Maree Crabbe and David Corlette have produced a film investigating and problematising the role mainstream commercial pornography is playing as a sex education resource for young Australians. Their argument resonates with some of the bigger questions we’ve been asking: what is problematic about the mundane presentations of gender we see in popular media – pornography, […]

http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/06/30/satire-means-it-means-the-opposite-of-what-it-means-so-chill/ Note: I really don’t like CoverGirl. They use animal products and animal testing. The link above shows humour used in a satirical way that makes us ignore the *arguably* sexist undertones of the ad.

The “Make Your Move” poster campaign is run by community activists working to end sexual violence. They use typical lines and logics which are typically used to justify rape and support rapists, and turn them around. Do you think it works?

I was very interested to see that the gender-swapped blurred lines video from Mod Carousel has been age restricted on youtube, because content “may be inappropriate for some users”. The original Robin Thicke version, meanwhile, remains unrestricted…

Can someone please tell me the point of this website? http://justgirlythings.tumblr.com/ This is probably one of the most sexist websites, it puts all  girls into one category. It pretty much says we are all, beauty obsessed, party animals, sluts, who wish we had boyfriends… *cough, cough* This is not true! Have a look and tell […]

The whole world is be celebrating the arrival of the newest addition to the royal family. It seems that a major cause of celebration is the fact that the baby is a BOY – the best kind of monarch. Media commentators are giving Kate a big thumbs up – Henry VIII, eat your heart out! […]

Hi there reader, I don’t know how to add a photo, otherwise there’d be a photo here of one of PETA’s e.g. Stop FUR campaigns with a mostly naked woman, or several mostly naked women, on a large billboard or some sort of social media. Just learned how to add a photo. There you go, […]

There’s quite a bit of material on sexism and gaming – things we discussed together, and others that I have discovered myself. I thought I’d make a post listing the ones that I found particularly interesting. Here is the post that came up in our conversation today, about the experience of a male gamer who […]