ASCA, Adults Surviving Child Abuse, has just launched a new advertising campaign, which they call “confronting” and “provocative”. It is confronting and provocative, and knowing the origins, I expect that they definitely mean well. But I’m not at all convinced… Read More ›
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Ad Standards Bureau agrees with Jim Beam that lesbianism is a “tragedy”.
In Jim Beam demonstrates just how much men want to hate us, I showed and talked about four sexist Jim Beam bourbon advertisements. The Advertising Standards Bureau has now responded to complaints about three of these television advertisements, and their… Read More ›
Quick hit: Quentin Bryce honours her radical ancestry (and past) [1]
Australia’s new Governor-General, Quentin Bryce, today offered a glimpse into her past, demonstrating her respect for feminist history and radicalism. While she participates at least some mainstream beauty rituals in the present – which is, of course, perfectly fine –… Read More ›
Wringing every last drop out of that coverage
What a joke. Channel 7 currently is showing footage of a plane taxi-ing on a runway as its Breaking News. And cutting away to a woman in the terminal who has baked some muffins to give to her sister when… Read More ›
More classic sexist advertising
Wonder whether it generated any outrage when originally published? Nah, it’s “just a joke”
Move to close WA Parliamentary sexual harassment loophole
Remember we were all wondering a few months ago how Troy Buswell had managed to continue his rise to the leadership of the Western Australian Liberal Party, despite his history of sexually harassing colleagues and staffers alike?
Hoyden About Town 