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Senator Stephen Fielding wants milk bar porn raids, AAP, May 25, 2009
Yes: does it mean yes? Andrew Bolt, Herald Sun, May 15, 2009
Susan Boyle's got talent. Pity there's a dark side, Helen Elliott, April 21, 2009 Boob job doctors use hard sell tactics, John Rolfe, Courier Mail, February 24, 2009 Filtering does not breach free speech, Senator Stephen Controy, Australian IT, Feburary 17, 2009 Web does not belong to net libertarians, Clive Hamilton, Australian IT, February 16, 2009 Putting Herself on Sale, Bari Weiss, Wall St Journal, February 5, 2009 Music Video Damage, Lynda Kinkade, Today Tonight (Channel 7), January 08, 2009 Spiked - A White Wedding, Roger Sandall, August 2007
No beavers, boobs or bonking: What we hate in ads, Rachel Browne, Sydney Morning Herald January 4, 2009 The Evil Behind the Smiles, Nicholas D. Kristof, NY Times, December 31, 2008 Supersexualise Me! Advertising and 'the midriffs', Dr Rosalind Gill
Incensed about censorship, Melinda Tankard Reist , ABC Unleashed, November 27, 2008 Shameful secret of our family murder epidemic Ruth Pollard, November 24, 2008
When hatred comes to your home page, Janice Turner, The Times, November 22, 2008 Budgeting for disability, Melinda Tankard Reist, Online Opinion, November 12, 2008 For the love of Lukas, let's lift this new pall of shame, Anne Gleeson, The Age, November 4, 2008 Pussycat Dolls milk porn for power, Kate Rose, Herald Sun, October 17, 2008 Report: Supersexualise Me! Advertising and 'the midriffs, Dr Rosalind Gill, London School of Economics and Political Science Women fight to put violence on Global Agenda, Monika Manke, September 17, 2008 'The Gardasil "miracle" coming undone?', Renate Klein, Online Opinion, August 21, 2008 'Calling all ugly chicks! Mount Isa's mayor makes his appeal', Catherine Deveny, The Age, August 20, 2008 'Pro-vegetarian groups treat women like meat', Josephine Tovey, Sydney Morning Herald, July 17, 2008 Melinda Tankard Reist and Julie Gale - 9am show, Channel Ten 
Click on the image to watch Melinda and Julie talk about the sexualisation of children, the Senate enquiry and its outcome, or click here. The issue of the sexualisation of girls in the media and popular culture received special attention on the NINE Network Sunday June 22, with features on 60 Minutes and Sunday. Julie Gale (Kids Free 2B Kids), Dannielle Miller (Enlighten Education), Amanda Gordon (Australian Psychological Association), Louise Newman (University of Newcastle), and Clive Hamilton (previously with the Australia Institute) presented a compelling case for the harm wrought especially on girls, through treating them as sexy little adults. We were pleased to see NINE treat the issue with the seriousness it deserved. You can view the Sunday program here by clicking on the image or the title. 
Sunday Interview - Part 1
Sunday Interview - Part 2 You can view the 60 Minutes program here by clicking on the image or the title. 
Watch the 60 Minutes story here 60 Minutes Chat with Danni Miller Danielle Miller from Enlighten Education answered questions online after the interview. She mentioned our work: "Women's Forum Australia have a publication entitled "Faking It" which does a tremendous job of combining the research on the sexualisation and objectification of women's bodies with a highly readable approach." Read the chat transcript here
'Child sexualisation enquiry shrouded in weasel words', Clive Hamilton, The Age, June 29, 2008 'Prostitution, Trafficking, and Cultural Amnesia: What we must not know...', Melissa Farley, Yale Journal of Law and Feminism, 2006 'Unleashed: childhood anorexia', Katelin Nelligan, ABC Unleashed, June 25, 2008 Let's stop trying to turn girls into probationary sexpots, Tracie Winch, The Age June 23, 2008 'Are vans obscene or "wicked"?', Lucy Clark, The Courier Mail, June 15, 2008 'Picture this: society draws the line', Miranda Devine, Sydney Morning Herald, June 14, 2008 'Artistic crowd the real philistines', Miranda Devine, Sydney Morning Herald, May 29, 2008 'Art or not, it's still exploitation', Steve Biddulph, The Age, May 28, 2008 'Prejudices stripped bare', Andrew Bolt, Herald Sun, May 28, 2008 'Moral backlash over sexing up of our children', Miranda Devine, Sydney Morning Herald, May 22, 2008 'The dangers of the invisible electric fence', Catherine Deveny, May 21, 2008 'The Porn Myth', Naomi Wolf, May 15, 2008 'Pixel Perfect: Pascal Dangin's virtual reality', Lauren Collins, May 12, 2008 'Punt the bastard', Michael Costello, May 9, 2008 'The sluts-r-us approach to childhood play', Melinda Tankard Reist, Online Opinion, May 8, 2008 'Branding girls for s*x', Melinda Tankard Reist, Online Opinion, May 6, 2008 'Implanon: just slip it in?' Renate Klein, Online Opinion, May 6, 2008 Culture of Misogyny, TruthDig.com, May 6, 2008 'Contraceptive implants make children more vulnerable to sexual abuse', Melinda Tankard Reist, Courier Mail, April 22, 2008 'Kiss and tell just rubbish', Andrew Bolt, Herald Sun, April 11, 2008 'Truth and myths of sex slavery', Helen Pringle, Online Opinion, April 11, 2008 'TV show segment demeans women', Samantha Lane, The Age, April 10, 2008 'Hand out grog and you're bound to spoil the child', Glenda Korporaal, The Australian, March 29, 2008 'Rape in Brisbane: just between friends', Caroline Norma, Online Opinion, March 18, 2008 'The sexualisation of children', Julie Gale, ABC, March 3, 2008 'The digital age becomes a dark age for women', Caroline Norma, Online Opinion, February 25, 2008 'So who gives a FCUK about advertising standards?', Dr Stephen Downes, Crikey February 20, 2008 'The burden of treating girls' bodies as the enemy', Dannielle Miller, Sydney Morning Herald, January 29, 2008 'Shirty with Little Misses', Karen Brooks, Courier Mail, January 23, 2008 'In magazine land, real women are not the real deal,' Alison Cameron, The Age, January 16, 2008 'Our attitude to sex is virgin on the ridiculous,' Waleed Aly, The Age, January 13, 2008 'Gas guzzling intolerance,' Susan Hawthorne and Renate Klein, Unleashed, ABC, January 11, 2008 'Children's site promotes brazilian waxes,' Kate Adamson, Herald Sun December 30, 2007 'Protect our children', Jane Still, Herald Sun November 21, 2007 'Young people duped by a culture of degrading sexual attitudes', Maree Crabbe, Online Opinion November 15, 2007 'Girls go to the poles', Miranda Devine, Sydney Morning Herald October 14, 2007 'When teens are the targets', Ruth Ostrow blog, September 7, 2007 'The truth about children and sex', Dr Emma Rush, The Canberra Times, September 5, 2007 'Whose rights are we talking about: legalised prostitution', Mary Lucille Sullivan, Online Opinion, June 25, 2007 'Why I regret donating my sperm', Michael Linden, The Age, August 27, 2007 'Battle Amnesty need not have brought upon itself', Larissa Dubecki, The Age, May 29 2007 'Book review: Call Girls: Private Sex Workers in Australia, and Not for Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade'. Reviewed by Antonella Gambotto-Burke, The Australian, May 12 2007 'Teenage girls under attack', Steve Biddulph, Sydney Morning Herald, June 2, 2007
'The obscenity of porn: X-rated and exploitive', Sheila Jeffreys, Sydney Morning Herald, May 29, 2007 'How porn is wrecking relationships', Adele Horin, Sydney Morning Herald, May 26, 2007 'Modern take on old tale', Farah Faroque, The Age, May 19, 2007 'Minimally invasive? More like reckless endangerment', Jennifer Lahl, Dallas Morning News, May 14, 2007 'What's new pussycat? The wo-o-o-o-oes of feminism', Jim Schembri, The Age, April 4, 2007 'Love Me Tender? Sex & power in the age of pornography', Anne Manne, January 2007 Report of the American Psychological Association Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls (full report, or Executive Summary) 'Ho', ho', ho': dolls to make you cry,' Kirsten Powers, New York Post, December 14, 2006 'In the grip of a guilty pleasure', The Age, October 8, 2006 Beauty is still measured by thighs, Helen Greenwood, July 1, 2006
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