The Right to Childhood Conference

Examining the Convergence of Sex, Violence, the Media, Commerce & Popular Culture, Its Impact on Our Children and What We Can Do About It Details here.    

Wikileaks and Sexual Assault

I’m honestly sick of hearing about Wikileaks. Especially when it makes people forget that Julian Assange has actually been charged with several claims of sexual assault, including one count of sleeping with a woman while she was sleeping. I don’t know if he did it or not. But neither do all the thousands of people [...]

‘Monster’ is right. And disturbing.

Here’s a sneak peek of Kanye West’s new song Monster. I find it very disturbing. It gets worse with the Behind the Scenes video I couldn’t finish watching. Here’s what Melinda Tankard Reist on ABC Drum Unleashed. Dead women a turn off?  Not at all. Kanye West, on the bed with the two young white dead [...]

Facebook and Breast Cancer

I’m sure you remember the fuss last year over the fb campaign to raise breast cancer awareness by putting the colour of your bra in your status. If you have no idea what I’m talking about your probably a guy, because it was a secret girls only campaign. Well I’m about to spill the beans [...]

My letter to Lovable

Melinda Tankard Reist has written an article this week about Lovable’s new ad campaign. Please read these and consider spending a few minutes writing to Lovable about them. CollectiveShout has some tips on what you might like to include in your message. You can read Melinda’s letter here. And here is mine. I writing to [...]

What’s wrong with the fashion industry??

Here’s at least some of the answers to that question. An excellent article by Melinda Tankard Reist. But what is particularly ridiculous is what’s happening in the comments. Pay attention to ‘Good Charlotte’ (AKA Charlotte Dawson from Australia’s Next Top Model. Her main point seems to be that the industry is what it is and [...]