Why you need to complain to the Advertising Standards Board Have you seen an ad that objectifies women or sexualises children? You can – and should – make a complaint to the Advertising Standards Board (ASB). Why is it important to make a complaint? For change … Read More →
Typo withdraws porn themed products
[UPDATED] But some items still appear on their website. Take Action. Collective Shout supporters have taken to social media over the festive season, launching a campaign against stationery retailer ‘Typo’ for selling porn themed products. Images of these items were posted on our Facebook page … Read More →
Pornifying the classroom: a lesson in objectification for Year 8s
City Beach selling sexism to 12-13 year olds A Collective Shout supporter notified us today of a pencil case found to be in a year 8 student’s possession. While City Beach has a long history as a misogynist corporate offender – which is why they … Read More →
Kmart apologises, swiftly withdraws sexualised underwear for girls
In one of the fastest responses to consumer complaints that we’ve seen, Kmart has withdrawn a range of underwear with sexualised slogans and issued an apology assuring customers they will not repeat the same mistake. The hashtag campaign #kmartsexploitation began when these photographs were shared … Read More →
Cross’em off your list
Don’t pay for Sexploitation this holiday season It’s that time of year again. The time of year when companies ramp up their advertising in order to compete for your Christmas dollar. There is nowhere you can go without companies placing their product and logo in … Read More →
ASB upholds complaints against Lynx ‘Rules of Rugby’ ad
Unilever complains Collective Shout encouraged complaints The Advertising Standards Board have upheld complaints against Lynx’s sexist ‘Rules of Rugby’ advertisement. The advertisement was supposedly created to educate men about the rules of Rugby Union. It is of course just another excuse for Lynx to objectify … Read More →
Thousands tell Diva ‘stop selling Playboy to girls’
Collective Shout supporters will deliver our 135-page Change.org petition containing 6000-plus signatures in Diva stores in various states this weekend. We will be letting Diva know personally that pimping one of the signature brands of the global sex industry to its key target customer base … Read More →
Diva selling Playboy brand to girls
Keep the global brand of the porn industry off our girls – boycott Diva Diva, the jewellery and accessories store popular with teenage girls, is now selling Playboy branded jewellery. Through use of cute love heart logos, invitations to ‘BFF us on Facebook’ and girls … Read More →
Win! ‘A Serbian Film’ refused classification upon review
Film depicting extreme sexual violence now banned in Australia Some time ago we received an email from a member of the community concerning the screening of ‘A Serbian Film’ at an underground Melbourne Film Festival. This person expressed concern that a film depicting extreme sexual … Read More →
City Beach still pushing porn to young people
Take Action! Collective Shout WA representative Caitlin Roper has been leading the charge against pornified clothing and products sold in general retail stores. Caitlin created the facebook page ‘Say no to porn t-shirts’ and has been keeping track of retailers that sell pornified products via … Read More →