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August 2010 Blog Posts (6)

short article i wrote...

Having been inspired by one of Melinda's talks I wrote a short article for a small Christian publication. I got lots of feedback from men and women, agreeing that the sexualisation of girls and women is a BIG problem and wanting to talk more about how we can affect change. Exciting stuff!

Sex saturated culture edited.doc

Added by Stefanie Overhall on August 31, 2010 at 11:40am — 2 Comments

What I wrote to my MPs

Hi there,

If any of you are thinking about writing letters to your local members of parliament, feel free to read below to see what I wrote in my letter if you think it will help you. I wrote one letter, and sent it to my two local members of parliament, and a slightly modified copy to the Attorney General- so I sent out three very similar letters. Have a read below if you are interested.

(The letter I have included was to an MLA that my husband…

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Added by Caitlin Roper on August 31, 2010 at 12:43am — 1 Comment

Sex and Our City

I will not be silent! - In the last few months I have been greatly encouraged by the feedback and responses to the seminar I present on sexualisation, pornography and the risks of technology use on our children. I spoke just last week to some principals from NZ and Australia who are all aware and rightly concerned about the highly sexualised culture that our children are immersed in.… Continue

Added by Collett Smart on August 21, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Please Vote in Herald Sun: "Saucy film clips too raunchy says Kylie Minogue's former producers Mike Stock"

It is great to see people within the music industry starting to react to the over-blown sexualisation of the music industry. At the link below you can vote on this too...…

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Added by Garth Penglase on August 13, 2010 at 5:14pm — No Comments

Playboy sheets removed from my local Adairs store.

Recently I was scandalised when walking past Adairs to see enormous posters hanging from every window advertising their new sheet collection made by ... Playboy. I decided that day, that I was going to speak out. I didn't like seeing a major pornography label featured so prominently in my local shopping centre. It looked so innocent, a beautiful set of sheets, but I knew that little diamante bunny represented so much more than linen, and I for one didn't want to see that bunny which has… Continue

Added by Caitlin Taylor on August 12, 2010 at 3:58pm — 3 Comments

'Thank God You're Here' Actor denigrates women

On Tuesday August 3, Angus Sampson behaved very inappropriately towards a female actor. I have lodged the following complaint with Free Tv Australia which explains what happened. Your comments are welcome.

Regards,

Dean

To whom it may concern,

I am writing to complain about the action and follow up comment by Angus Sampson on Episode 10 of Thank God You're Here. I suggest that the following incident breaches 1.9.6 of the Code, being 'serious contempt or severe… Continue

Added by Dean Carroll on August 6, 2010 at 3:11pm — 1 Comment