! ⁠⁠https://lionsofliberty.locals.com/⁠⁠ Subscribe to the all new FIRST EPISODE PODCAST! ⁠⁠https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/ENTS⁠⁠... First Episode Pod on Rumble: ⁠⁠https://rumble.com/c/c-5679432 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we talk about lobbying, Steam, and adult-themed games.We also discuss cultural influence, extreme ideologies, and itch.io.Recommended Book: Limitarianism by Ingrid RobeynsTranscriptIn mid-July of 2025, Valve, the company behind the gaming platform Steam, announced that it was tightening its adult-only content guidelines, its not-safe-for-work content, basically, following pressure by the payment processing companies it works with.Its new policy even says that “content that may violate the rules and standards set forth by Steam's payment processors and related card networks and banks, or internet network providers” is not allowed on Steam's network, which in practice means these games will be more difficult to find and purchase, because of Steam's prominence in the non-console gaming space.About a week later, the founder of Itch.io, another gaming marketplace that's similar in some ways to Steam, as it allows creators to sell their games to folks who use the platform, but which is a bit smaller and more focused on indie games, said that itch.io would likewise be removing NSFW, adult-themed games from its catalog, due to concerns that the payment processors they work with have communicated to their company.In no uncertain terms, he said itch.io wouldn't be able to operate without these payment processors, so they had to “prioritize our relationships with our payment partners and take immediate steps toward compliance.”The folks whose games were removed from itch.io as part of this purge were given no warning, and many critics of the decision have pointed to similarities between this gaming-world censorship, as they see it at least, and what happened back in 2018, when social platform Tumblr banned pornographic content, the company's owner citing pressure from credit card companies as the rationale for that decision—a decision that led to a huge exodus of users from the platform and a whole lot of criticism from creators, users, and folks who keep tabs on censorship-related issues.There's been a lot of the same in response to these moves by itch.io, Steam, and similar platforms which have recently decoupled themselves from certain types of adult content, and statements from these companies seems to be illustrative of what's happening here: they're completely reliant on these payment processing companies to exist, because without them they can't easily accept money for what they're selling. Thus, they'd better comply with what these companies tell them to do, or else.There have been claims from some folks who have watched this sort of purge occur in other corners of the web over the years that credit card companies are anti-porn and anti-anything-NSFW because the chargeback rate is huge in these spaces—something like 10-times the number of chargebacks, which is what happens when customers say they didn't buy something, and in some cases then get their money back, after the fact, compared to the next-highest facet of the payment processing industry. And that's both a pain and potentially expensive.Others have pointed out that these sorts of purges tend to be political in nature: the groups that push payment processors to adopt these stances are typically vehemently anti-porn, either ultra-conservative or radical-feminist in nature—two ideologies that are oppositional in many ways, but they loop back around when it comes to some topics and have similar, burn it all down ideas about adult content; we don't approve, so let's get rid of all this stuff that we don't approve of by whatever means necessary.In most cases this means lobbying to get influence in various political spheres, including with politicians who control various governments' relationships with these payment processors. If they can get the ear of those who make the rules to which these payment processors must adhere, they can then threaten the payment processors—who in many countries, though especially the United States, have pretty sweet deals that allow them to more or less collect a tax on every payment made for everything across every sector—saying, well, we can push our friends in the government to take those sweetheart deals away. So unless you want to suffer that consequence, push these customers of yours to take down this stuff we don't like.What I'd like to talk about today are some similar and overlapping movements that are beginning to see censorship-related success across these and other aspects of the web, and the seeming purpose behind these pushes to censor and purge and create the apparatuses by which censorship and purges can be more thoroughly performed.—One of the big concerns about banning certain types of games is that games are just content, and if you're able to find a reliable means of banning one type of content, you can then, in theory at least, using that same lever to ban other types of content, like books, articles, films, and so on. Some of the stuff banned on itch.io were essentially just books, in fact.If you can reliably ban any type of content, you can shape the information ecosystem to reflect one world view, and that's the sort of thing that tends to distort entire societies, creating an artificial, unreflective view of the world that adheres to the beliefs, values, and perspectives of one group while ignoring or putting down, or even outlawing the beliefs, values, and perspectives of others.It's easy to miss that when talking about the banning of adult-themed video games, and many of the games that were banned on Steam and itch.io contained themes like incest and rape—taboo themes that many people have ideological issues with, not just standard-fair pornography, whatever that even means these days.That said, this same general approach has been used to great effect by interest groups using the same general language, that we need to protect women, or we need to protect the children, won't someone think of the children, to ban books that feature any kind of queer content, or adult-adjacent themes; nothing pornographic, but themes that don't line up, often, with a particularly conservative, Christian, no-sex-before-marriage ideology.So if you're in that interest group and have those beliefs, these sorts of bans make a certain kind of sense if you want to enforce those beliefs on others and ensure the media ecosystem reflects your beliefs and nothing else, but if you don't share those beliefs, well, this lever could be used to ban all the stuff you want to see and learn about and consider, and can be very oppressive.The group behind the recent Steam and itch.io bans, Collective Shout, is run by an Australian political activist named Melinda Tankard Reist who describes herself as an advocate for women and girls and a pro-life feminist. And she's dedicated herself, among other things, to banning adult films, blocking musical artists from performing in Australia if their work contains lyrics she doesn't approve of, and to removing pornographic games from platforms like Steam, alongside games that contain LGBTQ characters or have references to domestic violence, including those that present content meant to help people who have suffered domestic violence recover from that experience.A very specific ideology, then, that she has dedicated her life to enforcing on the larger media ecosystem, and thus, society as a whole.There's a parallel and in some cases interrelated movement happening globally right now, especially in the UK and US, but in some other countries, too, to varying degrees, oriented around age-gating online content.The British government, for instance, recently approved the Online Safety Act of 2023, which they've said is intended to protect children from pornographic content on the internet.This law is enforced by an age-gate, which means requiring that people who want to access such content prove they are old enough to access it, usually by uploading their government issued ID, taking a selfie, which is then assessed to see if they're obviously old enough, or uploading something like a bank card that a child wouldn't have.This law punishes online platforms that don't implement these sorts of age-gate systems, though apparently they're incredibly ineffective and easy to bypass, as all you have to do is use a VPN to make it look like you're in another country, and the age-gates go away; that loophole might eventually disappear, as this is something that is still being rolled out, but that's the general concept and intention here.The problem with these sorts of age-gates, as noted by all sorts of activists across the political spectrum, is that what's appropriate and not appropriate is often being determined by people with views and beliefs that are in some way radical and different from that of the average person where these laws are being passed—usually those with more conservative, and thus constrictive ideas about what should be allowed—and that means, again, the informational ecosystems in these places are being reshaped to match that of these extremist people, who either found themselves in the right political positions, or who have over time purchased influenced with the politicians who are helping to make these laws.The situation is similar in some parts of the US, where age-gating laws are beginning to see implementation in conservative states like Texas, where First Amendment challenges to a recently passed age-gate law were rebuffed by the Supreme Court, which ruled in favor of those passing the law; the US Supreme Court has a large conservative majority right now, and relationships with some of the folks pushing these laws, so this isn't terribly surprising.That law, HB1181, which is one of many currently in the works or recently passed in the US, 21 states have a law similar to this, as of mid-2025, and it will require websites with adult content implement age-gating filters to prove users are 18 or older, or, as in the UK, they will be punished.Also as in the UK, there are relatively simple workarounds to all of these age verification requirements, but there are fears that these sorts of rulings will mostly fail to protect children from anything, and will predominantly be used by radicals with control over aspects of the government to reshape the media and culture in their ideological image.The folks behind the ultra-conservative Project 2025 plan, the Heritage Foundation, for instance, have said that this is exactly what they intend; by age-gating content they don't like, they can shape the next generation, and as a nice side benefit, these sorts of filters becoming common makes online identity verification the default, not the exception. And that means it's easier to track everyone, adult and non-adult, online, attaching their real identity to their behaviors, which can make it easier to pressure or punish folks who do things they don't like in the otherwise anonymized online world.This has raised all kinds of alarm bells with First Amendment and freedom of speech activists, but it's of-a-kind with those aforementioned efforts by folks trying to ban certain types of content in video games and books; if the idea is to reshape everything so that your views are the only ones people see, and anything else is taken down or outlawed, this is one way to accomplish that, even if at first it might simply seem like an attempt to ensure children don't see nude bodies or sexual acts in their video games.Similar filters are being tested, both in the practical sense and the legal and political sense, in five EU nations, and a bunch of other countries around the world right now, often by people with the same conservative political slant as in the US and UK, but in some cases by other characters who have similar ambitions with a slightly different ideological tinge.There is some evidence that pornographic content influences children in negative ways, and there's some evidence that porn, in general, is not super great for relationships, societies, and individuals.That said, almost all of these cases have been brought by people or groups with larger interests in shutting down all sorts of content; so calls to protect the children, while perhaps sometimes true, also seem to almost always be a legal foot in the door that then allows for more, next-step censorship, of things and ideas they don't like and want to ensure no else can access, in subsequent years.Show Noteshttps://action.freespeechcoalition.com/age-verification-bills/https://www.theverge.com/internet-censorship/686042/supreme-court-fsc-paxton-porn-age-verification-rulinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melinda_Tankard_Reisthttps://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0704/1521746-meta-eu/https://web.archive.org/web/20250719204151/https://www.vice.com/en/article/group-behind-steam-censorship-policies-have-powerful-allies-and-targeted-popular-games-with-outlandish-claims/https://www.readtangle.com/porn-age-verification-law-upheld-by-supreme-court/https://archive.is/20250715004830/https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/five-eu-states-test-age-verification-app-protect-children-2025-07-14/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c977njnvq2dohttps://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/protecting-children/enforcement-programme-to-protect-children-from-encountering-pornographic-content-through-the-use-of-age-assurancehttps://archive.is/20250725221633/https://www.theverge.com/analysis/713773/uk-online-safety-act-age-verification-bypass-vpnhttps://www.polygon.com/news/615910/itchio-steam-sex-adult-games-delisting-pulled-vice-controversyhttps://www.theverge.com/news/712890/itch-removes-adult-nsfw-games-steam-payment-providershttps://itch.io/updates/update-on-nsfw-contenthttps://www.ign.com/articles/valve-pulls-adult-only-games-from-steam-as-it-tightens-rules-to-appease-payment-partnershttps://www.theverge.com/2022/9/29/23377446/tumblr-matt-mullenweg-post-nsfw-porn-internet-service-moderation-policieshttps://www.gamesradar.com/games/it-might-be-porn-games-now-but-they-wont-stop-there-game-devs-join-players-and-artists-rallying-against-credit-card-companies-after-mass-nsfw-game-delisting/https://www.seamlesschex.com/blog/chargeback-rates-by-industry This is a public episode. 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Steam and Itch.io are banning indie horror games like Mouthwashing and Vile: Exhumed, and the NSFW purge started by activist group Collective Shout is being blamed. Apparently the platforms and payment processors are banning any and all games that MIGHT run afoul of the guidelines, including some that are pretty tame. Congrats on making the entire gaming world hate you, Collective Shout... Watch this podcast episode on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, opinionated news and commentary podcast that covers Entertainment and Tech from a consumer's point of view. We talk about Gaming, Comics, Anime, TV, Movies, Animation and more. Hosted by Kneon and Geeky Sparkles. D/REZZED News covers Pixels, Pop Culture, and the Paranormal! We're an independent, opinionated entertainment news blog covering Video Games, Tech, Comics, Movies, Anime, High Strangeness, and more. As part of Clownfish TV, we strive to be balanced, based, and apolitical. Get more news, views and reviews on Clownfish TV News - https://news.clownfishtv.com/ On YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/ClownfishTV On Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4Tu83D1NcCmh7K1zHIedvg On Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/clownfish-tv-audio-edition/id1726838629

In 2021, Krafton splashed huge cash on Subnautica dev Unknown Worlds. Now, the publisher may find out that buyer's remorse isn't a reason for violating a contract.  Also… Ubisoft Earnings Circana Reports for May and June 2025 Sony takes a bite out of Bandai Namco On this episode, we discussed a serious attack on artist freedom being perpetrated by payment processors Mastercard and Visa. This attack is motivated by an Australian Christofacist group called Collective Shout that, among other things, does not believe adults should have bodily autonomy.  If you would like your voice heard, here are some resources: A compiled resource document by @voiddebris.bsky.social Petitions Change.org ACLU Mastercard Phone (US): 1-800-627-8372 Phone (outside US): 1-636-722-7111 Online submission form Visa Phone (US): 1-800-847-2911 Non-US numbers Online form Some important tips: Phone calls are more impactful than emails. Do not let support reps push you to email, where keywords can filter out your concerns. Keep support reps on calls as long as possible. This creates meaningful and measurable dips in call center productivity that management WILL notice. Call multiple times with the same case number. Call center KPIs include clearing tickets in as short a time and in one call. This is another metric that will grab leadership attention. The service impact should be sustained for at least a month says workforce management professional Elliot Wilson on Bluesky. You can support Virtual Economy's growth via our Ko-Fi and also purchase Virtual Economy merchandise! TIME STAMPS [00:02:59] - Ubisoft Earnings [00:11:08] - Circana Reports on U.S. Video Game Spending for May and June 2025 [00:22:28] - Unknown Worlds v Krafton [00:35:10] - Mastercard and Visa are Ramping Up Their Censorship (Steam, Itch.io) [00:43:54] - Investment Interlude [00:48:01] - Quick Hits [00:50:25] - Bonus Investment Interlude [01:02:16] - Labor Report SOURCES Ubisoft Q1 FY26 Earnings | Ubisoft Ubisoft Names Co-CEOs of Spinoff | Variety KRAFTON ANNOUNCES GAMING INDUSTRY VETERAN STEVE PAPOUTSIS AS NEW CEO OF UNKNOWN WORLDS | Krafton Krafton Delays ‘Subnautica 2' Game Ahead of $250 Million Payout | Bloomberg (Paywall) Fortis Advisors v. Krafton via Aftermath | Scribd (Nicole Carpenter) Steam cracks down on some sex games to appease payment processors | Ars Technica INVESTMENT INTERLUDE Bandai Namco and Sony Sign Strategic Partnership | Bandai Namco Gamefound acquires Indiegogo | Gamefound ‘Subnautica 2' Publisher Krafton Acquires ‘Last Epoch' Developer Eleventh Hour Games for $96 Million | Variety LABOR REPORT Tom Clancy, Star Trek: Bridge Crew Studio Ubisoft Red Storm Lays Off 19, Citing 'Global Cost-saving Efforts' | IGN Virtuos confirms it's laying off 270 workers across Asia and Europe | Game Developer Secret 6 Has Been Closed | Patricia Pérez Menéndez on LinkedIn Secret 6 Madrid workers call off strike after agreeing severance terms with Testronic | Game Developer Report: Wardogs developer Bulkhead is laying off workers | GamesIndustry Airship Interactive entered administration earlier this month | GamesIndustry Report: Wayfinder developer Airship Syndicate is laying off staff | Game Developer Dark Sky Studio Ganymede Games is Shutting Down | Jerry Prochazka on LinkedIn HELP OUR GREG WITH HIS MASTERS DISSERTATION! Our lead moderator and King of Game Showcases, Greg Alderton, is working on his masters dissertation. As part of that, he's conducting research on cozy spaces in games. We'd be delighted if you'd help him by participating in the research phase. All you need to do is download a small file from Itch.io here, take a few minutes to experience the two spaces included, and fill out a short form here. Thank you for helping Greg!

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This is the episode you've all been waiting for. While Th3Hoopman is out gallivanting around the world, ya boy is at home with my boots on the ground. I'm getting the scoop on visual novels and I'm joined by one of my good friends from college who is an expert in the genre. This week, we're talking about visual novels, cosplay, Pokemon, and recent outrage caused by the Collective Shout. This is a good one folks. ------  #FKM Discord https://playerplayerpod.com/discord Website http://playerplayerpod.com/ Twitter https://twitter.com/playerplayerpod Intro Music Provided by Aaron Miller https://www.instagram.com/themillerchild Joseph https://twitter.com/th3hoopman Arsene https://twitter.com/paxarsenica

On this week's episode, Nathan and Chris are joined by Isla Hinck of Easy Allies, aka the Aftermath of YouTube. Nathan and Isla met just one week ago, at this year's TennoCon, the official Warframe convention (yes, Warframe has an official convention), so they regale Chris with tales of their time at a refreshingly positive show attended by fans who just seem to… love a thing? In 2025? I'm as surprised as you are. They also got to explore developer Digital Extremes' office inside a dead mall, which was a trip unto itself. Then we discuss a significantly more dispiriting piece of news: Payment processors, urged on by a militantly censorious group called Collective Shout, have brought their anti-porn crackdown to Steam and Itch.io, an attack on free speech that will almost certainly not end with porn. Finally, decide which kind of Hideo Kojima-created guy we'd like to be, and we tease what Aftermath has planned for the rest of the year. Credits- Hosts: Nathan Grayson, Chris Person, & special guest Isla Hinck- Podcast Production & Ads: Multitude- Subscribe to Aftermath!About The ShowAftermath Hours is the flagship podcast of Aftermath, a worker-owned, subscription-based website covering video games, the internet, and everything that comes after from journalists who previously worked at Kotaku, Vice, and The Washington Post. Each week, games journalism veterans Luke Plunkett, Nathan Grayson, Chris Person, Riley MacLeod, and Gita Jackson – though not always all at once, because that's too many people for a podcast – break down video game news, Remember Some Games, and learn about Chris' frankly incredible number of special interests. Sometimes we even bring on guests from both inside and outside the video game industry! I don't know what else to tell you; it's a great time. Simply by reading this description, you're already wasting time that you could be spending listening to the show. Head to aftermath.site for more info. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Collective Shout, a group of feminist activists, are claiming that they're the ones who went after Steam's payment processors to get adult games yanked from the store. And apparently they also put pressure on Vice to pull down articles about them, which lead to most of the Waypoint staff walking out. This is INSANE. Watch this podcast episode on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, opinionated news and commentary podcast that covers Entertainment and Tech from a consumer's point of view. We talk about Gaming, Comics, Anime, TV, Movies, Animation and more. Hosted by Kneon and Geeky Sparkles. D/REZZED News covers Pixels, Pop Culture, and the Paranormal! We're an independent, opinionated entertainment news blog covering Video Games, Tech, Comics, Movies, Anime, High Strangeness, and more. As part of Clownfish TV, we strive to be balanced, based, and apolitical. Get more news, views and reviews on Clownfish TV News - https://news.clownfishtv.com/ On YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/ClownfishTV On Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4Tu83D1NcCmh7K1zHIedvg On Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/clownfish-tv-audio-edition/id1726838629

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How are campus policies being used to silence university staff and students organising for Palestine? Eva Sikes-Gerogiannis takes us inside the People’s Inquiry into Campus Free Speech on Palestine hearing. Triple J’s first-ever Hottest Australian 100 drops next Saturday. We chat to musician Ben Lee about the future of Australian music and the countdown. The Federal Court dismissed a lawsuit brought by Torres Strait Islander elders to protect their lands from climate change. Lawyer Brett Spiegel joins us to discuss the ruling’s impact on local communities and climate justice. Is your local chicken shop next in line for a McDonald's takeover? We take a closer look at local council development applications and what they tell us about the future of your suburb. Producer Gabriella Accaria weighs in on the objectification of women in sexually violent video games and the success of Australian organisation Collective Shout’s campaign against them. Content warning: sexual violence. What’s behind Sydney’s obsession with mega infrastructure projects? Producer Emilios Kwasner-Catsivelakis and architect Gerard Reinmuth unpack how the city’s complex urban planning history impacts us. This episode of Backchat was produced by Eva Sikes-Gerogiannis, Holly Payne, Jess D’Souza, Gabriella Accaria and Emilios Kwasner-Catsivelakis.Executive produced by Bec Cushway.Hosted by Holly Payne and Tanita Razaghi. Aired 19th July 2025 on Gadigal land. Want to support our show? Follow us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, leave us a five-star review, and share an episode with a friend.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Haley McNamara and Dani Pinter sit down with Melinda Tankard Reist, Co-Founder and Movement Director of Collective Shout, for a discussion around the recent successful campaign to remove a sexually violent game called “No Mercy” from Steam. Melinda describes how the game allows players to sexually assault your family members and rewards you for doing so. In less than a week, this campaign garnered over 70,000 signatures and over 3,000 emails sent to the CEO of Valve to remove this game. Despite the backlash and threats, Melinda and the team at Collective Shout continue their work to protect women and children from objectification and sexualization. Melinda is an author, speaker, media commentator and campaigner. She is best known for her work addressing sexualization, objectification, harms of pornography, sexual exploitation, trafficking and violence against women. Melinda is author/editor of seven books (no. 8 on boundary-setting for girls forthcoming 2025). She co-founded Collective Shout for a world free of sexploitation 15 years ago, and is Movement Director. Melinda is an Ambassador for World Vision Australia, Compassion Australia, Hagar NZ and the youth mentoring body the Raise Foundation. She is also Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Culture and Ethics, Notre Dame University, Sydney and named in the Who's Who of Australian Women and the World Who's Who of Women. In 2024 she was the recipient of the ‘Global Impact Award' presented at the Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation [CESE] Global Summit in Washington DC. 

Trigger Warning*Trigger Warning: The following episode contains descriptions of disturbing porn themes and discussions of child sexual abuse. Listener discretion is advised Melinda Tankard Reist is an author, speaker, and the Movement Director of Collective Shout. She's spent many years as a leading advocate against the sexual exploitation of girls and women. In this episode, she shares the impact of porn culture on youth, relationships, and society. She unpacks her latest research on the alarming rise of sexual harassment in schools, particularly toward teachers. She also addresses how boys are being conditioned to see girls as objects through exposure to violent pornography.Episode Resources Article: Porn Impacts Student Sexual Harassment in Schools—Here's HowVideo: This SANE Nurse Explains How Pornography Inspires Sexual AssaultMelinda Tankard-Reist's WebsiteCollective ShoutSexual Harassment of Teachers Report

We’re talking to Collective Shout about their annual name and shame of retailers and platforms that exploit girls and women.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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We confront a disturbing reality: the exploitation of children on Social Media. Collective Shout has tirelessly exposed how predators are drawn to underage accounts, and alarmingly, social media platforms recommend these accounts to others. More troubling, some parents are complicit, pushing their children into the limelight as kidfluencers, unwittingly or deliberately exposing them to these dangers and sexploitation.Why are social media companies allowed to engage in practices that would be unacceptable elsewhere? What is the impact on the children who are exploited?Lyn Swanson Kennedy from Collective Shout, a leading voice in the fight against this exploitation joins our host Kelly Humphries in a delve into the dark side of social media fame and the urgent need for stricter regulations to protect our children. Join us!

Send us a Text Message.** This episode is not appropriate for little ears, the content we cover is confronting so listener discretion is advised.**We cover A LOT in this interview. Melinda, Co-Founder of Collective Shout works to combat the sexualization of women and girls and has achieved numerous victories in removing offensive content and promoting change. In this interview I ask Melinda what the issue is, how we go here, the harsh reality we now face and the best way we can protect the next generation and change the messaging. Topics covered include:* Impacts of the growing porn industry including Only Fans* Dangers of social media* Data representing effects on children and youth* Plenty of real life examples - these will shock you. * How to advocate for and protect the next generation* The work of Collective Shout & more.. Like what you heard? Be sure to subscribe to whatever platform you listened from and follow @hertheology on Instagram or Facebook for regular updates!

Did you know the average age of first exposure to pornography is 11 years? We are at a critical juncture in our nation's history as the pervasive influence of pornography distorts views on consent, sexual behaviour, healthy relationships, and aggression.This episode brings an urgent & compelling discussion with leading experts. Melinda Tankard Reist, acclaimed author, journalist, and co-founder of Collective Shout, dedicated to combating the sexualisation of girls & women. Joining her is Maha Melhem, Director of Melhem Legal & Consulting, with extensive experience in policy reform for child safety playing a pivotal role in the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.Tune in as we illuminate how early exposure to pornography shapes harmful sexual behaviours in young people. These insights & advocacy are crucial for understanding & addressing this pressing issue. Don't miss this vital 2 part conversation!

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This podcast episode features an in-depth conversation with Melinda Tankard Reist, a journalist and activist renowned for her work against the pornography industry, its harmful effects on society, and her grassroots organization Collective Shout.The discussion covers a wide range of topics, including the normalization and dangers of pornography, its role in objectifying women and perpetuating violence, its disturbing influence on younger generations, and insights from her book 'He Chose Porn Over Me,' which addresses the pain of discovering a partner's porn addiction.Connect with Melinda Tankard Reist belowInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meltankardreist/Website: https://melindatankardreist.com/Collective Shout Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collective.shout/Collective Shout Website: https://www.collectiveshout.org/Australian orders for 'He Chose Porn Over Me': https://melindatankardreist.com/he-chose-prn-over-me/Non-Australian orders for 'He Chose Porn Over Me':  https://www.amazon.com/He-Chose-Porn-over-Me-ebook/dp/B0B5FMSJC7Follow along on social media: IG: https://www.instagram.com/wtfdoidonowpodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wtfdoidonowpodcast?lang=en Website: https://www.wtfdoidonow.com/ **Please subscribe and rate the show so more girls can find this resource and know they aren't alone in their healing journey!

On this week's episode I am super excited to be bringing one of our much loved guest, Director and Psychologist here at BodyMatters Australasia, Sarah McMahon. Sarah is a Registered Psychologist and the Director of BodyMatters Australasia clinic which is an eating disorder treatment clinic which has clinics all around Australia. BMA utilises the discipline of Psychologists, Dieticians, Paediatricians, Social workers, Psychotherapists, as well as multiple other stakeholders. Sarah Co- Founded BodyMatters with Lydia Turner in 2009 as a way to go beyond the biomedical model in the treatment of eating disorders. Sarah is also the Founder of the grassroots advocacy group and charity 'Collective Shout' where she has Chaired the organisation for six of its eight years.  Sarah has been involved in organisations such as Lifeline and is a Founding Member and Board Member of 'Endangered Bodies'. Where Sarah was also on the ANZAED Carer Consumer Committee. Sarah Holds a Masters in Public Health and is passionate about educating the community on eating disorders. Where Sarah is a regular voice in the Media. Sarah has written several book chapters including the body image & eating disorder chapter in Steve Biddulph's 2013 international best seller 'Raising Girls' and contributed to Collet Smart's 2019 book "They'll be okay: 15 Conversations to Help Your Child Through Troubled Times". More recently, she has been interviewed extensively in Kasey Edwards & Christopher Scanlons "Raising Girls Who Like Themselves". Where Sarah has also worked with schools, workplaces, charities, and many more organisational bodies in the fight towards a culture free from the dominating presence of eating disorders. That is why I am super excited to be bringing Sarah back on the podcast to speak about the topic of the prevalence and cost of eating disorders in Australia & globally. Where we will discuss the new data and research done on eating disorders by the Butterfly Foundation. Aside from what we know in the research, the media still has such a large role in diet culture and the stigma around eating disorders. So as a way to open up more about this area for you, please welcome back Director and Psychologist of BMA, Sarah McMahon.   Podcast Summary:   1. The impact of COVID and inflation on eating disorders 2. The Butterfly Foundations research report 3. The estimated cost of eating disorders for people and families 4. Building relapse prevention 5. Using social media to promote positive change 6. The benefits of treatment and ongoing therapy     Links from the episode: Butterfly foundation Research prepared by Deloitte: https://butterfly.org.au/news/new-report-reveals-alarming-growth-in-both-prevalence-and-cost-of-eating-disorders/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwwYSwBhDcARIsAOyL0fgqxplGsVM6Pn8uxtH70BDitor7D2HGHMtWjEllWZesenAVS9U1_p4aAn2OEALw_wcB Links from the episode and to BodyMatters: BodyMatters Australasia Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bodymatters.com.au/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ BodyMatters Instagram: @bodymattersau Butterfly Foundation Helpline: Call their National Helpline on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠1800 33 4673⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. You can also ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠chat online⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠email

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In this episode, I chat with Daniel Principe a youth advocate and educator with Collective Shout, a movement against the objectification of women and sexualisation of girls in the media, partnering with schools and communities to challenge the porn culture and the sexualisation of women and girls.Daniel has presented in hundreds of schools to students to assist parents and communities to raise healthy, resilient and empathetic young people. Listen in to hear our discussion on: - How to equip young people to recognise the impacts of harmful messaging from social media, advertising, pop culture and the global porn industry. - All about Daniel's work - Reimagine Masculinity - Ways to deal with the resistance young men feel - How parents and society can better support young boys in these areas Links: Daniel can be contacted via his website below and hosts podcast ‘Reimagining Masculinity' https://www.lastoftheromans.org

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This week more than 40 child and women safety experts have signed an open letter to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese calling for an Australian porn passport trial. Research undertaken by the eSafety Commission has found 75% of 16 to 18-year-olds have viewed online pornography, and a third of those first saw it before they were 13. In this episode of The Briefing, Tom Tilley finds out what's going on with one of those who has signed the letter, Collective Shout's Daniel Principe.   Headlines: Murdoch steps down as Fox and News Corp chair New Covid inquiry faces backlash Taylor Swift academic conference to come to Australia   Follow The Briefing:Instagram: @thebriefingpodcast Facebook: TheBriefingNewsAUTwitter: @TheBriefingAU  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's episode I am super excited to be bringing on the podcast our much loved guest and Director here at BodyMatters Australasia Sarah McMahon. Sarah is a Registered Psychologist and the Director of BodyMatters Australasia which is an eating disorder treatment clinic based in Sydney, Cremorne. BMA utilises the discipline of Psychologists, Dieticians, Paediatricians, Social workers, Psychotherapists, as well as multiple other stakeholders. Sarah Co- Founded BodyMatters with Lydia Turner in 2009 as a way to go beyond the biomedical model in the treatment of eating disorders. Sarah is also the Founder of the grassroots advocacy group 'Collective Shout' where she has Chaired the organisation for six of its eight years.  Sarah has been involved in organisations such as Lifeline and is a Founding Member and Board Member of 'Endangered Bodies'. Where Sarah was also on the ANZAED Carer Consumer Committee. Sarah Holds a Masters in Public Health and is passionate about educating the community on eating disorders. Where Sarah is a regular voice in the Media. Sarah has written several book chapters including the body image & eating disorder chapter in Steve Biddulph's 2013 international best seller 'Raising Girls'  and contributed to Collet Smart's 2019 book "They'll be okay: 15 Conversations to Help Your Child Through Troubled Times". More recently, she has been interviewed extensively in Kasey Edwards & Christopher Scanlons "Raising Girls Who Like Themselves". Where Sarah has also worked with schools, workplaces, charities, and many more organisational bodies in the fight towards a culture without the dominating presence of eating disorders. That is why I am so excited to be bringing Sarah back on the podcast to speak about the topic of the current economic pressures on Eating Disorders. During periods of stress and uncertainty lots of people's ability to cope can quickly lapse. That is why on this week's episode Sarah goes through the impact of the pressures of the cost of living on the presentation of eating disorders. As a way to encourage people during difficult times it is really even more important to reach out for help. Especially the right mental health support for the treatment and recovery from an Eating Disorder. So, on that note, let's jump right into the topic of money, negative feelings around money, being committed to recovery and the importance of seeking support when struggling with your mental health. Enjoy! Podcast Summary: 1. The impact of stress and uncertainty on the presentation of eating disorders 2. The impact of the cost of living on recovery 3. Food insecurity and the way families are talking about food 4. Not justifying food restriction because of the economic crisis 5. Prioritising Eating Disorder recovery and treatment 6. Using your recovery tool kit during difficult times   Links to BodyMatters: BodyMatters Australasia Website: https://bodymatters.com.au/ BodyMatters Instagram: @bodymattersau Butterfly Foundation Helpline: Call their National Helpline on 1800 33 4673. You can also chat online or email Budget friendly recipe sites: Woolworths:  Budget Recipes –Woolworths Recipes Australia's Best Recipes: 100 budget family meals to help lower the grocery bill Taste: Top 50 budget meals

Pornography is now fully mainstream, accepted as a harmless, normal, expected part of men's lives. Social media, the internet, dating apps and sites like OnlyFans have incorporated porn into our lives such that it is unavoidable. Kids are exposed to porn as early as nine years old. Those who are critical of the porn industry are labelled as "sex-negative," old-fashioned, censorial, shaming, or prudish. That said, things seem to be changing as more and more men are waking up to the impact of porn on their mental health, relationships, sexualities, and lives. Men are talking to other men (and boys) about the harms of porn, opening up a new and necessary conversation. In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Daniel Principe, Collective Shout's youth advocate and educator, about his experience growing up with porn, why he stopped consuming it, and what the impact of porn has been on young people today. The Same Drugs is a fully independent, listener-supported podcast. Please considering supporting us with a donation, by becoming a patron ⁠on Patreon⁠, or by subscribing on ⁠Substack⁠. Watch The Same Drugs ⁠on YouTube⁠. You can support The Same Drugs on ⁠Spotify ⁠or by donating ⁠directly via Stripe⁠. The Same Drugs is on Twitter ⁠⁠@thesamedrugs_⁠⁠. Meghan Murphy is on Twitter ⁠@meghanemurphy⁠. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-same-drugs/support

We’re talking to Open Doors about worldwide persecution of Christians and how the Bible is banned in 52 nations. Help Vision to keep 'Connecting Faith to Life': https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re talking to Collective Shout about campaigns ahead of International Women’s Day. Help Vision to keep 'Connecting Faith to Life': https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Melinda Tankard Reist ( www.melindatankardreist.com) is an author, speaker, media commentator, blogger and advocate for young people. She is best known for her work addressing sexualisation, objectification, harms of pornography, sexual exploitation, trafficking and violence against women. Melinda is author/editor of seven books including Getting Real: Challenging the Sexualisation of Girls (Spinifex Press, 2009), Big Porn Inc: Exposing the harms of the global pornography industry (Spinifex Press, 2011, co-edited with Dr Abigail Bray) and Prostitution Narratives: Stories of survival in the sex trade (Spinifex Press, co-edited with Dr Caroline Norma).  An opinion writer, Melinda has appeared on ABC's Q&A and The Gruen Sessions as well as many other TV and radio programs. Melinda is co-founder of the grassroots campaigning movement, Collective Shout: for a world free of sexploitation, exposing corporations, advertisers and marketers who objectify women and sexualise girls to sell products and services. An Ambassador for World Vision Australia, Compassion Australia, HagarNZ and the youth mentoring body the Raise Foundation, Melinda is also Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Culture and Ethics, Notre Dame University, Sydney. Melinda is named in the Who's Who of Australian Women and the World Who's Who of Women. Her most recent book is He Chose Porn Over Me.

We’re talking to Collective Shout about their corporate offender blacklist of companies that objectify women and sexualise girls. Help Vision to keep 'Connecting Faith to Life': https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Amateur Activist is joined by author, media commentator, blogger, and advocate for women and girls - Melinda Tankard Reist. Melinda is best known for her work addressing sexualisation, objectification, the harms of pornography, sexual exploitation, trafficking and violence against women. She recently authored her 7th book, He Chose P*rn Over Me. She is also one of the founders of the grassroots campaigning movement Collective Shout: for a world free of sexploitation. Collective Shout names and shames corporations, advertisers, and marketers who objectify women and sexualise girls to sell products & services. In this episode, Melinda and Isabela talk about the effects of pornography on young people, the lie that the porn industry sells to young women in particular about sexual liberation and empowerment, and why we as amateur activists should care about this issue at all. This episode does discuss sensitive material regarding the effects of porn on relationships and the effect is has on children as young as Year 4 who are effected by the porn they watch and the pornified culture they are growing up in. You can connect with Melinda on Instagram, here, or head to her website. You can connect with and follow Collective Shout on Instagram, here, or on their website. Melinda's new book, He Chose P*rn Over Me, is available here. We are wrapping up our first season of Amateur Activist and we would love to connect with and hear from you! If you enjoy the show and episodes, could you take a moment to rate and review the podcast on your platform of choice? This helps new listeners find us. You can connect with Amateur Activist here or with Isabela here.

Caitlin Roper is a feminist activist, writer and PhD candidate. She is also campaigns manager for Collective Shout: for a world free of sexploitation, a grassroots campaigning movement challenging the objectification of women and the sexualisation of girls in media, advertising and popular culture.

We are very pleased to share this interview by Raquel Rosario Sanchez with Caitlin Roper, author of “Sex Dolls, Robots and Woman Hating” which has just been published by Spinifex Press.“Sex Dolls, Robots and Woman Hating” exposes the inherent misogyny in the trade in sex dolls and robots modelled on the bodies of women and girls for men's unlimited sexual use. From doll owners enacting violence and torture on their dolls, men choosing their dolls over their wives, dolls made in the likeness of specific women and the production of child sex abuse dolls, sex dolls and robots pose a serious threat to the status of women and girls.Caitlin Roper is an activist, writer and Campaigns Manager at Collective Shout: for a world free of sexploitation, a grassroots campaigning movement against the objectification of women and sexualisation of girls in media, advertising and popular culture.Caitlin is an author whose work has been published in a range of mainstream media outlets including The Guardian, ABC, Huffington Post, Sydney Morning Herald and Arena magazine. She contributed a commentary chapter to Prostitution Narratives: Stories of Survival in the Sex Trade (Spinifex Press, 2016). Caitlin Roper is a founding member of Adopt Nordic WA which advocates for implementation of the Nordic model of prostitution legislation in Western Australia. She has been a speaker and organiser for Reclaim the Night Perth. She is also aco-founder of the Feminist Academy of Technology and Ethics (the FATES).“Sex Dolls, Robots and Woman Hating”, is available on the FiLiA Bookshop, Spinifex Press and in all excellent bookstores. You can follow the work of the grassroots campaigning organisation Collective Shout on their website and social media. You can follow Caitlin Roper's work on her Twitter and Instagram. 

You may be aware of the prevalence of pornography, the way it's crept into popular media and normalized the objectification of women and girls, but today's guest, writer and activist Caitlin Roper is bringing news from the outer limits of male sexual entitlement. In this episode we explore an emerging threat in the exploitation of women and girls, sex robots and sex abuse dolls. Caitlin notes that life-like sex abuse dolls, including ones modeled after infants, toddlers, and children, have been available for sale on popular platforms like Etsy, Alibaba and Amazon. Apologists will say ‘better these men should do this to a doll than to a real woman or girl,' but for Roper, this logic does not hold up to scrutiny. In her new book Sex Dolls, Robots & Woman Hating, Caitlin says that sex dolls and robots have actually created even more opportunity for exploitation, including the production of sex abuse dolls made to look like specific children and instagram influencers. As the Campaigns Manager of Collective Shout, an organization that combats exploitation of women and girls in media and popular culture, Caitlin discusses her work with teen girls and the skills needed to resist porn culture in everyday life. Buy Caitlin's book Sex Dolls, Robots & Woman Hating: https://amzn.to/3SG0Mkv Follow Caitlin on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itscaitlinroper/ Learn more about Collective Shout: https://www.collectiveshout.org/ ➢➢➢ SUPPORT THE PODCAST | https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/whosebodyisit?locale.x=en_US 1:1 COACHING SOVEREIGN WOMEN | https://www.whosebodyisit.com/coaching-for-sovereign-women HYPNOSIS FOR HEALING & RADICAL CHANGE | https://www.whosebodyisit.com/hypnosis SHOP ACTIVIST STICKERS | https://www.whosebodyisit.com/shop INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/whosebodyisit/

Feminist Question Time with speakers from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and France Women's Declaration International (WDI) Feminist Question Time is our weekly online webinars. It is attended by a global feminist and activist audience of between 200-300. The main focus is how gender ideology is harming the rights of women and girls. WDI is the leading  global organisation defending women's sex-based rights against the threats posed by gender identity ideology. This week's speakers: Caitlin Roper - Australia - Woman as object: Sex dolls and robots as a form of pornography - I explore sex dolls and robots as a form of pornography, and an emerging form of technology used against women, to facilitate men's abuse of women and turn women into pornography. Bio: Caitlin is a writer, activist and Campaigns Manager at Collective Shout: for a world free of sexploitation, a founding member of Adopt Nordic WA, and co-founder of the Feminist Academy of Technology and Ethics. Her book Sex Dolls, Robots and Woman Hating: The Case for Resistance (2022) is available from Spinifex Press. Raine McLeod - Canada - Government-Funded Defamation: How the Canadian Government is Silencing Feminists - The government-funded non-profit that is targeting feminists in Canada and the hit piece they wrote about me. Bio: Former English Coordinator for WDI - Canada, founder of Alberta Radical Feminists Carol Bartle and Katrina Biggs - New Zealand - An Update from Aotearoa New Zealand - Events in Aotearoa related to transgender identity ideology – debates and politics - women's rights and GC feminists. Issues with language changes and the issues related to the loss of sex-based language in maternity, birth, breastfeeding and women's health Bio: Carol Bartle has a health background including midwifery - Major work and interests include women's health, ethics and human rights, climate change and health, breastfeeding and infant feeding politics, women in prison – particularly mothers with babies in prison. Katrina Biggs - I am an ordinary woman. I have done a number of things in my life, but going to university and getting letters after my name aren't amongst them. However, I can still work out how any legislation which allows men into women's and girls' spaces and sports won't go well for women and girls. There have always been, and always will be, a certain number of men in any group who are not okay people, which is why women and girls need safeguards and boundaries. It has no bearing on how men identify or their occupation, and it's naïve in the extreme to believe otherwise. No one should need a university degree to know this. I am a co-spokeswoman for Speak Up for Women New Zealand. Pauline Makoveitchoux - France - Being a feminist photographer in a misogynistic society that advocates the hypersexualization of women and makes feminist activists invisible. - The personal is political so I will tell my life story, and my vision of feminist photography. In this society where women are only passively represented and material reality is now erased, I continue to try to document struggles and create images of authentic, active, struggling women. Bio: activist feminist, photographer. Disclaimer: Women's Declaration International (WDI) hosts a range of women from all over the world on Feminist Question Time (FQT) and Radical Feminist Perspectives (RFP) and on webinars hosted by country chapters – all have signed our Declaration or have known histories of feminist activism - but beyond that, we do not know their exact views or activism. WDI does not know in detail what they will say on webinars. The views expressed by speakers in these videos are not necessarily those of WDI and we do not necessarily support views or actions that speakers have expressed or engaged in at other times. As well as the position stated in our Declaration on Women's Sex-based Rights, WDI opposes sexism, racism and anti-semitism. For more information see our Frequently Asked Questi

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Caitlin Roper, Campaigns Manager for Collective Shout, talks about her new book, Sex Dolls, Robots, and Woman Hating: The Case for Resistance, published by Spinifex Press. In her book, Roper debunks common arguments put forward in favor of an industry which she describes as the “literal objectification” of women into sex objects. “Lifelike, replica women and girls produced for men's sexual use, sex dolls and robots represent the literal objectification of women. They are marketed as companions, the means for men to create their ‘ideal' woman, and as the ‘perfect girlfriend' that can be stored away after its use. Advocates claim the development of sex dolls and robots should be actively encouraged and will have many benefits — but for who? Sex Dolls, Robots and Woman Hating exposes the inherent misogyny in the trade in sex dolls and robots modeled on the bodies of women and girls for men's unlimited sexual use. From doll owners enacting violence and torture on their dolls, men choosing their dolls over their wives, dolls made in the likeness of specific women and the production of child sex abuse dolls, sex dolls and robots pose a serious threat to the status of women and girls. ‘Sex dolls and robots in the female form function as an endorsement of men's sexual rights, with women and girls positioned as sexual objects. The production of these products further cements women's second class status.'” You can register to attend Caitlin's book launch event on August 23rd, or pre-order a copy of Sex Dolls, Robots and Woman Hating. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/womens-voices/message

FiLiA Spokeswoman Raquel Rosario Sánchez speaks to author and activist Melinda Tankard Reist about pornography's desensitisation of male sexuality and its traumatic effect on women and girls. Hear also about Melinda's work with children and teenagers in schools, her campaigning work with Collective Shout, and the way forward out of a culture of sexualised violence against women and girls.Melinda Tankard Reist is an author, speaker, campaigner, and advocate for women and girls. She is best known for her work addressing sexualisation, objectification, the harms of pornography, sexual exploitation, trafficking, and violence against women. She has recently been appointed Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Culture and Ethics, Notre Dame University, Sydney. She is the Founder and Movement Director of the campaigning organisation Collective Shout. She is the editor of six books including Getting Real: Challenging the Sexualisation of Girls (Spinifex Press, 2009), Big Porn Inc: Exposing the harms of the global pornography industry (Spinifex Press, 2011, co-edited with Dr Abigail Bray), Prostitution Narratives: Stories of survival in the sex trade and Broken Bonds: Surrogate mothers speak out (Spinifex Press, 2019, co-edited with Jennifer Lahl and Renate Klein).Recently, Melinda published He Chose Porn Over Me, a collection of essays written by 25 women who share their stories of broken relationships and enduring abuse by porn-obsessed male partners. He Chose Porn Over Me was launched in early August 2022 during a global event hosted by Collective Shout. The book is available from the FiLiA Bookshop and at bookstores worldwide and via its publisher Spinifex.You can learn more about Melinda's work against a culture of sexualisation and objectification of women and girls on her website.  You can learn more about the campaigning work of Collective Shout on their website. Melinda can also be found on social media such as Twitter and Instagram.

Daniel Principe is an educator and youth advocate with Collective Shout. With a passion for helping young men reimagine masculinity and embody a vision of manhood defined by virtue, he works with schools and communities to challenge porn culture and the sexualisation of women and girls, Hearing the heartbreaking stories of thousands of young people across the country he is determined to address the elephant in the room and for us all to be part of creating the positive cultural change we all hope for by inviting us to have the difficult conversations about body image, suicide, sexual assult and pornography. Daniel is a health-professional with a background in PR, marketing and media, He's worked as an adviser in the non-profit health sector, is the host of the Collective Shout's podcast ‘Reimagining Masculinity' and is a regular guest on community radio. Ignite Your Passion! Discover the power of storytelling to build your brand and amplify the impact you have in the world. Follow Kylee on LinkedIn, book a no-obligation call online and follow The Uncharted Leader on Instagram, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. Podcast proudly supported by TrinityP3 Global Marketing Management Consultants and The Performance Code.

Caitlin Roper, activist, writer and Campaigns Manager at Collective Shout, discusses her forthcoming book to be published this autumn by Spinifex Press, Sex Dolls, Robots and Woman Hating: The Case for Resistance (2022). Roper outlines the burgeoning industry of “sex dolls” and the more recent emergence of child sex abuse dolls where many companies now offer the customisation of these dolls based on photos of actual girls. Elaborating the widespread support for these dolls and the academic research that views these dolls as the solution to men’s sexual “deprivation," Roper criticises how these dolls are framed as the panacea to women and girls being raped with some supporters stating, “It’s better a robot than a real child.” Roper discusses the wider patriarchal context that supports the objectification of women and girls that prioritises men’s needs in a cultural context that depends upon the idea that women and girls are less than human. Pointing out the paradox where recent social movements have superficially recognised women’s and girls’ rights (eg. the #metoo movement, narratives of consent, etc.), Roper notes the steep disconnect from the wider societal support of the sex doll industry, pornography, and the sex trade. Roper vituperates, “They’re completely at odds. You can’t be fighting the mistreatmeant and exploitation of women while simultaneously encouraging their dehummanisation.” Get full access to Savage Minds at savageminds.substack.com/subscribe

NSW schools are reporting a 44% increase in 'indecent assault'. Daniel Principe, from Collective Shout, elaborates on the role violent pornography plays (2.07.2022)

Sexuality, consent and pornography might not be the first topic of conversation we'd raise at a dinner party. But perhaps we should!  --- Issues around consent, pornography and sexuality are a minefield to navigate for young people today and sometimes it's hard to find helpful places to go to find help. Daniel Principe, Youth Advocate and Educator at Collective Shout, is one source of information and encouragement for young people and his work is hitting a nerve. What are ways to help young women and men flourish together when pornography and objectification are such powerfully warping influences and so hard to counteract. Daniel Principe is out in schools offering a different way to think and to be, and young people are lapping this message up.  Listen to Dan tell something of his story, his passion for the subject and why he thinks there are things that can be done to help people find healthy and life-giving relationships that will serve both individuals and the common good.    Despite the darkness of the subject matter, this is an uplifting and optimistic conversation. --- www.collectiveshout.org Last of the Romans: Reimagining Masculinity, restoring virtue  1800 Respect or 1800 737 732 Men's Referral Service or 1300 766 491 Lifeline or 13 11 14

We're talking to Collective Shout about what to ask candidates in the election about how to protect children from online content. Help Vision to keep 'Connecting Faith to Life': https://vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're talking to Collective Shout about their Christmas 'blacklist' of businesses that exploit and sexualise women to sell products and services. Help Vision to keep 'Connecting Faith to Life': https://vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After a global campaign highlighting sexist uniform rules, the International Handball Federation is now letting female players switch their bikini bottoms and crop tops, for tank tops and shorts. A petition - supported by Collective Shout - called on the Federation to change its rules after the European Handball Federation disciplinary commission fined the Norwegian women's team for breaking the rules by wearing bike shorts instead of bikinis at the Euro 21 tournament in Spain. The EHF described the shorts as "improper clothing". Australian woman Talitha Stone who led the campaign. She spoke to Susie Ferguson.

OnlyFans have backflipped on their pledge to ban sexually explicit content. Daniel from Collective Shout talks us through it - Kate & Isaac (28.08.2021)

We're talking to Collective Shout about controversy over women fined for wearing bike shorts, and not the prescribed bikini bottoms. Help Vision to keep 'Connecting Faith to Life': https://vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Since the 2007 movie Lars and the Real Girl, sex dolls have become increasingly popular and normalized. In fact, mainstream companies like Amazon, Etsy, and the Wish shopping app have sold sex dolls, including ones that looked child-like. During this episode of the Ending Sexploitation podcast, Haley McNamara interviews Caitlin Roper, PhD candidate, and Campaigns Manager at Collective Shout. They discuss the rising trends of sex dolls being made to look like children or people the buyer knows in real life, and the way sex dolls are not an answer to loneliness or pedophilia. In fact, they discuss research that shows how child sex abuse dolls normalize and encourage sexual interest in children.  Take Action: Connect with Collective Shout and engage in their campaigns: https://www.collectiveshout.org/ Follow Caitlin Roper on Twitter: https://twitter.com/caitlin_roper Contact Etsy on Twitter and tell them to stop selling sex dolls: https://twitter.com/Etsy

How did it come to this: the pornification of our society? Our children and youth now contend with peer sexual assault and sexual harassment at growing rates and disturbingly young ages. This week Jonathan sits down with Melinda Tankard Reist of Collective Shout for a very honest conversation about the widespread sexual dysfunction of our age and its catastrophic consequences for our children. Melinda is a co-founder and movement director of Collective Shout, a grassroots campaigns movement for a world free of sexploitation in all its forms. Melinda is author/editor of six books including Getting Real: Challenging the Sexualisation of Girls (Spinifex Press, 2009) and Big Porn Inc: Exposing the harms of the global pornography industry (Spinifex Press, 2011, co-edited with Dr Abigail Bray). Melinda has appeared on ABC's Q&A and The Gruen Sessions and many other TV and radio programs. She is an Ambassador for World Vision Australia, Compassion Australia, Hagar NZ and the youth mentoring body the Raise Foundation. She is also Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Culture and Ethics, Notre Dame University, Sydney. Melinda's recent article on ABC Religion & Ethics is called "Why “consent” doesn't stand a chance against porn culture."

Melinda Tankard Reist, director of the women's empowerment group Collective Shout, says programmes to educate young men about sexual consent will fail unless the government addresses the corrosive effects of pornography.

In this episode, Kerryn Baird shares how she and her husband - former NSW Premier, Mike Baird - went from seminary in the USA to politics in Australia. Kerryn chats to Taryn about living as a Christian in the political sphere, battling alongside their eldest daughter as she faced anorexia, and her passion for championing organisations that work to uplift women and children, including Collective Shout.*   Kerryn is wife to Mike and mum to Laura, Cate and Luke. She came to faith in Jesus when she was a young teenager, while working through confirmation classes with her pastor in Perth, WA. Together with Mike, Kerryn has had many opportunities to champion causes that highlight our worth and role as image bearers of God. These include her ambassadorship for various organisations that seek to provide support and advocacy to women and children in difficult circumstances.   LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Kerryn is an ambassador for the following organisations: Collective Shout: Collective Shout is a grassroots organisation that stands against sexploitation of women and children in the media. See Tori Walker's interview with Collective Shout's co-founder, Melinda Tankard-Reist in Episode 8 of The Lydia Project. Lighthouse for the Community (Domestic Violence): Lighthouse exists to walk hand in hand with families who want to move forward from their domestic violence situation and experience. Gidget Foundation: Gidget Foundation Australia is a not for profit organisation that provides programs to support the emotional wellbeing of expectant and new parents.     SHOW SNIPPETS:   “He said to my husband, ‘I think you might need to consider politics as your ministry.'”   “God is drawing me in that direction as well.”   “On the Monday, our daughter had been diagnosed with anorexia.”    “What the porn industry says is empowerment is lies.”   “Boys are being sold a lie as well.”   “I remember thinking, I actually have to make a decision here.”   Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: tlpcwcw.podbean.com . . The Lydia Project: Conversations with Christian Women is a podcast co-hosted by Tori Walker and Taryn Hayes. It features informal chats with Christian women around faith, life, ministry and the ways in which God is shaping their thinking and their lives. The views of TLP guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts.  

Black Friday to save Christmas, Collective Shout releases Christmas boycott list, C3's Phil Pringle passes the baton in Sydney - and an Australian man baptised with heroin addicts. True story.

Caitlin Roper is an activist, writer and PhD candidate at RMIT university in Melbourne, Australia where she is researching female-bodied sex dolls and robots. Caitlin is the Campaigns Manager at Collective Shout (collectiveshout.org) which is a nonprofit that works toward a world free of sexploitation, a grassroots campaigns movement challenging the objectification of women and the sexualization of girls in media, advertising and popular culture. Caitlin is a Founding Member and Chair of Adopt Nordic Western Australia to fight sex trafficking and a Huffington Post blogger.  Her Twitter handle is @caitlin_roper.  Checkout campaignagainstsexrobots.org.

With the advances in technology, sex dolls have rapidly evolved overtime. Dolls that were once blow-up, balloon like and cartoonistic in appearance are now more realistic than ever. With silicon skin and human appearance, they are designed to look and feel more like a real life person. Shockingly, female-bodied Sex Dolls can even be customised to resemble real women and girls. In this episode, we chat with Caitlin Roper about the harm female-bodied sex dolls and sex robots pose on women and girls. Caitlin is an activist, writer and PhD candidate at RMIT university in Melbourne, Australia where she is researching female-bodied sex dolls and robots. Caitlin is also campaign manager at Collective shout, a grassroots campaigning movement challenging the objectification of women and the sexualisation of girls in media, advertising and popular culture. To keep up to date with Caitlin's work, follow her on twitter If you're concerned about the increasing pornification of culture and the way its messages have become entrenched in mainstream society, join Collective Shout's movement to create a world free of sexploitation. Make sure to follow them on Facebook too!Appreciating the podcast? Please make sure to rate, subscribe and tell your friends! Why not join our private Facebook group to stay up to date with the Social JustUs Podcast, and have an opportunity to ask questions you want answered on future shows.

Melinda Tankard Reist founded Collective Shout ten years ago, a grassroots campaigns movement for a world free of sexploitation in all its forms. She's an author, speaker, media commentator, blogger and advocate for women and girls. She's best known for her work addressing sexualization, objectification, harms of pornography, sexual exploitation, trafficking, and violence against women.   Melinda Tankard Reist Website: https://melindatankardreist.com/Collective Shout Website: https://www.collectiveshout.org/Collective Shout Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/collectiveshoutCollective Shout Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collective.shout/   (Transcript is a guide only and may not be 100% correct.) Emily OlsenWherever there are shadows, there are people ready to kick at the darkness until it bleeds daylight. This is Bleeding Daylight with your host Rodney Olsen. Rodney Olsen  I need to warn you that today’s episode of Bleeding Daylight may be confronting at times, but it focusses on issues that affect us all. They’re also issues that give each one of us opportunity to shine light into some very dark places and to make our world more compassionate with greater respect and equality for all. My guest founded Collective Shout ten years ago, a grassroots campaigns movement for a world free of sexploitation in all its forms. This is an episode that should be heard by many, especially parents. I encourage you to share it widely so that we can all take action to draw closer to the kind of world we long to see. Constant abuse and even death threats have become common occurrences for Melinda Tankard Reist. Those reactions only serve to highlight the seriousness of the topics that she raises in our society. She's an author, speaker, media commentator, blogger and advocate for women and girls. She's best known for her work addressing sexualization, objectification, harms of pornography, sexual exploitation, trafficking, and violence against women. I'm so pleased to have her joining me on bleeding daylight. Melinda, thank you so much for your time. Melinda Tankard Reist  Thanks for having me. Thanks for your interest. Rodney Olsen  I'm interested in knowing where your passion for standing against this kind of exploitation actually began. Melinda Tankard Reist  Look, it probably began in my hometown growing up in a country town in Victoria and I started to see the mistreatment of women in my community. I became a journalist from the age of 16 and began to document some of that mistreatment. One of the first pieces I ever wrote was about the opening of a women's refuge in my town for victims of violence. I also noticed that mistreatment of Indigenous women and migrant women. I was then awarded a scholarship to study journalism in the US and that I ended up traveling globally and witnessed for myself the second class status of women around the world, returned to Australia and continue to document issues affecting women and girls, that I wrote my book Getting Real: Challenging the sexualisation of girls, and that's really where this work took off. And I was asked look where's the grassroots movement against everything you've described, and that's how Collective Shout came about 10 years ago. Rodney Olsen  It's interesting that there are a number of issues that you're looking at there, that are just obvious that these are harming but I think a lot of what you call to the surface are those things that just go past us without us recognising what's going on. What are some of the themes that you think that most people don't understand are harmful to women? Melinda Tankard Reist  I'm really glad you've asked me this, Rodney, because I've always believed that I was meant to document issues that were going under the radar. I've written six books now. And I felt led I suppose to expose things that were harmful in the hope that we might wake up and do something about those things. So the epidemic of violence against women globally, if you look at female genital mutilation, bride burning, dowry deaths, if you look at trafficking in the bodies of women and girls into the global sex industry, if you will. With the fact that girls globally are more often denied education and and kept in a very controlled and submissive environment, the way that pornography is shaping and molding attitudes and behaviors, that teaches boys that they have a sense of entitlement to the bodies of women and girls and teaches girls that they exist primarily for male sexual gratification and pleasure. And that's my main focus at present is exposing how we are warping the sexuality of an entire generation, how we are contributing to violence and brutality and sexual cruelty,. callousness, in what we are presenting as normal sex, and this is stuff starting earlier and earlier. So yeah, I've just felt that I'm supposed to bring these issues to the light in the hope that we can build an uprising, a global rebellion, if you like, against these harmful cultural scripts and harmful dictates which are causing so much documented damage. Rodney Olsen  You mentioned the the use of pornography and you campaigned very strongly against it. So how do you respond to those who would perhaps say, Well, if you don't like it, don't use it? Melinda Tankard Reist  That's like saying if you don't like pollution don't breathe it. You know, the fact is that we live in porn culture. We're trying to raise healthy, happy, resilient children in a pornified landscape that's floor to ceiling. It's everywhere. It's just a ridiculous nonsensical, stupid argument, to say, you know, close your eyes and don't don't look, because the research is solid, on the way that pornography contributes to violence against women, the way that it contributes to rape myth that girls actually want to be raped that no actually means yes. The way that it contributes to sexual harassment. Girls tell me in every school I go to about being groped at school about being asked for naked selfies about being asked for sexual acts in the school playground, being bullied to behave in to take up pornified roles and behaviors. So look, I just have no time for that argument. The fact is that the world is being indoctrinated by a porn, it's a propaganda. It's hate speech, cultural norms are being taught through pornography and that affects all of us. Rodney Olsen  You mentioned about some of that starting at school. How young are we talking for those young girls that are being approached in this way? Melinda Tankard Reist  I'm now taking my message into primary schools, which I didn't envision when I first started out and that's the tragedy of it. Even children now, but hey, In inappropriate ways, they're acting out sexually, what they have seen in pornography or sometimes searching for it, sometimes innocently, putting in a search term looking for their favorite cartoon character. All roads lead to porn and it's not a matter of if my child will see porn, it's a matter of when. I would say most commonly year seven year eights. Now girls tell me that they're being approached, they're being sexually harassed, they're being groped, they're being touched. They're having photos taken down their blouses up their skirts, and the real tragedy is they think this is normal. They think they should just have to put up with it. And I have girls say to me, we didn't know we were allowed to say no. They get given a hard time for standing up for themselves, but then the whole culture tells them that being degraded is sexy. That you should behave in these ways if you want to be seen as free and sexually liberated and it's not just through overt porn sites, it's throughout the culture everywhere and music, fashion games, advertising marketing, in a shopping center with floor to ceiling quantified portrayals of, of women presenting this very harmful normative stereotype about women and what women and girls are good for. Rodney Olsen  Any of us who have seen on Facebook, Collective Shout, that movement that you're talking about that you founded, would have seen some very disturbing images of girls younger and younger being presented in a sexualized way. And the thing I think that disturbs me the most is oftentimes, these are through things like Instagram accounts that are run by these girls' mothers. How can they not understand the harm that they're causing? Melinda Tankard Reist  Yes, we have a global campaign at against Instagram under the hashtag wake up Instagram. We've been calling out Instagram for facilitating predators. We have exposed hundreds of predators operating on Instagram contacting the underage girls, asking them to chat privately, posting sexual fantasies publicly about these girls, capturing their images and sending those images to designated websites for these men and their their friends. And tragically Instagrams become a predators paradise. Sometimes the girls appear to be operating their own accounts, sometimes it appears to be a parent, but sometimes it's clear these girls are being trafficked to being a being sold on online. And we've said to Instagram You know, this is just not good enough. You claim to care about children and child safety. But look at what we've exposed and my team is very small, you know? We've captured imagery of men live masturbating to schoolgirls in their school uniforms, visible school uniforms, we can identify the school. And the girl will invite anyone to chat with them, video chats, but they don't know who's behind the handle of those who attend the chat until she sees what they're doing. And it's, it's just so common. We don't think that any parent should have their child on Instagram to be honest. It's just too too dangerous. Most of the grooming now is happening online. Children have been groomed by predators in places that a lot of parents think are safe for their child and they're just not. Rodney Olsen  We hear from time to time people who are up in arms about various online platforms such as tik tok and others, but then you have that mainstream one Instagram and I guess that would be showing to a lot of people thinking well, I thought that that was a safe place and and they would think that certain online platforms are safe and yet it doesn't seem that any of them are Melinda Tankard Reist  now That's right. I'm in tic tocs full of full of porn now as well and girls imitating what they're seeing in in porn inspired music videos, for example, parents have to be across what's going on online. However, having said that, it's too much for us. You know, it takes a village to raise a child, we can't monitor our child 24 hours a day, even if they're not being exposed to these harmful messages at home, what happens when they're on the school bus? What happens when they're at school camp, what happens when they're in the school yard or visiting a friend, on a weekend parents tell us this is how their child was often exposed in the first instance. And that's why we need our governments and our regulatory bodies and the heads of these things. big tech corporations to actually take child sexual exploitation seriously. One good outcome is that we are now in conversation with some of these global corporations, Instagram and Facebook where we're meeting with now. They're aware of our concerns, they know they need to do something to address them. We're also now in conversation with Alibaba after exposing the sale of child sexual abuse dolls, replica children, replica infants, lifelike babies and toddlers being sold through one of the biggest global shopping apps and online platforms in the world. And now they've come to us after we got those dolls down off their platform and asked for our input as to how they can do better. So there are some good things happening. I have to remind myself of that most days but you know, it's going to take a lot more before our children are safe online, Rodney Olsen  There is that online threat but another disturbing thing is you can just walk through a shopping center and you're seeing images there on shop fronts or on advertising billboards, within shopping centers that I guess 10 years ago probably would have been the sorts of things that would have appeared in pornography magazines. Melinda Tankard Reist  Yeah, what we've seen now is just the pornification of culture, that wall to wall hyper sexualized images and messages which contribute to the second class status of women. The biggest study on the objectification of women in the world and meta analysis of all of the existing global research found that objectified portrayals of women contribute to a diminished view of women's competence, morality and humanity. That's how serious this issue is and yet we have the CEO's of our property groups, the shopping centres like Westfield, who are essentially landlords to the tenants Honey Birdette in this case the sex shop, which features floor to ceiling depictions of semi naked women, sexually suggestive poses. Honey Birdette is a repeat corporate offender. They continually act in breach of the Australian Association of National Advertisers code of ethics. However, there are no penalties for non compliance. There are no fines, there's no powers to enforce the rulings of ad standards. So the CEOs actually have the gall to call themselves Male Champions of Change. Now Male Champions of Change is an initiative to get a CEOs, male CEOs, to sign up to say we will do all in our power to stamp out sexism in our communities in our shopping centers and yet, they do nothing to rein in the unethical harmful behavior of their very own tenants. So, you know, we just don't buy it. We know parents that are boycotting the shopping centers, they don't want to go there, they don't want their kids exposed to these images. And that's an ongoing campaign that collective shot is running. Rodney Olsen  It sounds like these so called leaders of change, are actually just jumping on a bandwagon that they expect will get them some brownie points and yet people can see right through it, Melinda Tankard Reist  We call it pinkwashing. You know, you look like you care, but what are you actually doing? And that's why we're that's why we're exposing the double standards. Rodney Olsen  And this seems to be the case in a number of instances where businesses that have a number of arms will try and look caring, they'll try and look like they're trying to bring about healthy change with one brand and yet, with another brand, they're selling exactly what they're supposedly against. Melinda Tankard Reist  Exactly. And that's why we have a very big emphasis that present on corporate social responsibility on your values and your mission statements. If you claim to care about the community, if you claim to care about women and girls and children, then you know you can't have it both ways. Often we do, what we do is just quote their own vision and value statements back to them. and point out that they're not actually living this out. We've done the same in a campaign to ethical super funds. We have contacted 23, I think at last count ethical super investment funds, who invest in these property groups and yet claim to have, you know, very high standards around investment. You won't invest in tobacco, gambling, alcohol, those sorts of things and yet even some of the faith based super funds are still investing in shopping centers, which are hosting sexism. So we're calling out that double standard is. Rodney Olsen  Well, one of the words that I hear so often, when any of these sorts of issues are raised is empowerment. We hear of businesses who profit from what you call sexual objectification say that they are empowering women. So what's your response to those voices? Melinda Tankard Reist  Well, it's just, it's just not true. That's just not true. And anyone following our work will see how how we have documented that that's not true. For example, we put in a major submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission's inquiry into sexual harassment. It's a relatively recent inquiry, you can find that submission and many others on our website, and we documented all of the links between sexualization and objectification of women and girls, right through to sexist attitudes, the formation of sexist attitudes contributing to sexual behaviors, inappropriate behavior, contributing to violence against women. We draw those links, we join the dots If you like and say that you can't just address, you know, say, the glass ceiling without addressing the way harmful corporate behaviors contribute to demonstrable harms to women and girls. So yeah, forget about you your language, let's look at what you're actually doing. Rodney Olsen  And yet many young women seem to have bought that lie of empowerment. And so anything that they do that is sexualized, they still keep under that banner of empowerment, not realizing that it's actually disempowerment. Melinda Tankard Reist  That girls have been lied to from the moment they're born. and empowerment, liberation freedom has been presented to them, really, by the sex industry or sex industry messaging, telling them that empowerment means, you know, adopting pornified roles and behaviors. Flashing your breasts in public providing sexual acts to boys being able to pole dance. This is not true empowerment. And again our work over a decade has been to try to help young women to to see through to see through that and to value themselves to something other than being able to attract the male gaze and being able to attract sexual attention. What about your gifts, your abilities, your talents, your art, your poetry, your desire to make a difference in the world, about you know, those kind of character traits that we so need in the world today, you know, basic empathy. You know, we're driving the empathy out of young people, particularly boys, and we've been working hard to help girls see that they are more than just porn fantasy props, that they that they deserve more that they are allowed to stand up for themselves and demand better and not conform to this these toxic cultural messages which, again, the research says is harmful to them. It's not just my opinion, it's what the research demonstrates. So fortunately, we have more young women now joining our movement. I get girls in school saying, you know, just so grateful to hear a different message, a countercultural messenger, a critique and dissection of the culture they live in. often they'll say, Oh, we thought there was something wrong with us individually, for not wanting to do all of these things. But then they realized that actually, no, this is all education and training provided by a sexed up world, which is harmful to them. And that's our only hope. I think we can help young people to resist upon culture to rise up against it and to demand something better for themselves, their friends, their little brothers, their little sisters and their future children. Rodney Olsen  And these young women who hear this message it must lift an enormous burden off their shoulders to know that they don't have to acting this way, Melinda Tankard Reist  Because it's the most probably the most rewarding aspect of my work is to see that realization to see the lights go on and for them to say, Oh, we don't actually have to put up with this, well, you know, we can say, No, we can just not conform to this pressure, this terrible pressure that they are under. And so, you know, even only if only a small number of girls decide to live differently, and not to conform and say they have the right to say no. And again, if more boys decide to change, to resist toxic masculinity, to choose to be men of integrity and empathy, that's going to gonna make a massive difference. You know, it has to be the boys have to change as well. Rodney Olsen  You're touching on the boys and their responsibility as well and just in the same way that our young women have swallowed that lie that society has sold them, so have the young men and yet they don't realize it either. They somehow feel that this is what being a man is about and yet they've been sold a lie too. Melinda Tankard Reist  Boys have been sold a lie and the research shows that, for example, if they're learning about sexuality through porn, it's corrosive to connection. It's disconnects them emotionally, it's dumps their sexuality. It molds them in a hollow and callous understanding of sexuality. their attitudes become more cruel and more degrading. They believe that they're dominant and that girls should be submissive and this is an absolute tragedy. They won't know what true love and connection and intimacy and sensuality look like they may not ever experience it unless they make a radical change. And I interview boys on this subject and they say things like a porn contributed to me or made me undress every girl I met you know, in my mind. I saw every girl as a sex object, that they lost their ability to just be friends with girls. They were fantasizing about them. They also said that they started to respond to computers rather than to actual human beings. So they get turned on just by seeing this inanimate object of the computer, knowing what they could discover, you know, on the screen. And so real women and girls just can't can't compete with that, and why should they have to? But fortunately, there's a growing movement of men and boys around the world who are resisting porn, and who wants something better for themselves and for the women in their lives? Rodney Olsen   I would imagine that there's some parents listening, who are now very alarmed at what they're hearing and thinking, What do I do? How do I actually speak to my young people to my young girl or to my young boy about these sorts of things you've already highlighted. They can't escape. online because if it's not at home, and they'll see it somewhere else. So how do we go about preparing our young people for the reality of the world ahead? Melinda Tankard Reist  Well, we have to act personally and we have to act politically. Personally obviously setting standards in the home. not tolerating porn in the home, not tolerating violent, videos, violent, violent music, looking for teachable moments, you're out you're here and inappropriate ad on the radio or you see pornified portrayals of women in the shopping centers use it as a discussion point. Obviously, modeling what respect based relationships look like in the home, not tolerating put downs or so called jokes about bodies, how the system might be looking at the moment or yet put down to about how she might look. There's some of the things obviously having the computer in a public place in the home, not allowing kids on screens behind closed doors, having rules around devices, many parents feel that they've lost control with the devices. Some parents tell me that, you know, they all hand in their phones at a certain time every night so the family can do other things. Kids can, you know, radical idea, read a book, and just have that non screen time in the evenings. But then, you know, we have to take it further. It's too much for parents on their own. So, of course, I'm going to say sign up to Collective Shout and get involved. Get involved in cultural change and social transformation call on our governments to do better. And we elect them to represent us we elect them to defend the most vulnerable surely that has to be our children. So we've been running campaigns for example, to get an age verification system, so that kids just can't enter torture porn right? porn, sadism porn, with you know, just one click because there's no proof of age required. So you're acting personally acting politically having those difficult conversations. If we're not talking to our kids about these things someone else will be and they may not share our values for our, our children. So even though we don't want to, we'd rather not have to, we have to start having these conversations when the children are young. I have resources on this you can find on my website, How to Talk to Your Kids About Porn is a very popular book that I have available. And another book is called Good Pictures, Bad Pictures which you read with your child and a young age to help them know that this is not appropriate and what to do if they see an image because it's inevitable they will see something. So we don't want them to feel ashamed. If they feel ashamed they won't tell us what they've seen. So we prepare them in advance for what they might come across and how to deal with that. I saw a really good tip just a couple of days ago and save the kid system another kid or have a look at this at school, then the child pauses and says, you know, well, I don't want to or, you know, don't just put that in my face just a really practical way, so that the child can just sort of catch their breath and not get exposed to something, because this is what's happening. And we need all the help we can get to prepare our children to strengthen them, and to protect them from the harms of pornography. Rodney Olsen  We're talking mainly at the moment about children or young people. Once people get to a certain age, of course, there would be some who would say all bets are off. They would say that sex is something natural, and it should be expressed, how ever an individual might decide what are your thoughts on that? Melinda Tankard Reist  Of course sex is natural. No one's disagreeing with that but there's expressions of sexuality that's healthy and has expressions that that aren't and that's what we're seeing. We're seeing porn sex, we're seeing aggressive acts expected from primarily from women and girls. Girls, telling me men expect, boys expect to treat them violently, including some of the signature signature acts that we see in porn, like choking and gagging and other things I won't describe more cruelty more degrading and so yes, there's nothing wrong with sexuality but porn isn't teaching healthy sexuality and if women and girls are being harmed, that's not an expression of healthy sexuality, it's quite the opposite. Rodney Olsen  What about sex work and prostitution? What should we think about those sorts of issues? Melinda Tankard Reist  I wrote a book on this issue called Prostitution Narrative Stories of Survival in the Sex Trade and that was about woman first person accounts of women who have exited the sex industry and told the truth about it. So of course, were opposed to the profiting the sale of the bodies of women and girls in this global industrial complex trading in the bodies of women or girls, you know, you don't have trafficking without the sex industry, you don't have trafficking without without brothels because the demand is so, so high. It's an absolute tragedy. It's modern day slavery. And of course, we don't support that either. And we have the evidence that testimonials of women who were there who were in it, and now speak to the truth about what they were expected to do. And the brutality, the cruelty, the degradation, the suffering, the long term, post traumatic stress, and trauma, which is all well documented now. Rodney Olsen  I mentioned in the opening that you've received a number of threats and harassment over time. Where does the bulk of this harassment come from? Who are the people that are targeting you in this way? Melinda Tankard Reist  Mostly men, and from people who have a vested interest in the way things are why Would they react unless they felt we were a threat over the weekend, we had around 1000 comments, most of them abusive. And this had come about as a result of a campaign we ran to get a hate page down off Instagram called Girls Getting Hurt and in this page, they feature images of women and girls being hurt, being injured. And it's all meant to be hilarious. So we actually got this page off Instagram and the ringleaders behind that page then initiated a cyber attack on us and across all of our platforms, and on posts that were directly related to our campaign to get this page off, and that's how that's how they operate. I mean, the main ringleader behind it as pictures of himself with his wife and children in it his profile. So you know, you have to wonder what life's like for them. But you know, I've long held the view that as Paul Keating used to say, the dogs may bark, but the caravan rolls on and you just keep rolling on you just you've got the dogs, you can get the tires, but you just keep on moving. And, you know, I don't spend a I don't look up my now to put my name into a search engine. I don't look at comments on articles I've, I've written, you know, in the public domain, I just can't expend my emotional energy, which is they want that, you know, they want to think that they've got to you. So we've made a bit of fun of it. We've shared some of the comments over the last 24 hours and there's there's some that are pretty, pretty funny. They're not meant to be funny. Anyone having a look at my Facebook will see why we're why we're saying that. So look, we, we debrief all the time, me and my team, we take time out when we need to, we do what we need to, to survive it. And just to press on, you know, there's a goal and we've got our eyes on it, and we just keep pressing on. They've been trying to destroy us for a decade now. And it hasn't been successful. I'm not saying it's easy. I'm not trying to make light of, of those attacks, because often they're very personal. They're often threatening. They're often disgusting, but we just, we just keep going. Rodney Olsen  And that's the thing I want to find out from you. You're totally immersed in a world where you're seeing some of the darker side of humanity, you're, you're plunging into depths that most of us will only scratch the surface of, how do you keep your head above water? How do you actually start to see the light in the world beyond all this darkness that you're encountering? Melinda Tankard Reist  Look, I've had to become very intentional about that because you do pay a price for staring into the abyss every day. Staring into the abyss, darkness and exposing it all the time and it does affect you. So I, I hike. I just disappear into the bush with a backpack sometimes on my own sometimes with friends. You know, I spent as much time in nature as I can. The sun's out today that always helps. I tried to start the day with some kind of you know, just contemplations, spiritual reading just to sort of set my brain so that I'm not straight into the porn, although it's that, you know, pretty quickly. I'm usually on I'm usually on Twitter pretty quickly, but I try to start with something else. I debrief with my friends. We actually have a lot of fun, which people might find hard to believe, but we do have a lot of laughs I get to work with very funny, very funny, smart, intelligent, passionate women. And I get the pleasure I get the pure privilege of speaking to thousands of young people a year and seeing seeing lives changed without without me And I get the privilege of seeing major victories, like last year was one of the biggest years we've ever had one victory after another, just in the last two months, we've had seven, seven wins in a row. And there's an adrenaline rush to that, you know, it's enjoyable, it's rewarding when you get those victories. So those things all help to, to balance out to make up for the harmful side of it. At the end of the year, I take a long break, I turn my phone off. I try not to do any work related reading. I've had I've been forced to take a long period of time off at the end of the year to be able to renew and get back into it in the new year. Rodney Olsen  I'm wondering what action, and you've touched on this a number of times and various aspects of it, but what action can the average person take against this multimillion dollar industry of exploitation? What can we do? Melinda Tankard Reist  Well know the facts know the truth. Don't buy into it. Don't buy the sexualised clothing, don't buy the violent music products don't allow that harmful industry to suck the life out of your children, protect them do all you can to protect them from porn have have every filtering device on. One that's recommended to me is his Family Zone, which seems to be pretty comprehensive. But as I said, we have to add broader than that and sign join Collective Shout, we make it easy for you to complain. We show you what the problem is, and we give you the steps to address it and do not think that one voice doesn't make a difference. We have seen campaigns won when one person has spoken out. Some of our quickest wins have been in two or three hours. One of the most common things people say to us is you helped me to be brave. In the past, I thought it was just me. I thought I was on my own. I thought there was something wrong with me. Now I've realized that I'm backed by thousands of people. And I can go out and say something I can take up my rightful place in the public square and speak, you know, we live here too. And we can't afford to sacrifice, especially our children to the global sex industry. We can't just stand back and allow that to happen. So it's time to get some power back and Collective Shout will give that give that to you. And you can be part of this what's becoming a global movement now against sexual exploitation in all its forms. Get on board collectiveshout.org, sign up and join our Facebook pages. We're on Twitter, we're on Instagram we're on LinkedIn and rather than sort of curse the darkness get involved in bringing about social transformation with us. Rodney Olsen  I'll certainly put links in the show notes at bleedingdaylight.net for Collective Shout so that people can get there, also to your website so people can grab hold of some of the books that you're talking about. I do find it interesting that a lot of the people that we see reacting and talking on your Facebook page are, of course, women do men sometimes feel that they don't have the right to speak into an issue that is seen as a women's issue like this. How do we empower men who want to stop this as well? How do we empower them to actually make a difference? Melinda Tankard Reist  Well, I don't know why it should be seen as a women's issue. It's a community issue. Because we need men to speak out. We need men to call out the bad behavior. We need men to stop being bystanders and not saying anything. We need men to stop joking along and laughing and underplaying what's really happening calling out sexually inappropriate behavior, sexist jokes, comments about women's bodies, calling it out. Something I find frustrating is when men ask me what are you doing for men or what are you doing for men? You know, I'm I'm really running this outfit with three women. That's it. And you know, we're running global campaigns, it's time for men to step up to recognize that they have to do something. Unfortunately, we have many good men in our movement. speaking out on this, I have young men working with me in schools now, Daniel. There's no excuse for, for not getting involved. Please get involved. We need everyone. Rodney Olsen  Do you think that's part of the problem that men don't see this as as their issue that they see it as a women's issue when actually it's going to provide them with with better relationships with the women that they love? Melinda Tankard Reist  Well, I'm just having trouble understanding why it would be just seen as a as a women's issue. This is a whole of society issue. Their children are being deformed and twisted into harmful ideas about bodies, relationships and sexuality. If they don't speak about this, their boys will be the sexual abusers of the future because men need to be involved, they need to demonstrate what healthy masculinity looks like. So the boys have some kind of role model. I mean men need to ask themselves this question. Why are boys now in the biggest cohort of sexual abusers, teenage boys now, why why is that? Why have we reneged on our responsibility to form boys in healthy ways? That question has to be asked by anyone who cares about our young people and where society is going. Why is this now so common that boys are featuring in our sexual assault statistics? Why's that? Now I'm going to say a big factor is the conditioning that porn has given them and the lack of guidance, the lack of inputting alternative ways to be men. I've written on this as well, when there was criticism of the Gillette ad The best a man can get. And I took a different different view, I believe the ad was encouraging men to act higher. Even though of course, you know, of course, it's to try and sell stuff, but I thought the overall message was quite quite good. You know, I just think this, this is an outstanding, unanswered question of our times. So please, men, please get on board. So some of the some of us women are getting a little bit, a little bit weary. And there's lots of ways to get involved. You may not want to be sort of a loud mouth activist, and you don't have to there's so many other ways to be involved. We need volunteers, we need help with website with, with design with fundraising, you know, if you've got money, you know, help us please. We run it running out of money. We're tax deductible. Now. You can donate, you know, and a lot of the action can happen behind the scenes. You don't all have to be upfront. There's lots of ways to help us and back us behind the scenes. Rodney Olsen  Melinda, I absolutely love your passion and there's so much in there that each of us can actually act on and that's what I love about it too. This is not talking some theory, but there are real issues that we can make a real difference in. So I want to thank you for your time today and thank you for leading away that we all get to follow. Thanks. Melinda Tankard Reist  Thanks so much, Rodney. Appreciate it. Emily OlsenThank you for listening to Bleeding Daylight. 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Today on Venous Rising Jennifer speaks with a Ph.D. candidate who is researching female body sex dolls and robots. Specifically, how men conceptualize these products and the implications of this kind of technology for women. Allow us to introduce you to a very influential activist and write, Ms. Caitlin Roper. Ms. Roper is also very active in campaigning against the sexual exploitation of women and girls. Caitlin is the campaign manager for Collective Shout, she serves on the committee of Reclaim the Night, and is a founding member and chair of Adopt Nordic Western Australian Project. You can find her writings on ABC, the Guardian, Huffington Post, and the Sydney Morning Herold. On this episode of Venous Rising, Caitlin speaks about her research, shares the current victories and future challenges at Collective Shout, and illuminates the parallels between pornography (the commercializing of sexuality) and surrogacy (the commercializing of reproduction). I hope you allow her to inspire and empower you to begin speaking out against the exploitation of women and girls! You can find out more about Collective Shout and support their work at: www.collectiveshout.org https://www.facebook.com/collectiveshout/ https://twitter.com/CollectiveShout

Hosted by Rob, Jess and Lois [segment times in brackets][7:05] Alternative news: COP25 Climate Change Conference in Madrid, updates on Australian bushfires, President of Iraq steps down amid violent protests and drought continues in Indonesia. [7:30] Melinda Liszewski from Sydney-based grassroots movement, Collective Shout, chats about an international campaign against the sexual exploitation of young women on Instagram called #Wakeupinstagram. [7:45] Interview with geographer Helen Jarvis about genocide in Sri Lanka. Helen was a judge at the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal on Sri Lanka held in Germany 2013 and describes her involvement in this prerecorded conversation.  [8:00] Disability and queer rights activist, Jax Jacki Brown, from Drummond Street Services speaks about a new collaboration between Drummond Street Services and the Disability Resources Centre. Jax discusses new developments in their advocacy work that crosses LGBTIQ+ and disability communities. [8:15] Artist and co-director of Aphids, Eugenia Lim, chats about her latest work Easy Riders. This week, Easy Riders is in residency at MPavilion and is open to the public. Eugenia tells us about how the performance piece explores the experiences of workers in the gig economy by featuring direct input from fast food delivery and Uber drivers.

Host Leah McClelland speaks to Melanie Sleap from Plan International and Collective Shout for "16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence"They discuss:LanguageGender inequalityAdvertising - the objectification and sexualisation of womenRespectful Relationships curriculumCollective Shout Healthy masculinityPrivilege Domestic violence

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Episode 57 –The Earth Is Flat and We Have Proof – We Only Do One Take Podcast Kieran is live in the studio for episode 57 of the podcast! And what an episode we have on our hands. Kieran and Turch both have rants this time on very different topics. Kieran brings in the double up of ads on YouTube videos. Turch may have a solution, and the boys have a million dollar idea. On the other hand, Turch rants about petrol stations and the whole experience from pumping the petrol, to paying, to feeling ripped off. Turch tells us of his week trying to talk to people who believe in the Flat Earth. He has been trying to get someone on the show, and instead found a bunch of insane people who believe that some people are also reptiles. Kieran tells us about a new lawsuit that is happening in Australia and it involves farting. Turch tells some airplane stories: a man gets on a plane named because he’ll be more aerodynamic and one about the lamest activist groups, Collective Shout. And finally a film review of Bohemian Rhapsody from China (no homo). And a listener’s rant. All of this and more on the show! Check us out on YouTube! More videos from the best bits of the show coming! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSFyzgJFwtE Make sure you follow us on SoundCloud, iTunes, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube! If you would like to send a death threat, hate mail or a rant, record it on your phone and email it to us at weonlydoonetakepodcast@gmail.com And this can help: https://vocaroo.com/ if you would like to send us a rant!

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Today on the show with Dean, Eiddwen, and William [TIMES IN BRACKETS] || We at 3CR are proud to acknowledge the Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung as the owners of the lands on which we meet, live, and work. We pay respect to their elders past, present, and emerging; we recognise that sovereignty has never been ceded and that a treaty has never been signed || [Gabrielle Stroud at 20:08] [Brendan Murray at 47:29] No to NAPLAN: MESEJ (Melbourne Educators for Social and Environmental Justice) held a forum last Thursday on the pernicious effects of standardised test NAPLAN on education in so-called Australia. Find the full clip on Twitter @william_illyam || [32:33] We're Making A List And Checking It Twice: Collective Shout, an organisation fighting the unnecessary sexualisation of women and girl's bodies in advertising, has published their yearly Corporate Sexploitation List || [1:07:18] Catch'ya l8r, homeslice: Students from Collarts music and arts college are organising an 18+ only night of tunes and dancing to raise funds for HoMie, a streetwear clothing social enterprise that gives all its profits to training and supporting young people experiencing homelessness. The event, 'Homeslice', is next Wednesday the 28th at 8:30pm, The Worker's Club, Fitzroy. Tickets online and at the door are $15 

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S03 E05: Micah Bournes recently spoke at a Brave Global vision night about the reality of humanities shared culpability and potential around sexual exploitation. I just finished a book entitled Unwanted about the battle of unwanted sexual behavior by Jay Stringer and I'm continued to be inspired by the work of Melinda Tankard Reist who founded Collective Shout inviting everyone to stop the sexual exploitation of our children. You may already see how these are connected but have a listen to the implications and the possibilities and enjoy the spoken word that invites us to get honest, humble and hopeful about creating a new world.

Melinda Tankard Reist talks about her work in Collective Shout which aims to combat and inform against the pornification of culture. She also explains about the initiative for corporations to pledge to act in ethical ways, as well as take on corporate ethical responsibility. The post The Pornification of Culture and Corporate Ethics appeared first on Cradio.

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Coralie Alison will charm you with her beautiful Australian accent, then draw you in with her knowledge, and then empower you to make a difference against this epidemic of sexualization of women and girls by corporations on a global basis.  Coralie is the Director of Operations for Collective Shout.  Collective Shout is for anyone concerned about the increasing pornification of culture and the way its messages have become entrenched in mainstream society, presenting distorted and dishonest ideas about women and girls, sexuality and relationships.  Listen and find out what you can do today to help this important movement. Rate & Review Now! laurislemonadestand.com  

The London Abused Women’s Centre, Canada; Collective Shout, Australia; Culture Reframed, USA; and The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE), USA have partnered to raise awareness that Fifty Shades of Grey - and it's latest film installment Fifty Shades Darker - normalizes domestic violence. The Fifty Shades trilogy follows wealthy and powerful businessman Christian Grey as he meets Anastasia Steele, a virginal college student lacking confidence, and woos her into his BDSM (sexual sadism or torture sex) world and “red room of pain.” The relationship maps onto what would be considered an abusive relationship rife domestic violence in the real world. Christian puts Ana under contract to serve as a sexual “submissive” and uses intimidation, coercion, humiliation, violence, stalking, manipulation, jealousy and other controlling behaviors to groom Ana and keep her under his domination. Ana is consistently isolated, threatened, and manipulated, yet she comes back to Christian time and time again because she thinks her love can change him. As the story progresses, Ana, who was first fearful and disturbed by Christian’s controlling behaviors and dark sexual practices, gradually becomes desensitized to his harsh treatment. These are hallmarks of abusive relationships. You can read examples of domestic abuse in the Fifty Shades book here. The mainstreaming of this book also sends the message to women that they can “fix” violent, controlling men by being obedient and loving. Call to Action: 1) Sign this pledge to boycott the film. 2) Donate to a women's shelter instead of visiting the film through DomesticShelters.org. 3) Share graphics and learn more at FiftyShadesIsAbuse.com.  

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There are not many like her.  Melinda Tankard-Reist is bold, intelligent and not willing to stand by and watch our women and girls be sexually exploited in any way.  It results in physical threats and targeted, vitriolic, social media attacks, but Melinda puts the cause above others feelings towards her.  Melinda uses her voice as she is best able and encourages others to do the same stating that “silence is the language of complicity, speaking out is the language of change”.  Hear from Melinda herself why pornography and the sexualisation of women and girls needs to change and what you can do to be a part of the solution. Susie might not have the impact of Melinda Tankard-Reist, but watching a simple episode of Fuller House has got her thinking about the power of TV and how significantly standards have changed in the last 29 years. Episode Timeline: 03:00   Introducing Author, Speaker and Advocate, Melinda Tankard-Reist 20:35   What is the goal of Melinda's work? 22:54   What is the personal cost for being an advocate? 24:36   Fuller House and the Degradation of Society Show Links: To find out more about Melinda Tankard-Reist, go to:  Melinda Tankard-Reist To find out more about Collective Shout, go to:  Collective Shout To find out more and support the Porn Harms Kids Movement:  Porn Harms Kids

In today's podcast: Innocence lost. We're talking about the public health crisis that is pornography and the way that it's affecting our children. Note – In this podcast I'll be discussing content that is of a highly sensitive nature. In the past few weeks I attended a conference about pornography and the way it harms young people. On Tuesday February 9, activist group Collective Shout hosted Australia's first symposium on the harm that pornography does to children. Experts from all backgrounds agree: pornography is hurting our children. I'm going to spend some time sharing things that were reinforced at the conference that EVERY parent needs to know about – because the reality is that your children WILL see pornography. And in today's podcast, specific tips for every parent for how to deal with pornography in your children's lives. Show Notes The following resources and people can provide additional information for people who are interested in this topic:Basically… porn is everywhere. A report from the UK Children's Commissioner. Website: It's time we talked.Maree Crabbe– Reality and RiskMelinda Tankard Reist * 2:40 Am I the only parent worried about this? * 6:45 How old are children when first see pornography? * 7:45 How children see pornography at school * 12:45 Children are seeing pornography BEFORE they've ever held someone's hand * 18:30 How old should your children be before you talk about pornography? * 19:20 What does pornography teach our children? * 26:50 How does a 14 year-old girl get convinced to send nude images to a boy at school? * 31:15 How do we talk to a child about pornography? * 34:30 A sample conversation about pornography with your child * 40:25 Wrap up Save $40 on 21 Days to a Happier Family online program – This is a special offer ONLY for Newsletter and Podcast subscribers. This week only, save $40 on 21 Days to a Happier Family – the online program – by using the code “giveme40” at the checkout. Make your family happier, and save!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In today’s podcast: Innocence lost. We’re talking about the public health crisis that is pornography and the way that it’s affecting our children. Note – In this podcast I’ll be discussing content that is of a highly sensitive nature. In the past few weeks I attended a conference about pornography and the way it harms young people. On Tuesday February 9, activist group Collective Shout hosted Australia’s first symposium on the harm that pornography does to children. Experts from all backgrounds agree: pornography is hurting our children. I’m going to spend some time sharing things that were reinforced at the conference that EVERY parent needs to know about – because the reality is that your children WILL see pornography. And in today’s podcast, specific tips for every parent for how to deal with pornography in your children’s lives. Show Notes The following resources and people can provide additional information for people who are interested in this topic: Basically… porn is everywhere. A report from the UK Children’s Commissioner. Website: It’s time we talked. Maree Crabbe– Reality and Risk Melinda Tankard Reist * 2:40 Am I the only parent worried about this? * 6:45 How old are children when first see pornography? * 7:45 How children see pornography at school * 12:45 Children are seeing pornography BEFORE they’ve ever held someone’s hand * 18:30 How old should your children be before you talk about pornography? * 19:20 What does pornography teach our children? * 26:50 How does a 14 year-old girl get convinced to send nude images to a boy at school? * 31:15 How do we talk to a child about pornography? * 34:30 A sample conversation about pornography with your child * 40:25 Wrap up Save $40 on 21 Days to a Happier Family online program – This is a special offer ONLY for Newsletter and Podcast subscribers. This week only, save $40 on 21 Days to a Happier Family – the online program – by using the code “giveme40” at the checkout. Make your family happier, and save!

We survived the Festive Pause. QTPOD is back for 2016! Angus meets Weird Al Yankovic both in real life and in his dreams! Plus we have another ridiculous edition of Deni’s Corner. Music journalist Hannah Joyner joins us at the QTPAD to talk music, media bias, the cult of Collective Shout and writing in an era of click bait. You can check out Hannah’s work here and via Twitter.

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Episode 29 New QTPOD for your earholes! Jean laments about fringe Christian conservative faux feminists Collective Shout, while Angus lays out his idea for a new band. All the while, “QTPOD Alumni” guest Stephen Brooks acts as lawyer, food taster and special co-host! We were thrilled to be in the presence of bona fide “funk royalty” Dan & Marc Luchessi from the Vaudeville Smash, who dropped in to talk lizards, their housemate Paul Dickey, Les Murray and bringing the funk.  

Aisling, Caoilian, and Eoghan talk about music streaming and Neil Young's decision to pull (nearly) all his music from streaming sites. Also on the agenda is a big weekend of music festivals, with Castlepalooza, the Beatyard and Indiependence all taking place over the coming days. Then Eoghan tests Aisling and Caoilian's knowledge of 'Take Me To Church', before they discuss the situation around Tyler, the Creator vs Collective Shout

Weand're talking about a new documentary about young menand's attitudes to women. Melinda Tankard-Reist is our guest from Collective Shout. Help Vision to keep 'Connecting Faith to Life': https://vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There's plenty of talk on radio, but with 20twenty you'll find Life, Culture & Current events from a Biblical perspective. Interviews, stories and insight you definately won't hear in the mainstream media. This feed contains selected content from 20twenty, heard every weekday morning. See www.vision.org.au for more details Help Vision to keep 'Connecting Faith to Life': https://vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There's plenty of talk on radio, but with 20twenty you'll find Life, Culture & Current events from a Biblical perspective. Interviews, stories and insight you definately won't hear in the mainstream media. This feed contains selected content from 20twenty, heard every weekday morning. See www.vision.org.au for more details Help Vision to keep 'Connecting Faith to Life': https://vision.org.au/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.