To all the men on the internet commenting under posts about male violence against women - saying that men are more likely to be victims of violence, you are absolutely correct. Men are much more likely to be murdered than women. Men are much more likely to be assaulted than

"If writing about difficult subjects can help me make sense of them, perhaps reading about them might do the same for someone else. We all have the right to decide what fills us up and what depletes us." lithub.com/beauty-in-disc… via Literary Hub Emily Usher

It’s critical to adopt all elements of the Survivor Model- incl. services, the decrim of prostituted people & maintaining prohibitions against pimping & purchasing. Passing the law w/o all these components will be incomplete. We can’t just focus on criminalization -Reem Alsalem UNSR Violence Against Women and Girls

Campaigns Manager Caitlin Roper presenting at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Global Summit in Washington, DC #cesesummit #EndExploitation

#FiLiA blog: Body Shell Girl: The Sex Industry, Men’s Violence Against Women & “Choice” This is an edited transcript of a talk Rose Hunter gave to CATWA in #Melbourne in which she reads from her memoir, Body Shell Girl 🔗 filia.org.uk/latest-news/20… #AbolitionNow

Most honoured to have my CATWA talk published at the FiLiA site. Love the work they do. 💜 & Thank you to the also wonderful Nordic Model Now! for originally publishing the piece. Spinifex Press filia.org.uk/latest-news/20…

I'm taking a Twitter/X break for the next month while I sink into the PhD. Know I don't need to announce this anywhere, but I'm doing it anyway for the (temporary) closure! Here are some Brisbane lights, to wind down (temporarily!)...💜

Back from my social media break just temporarily because I received Valerie Fox's beautiful and inventive art/poetry book. A Collaboration with Arlene Ang. 🙂💙 #poetry #poetrycommunity amazon.com/Failed-Love-Fa…

"To say this book was stunningly captivating, would be an understatement. Her story is unlike anything I have ever read ... The poetry is captivating, visceral, literal and brilliant." Spill the Tea Book Reviews on Body Shell Girl by Rose Hunter spinifexpress.com.au/shop/p/9781925…

P76 issue 9: Poetries of place/ displacement/ diaspora/ odyssey - On-line Edition. Rose Hunter – ‘Water’ Rose Hunter is the author of several books of poetry including Body Shell Girl (Spinifex Press, 2022) and glass (Five Islands Press, 2017). rochfordstreetreview.com/2024/09/17/p76…

Fascinating article by Laura McVey, Lauren Gurrieri, and Meagan Tyler about how the user-generated pornography market creates ‘moral imperatives’ for women to reproduce their own abuse through content creation. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14… CATWA Meagan Tyler

“Men’s ‘fantasies’ for sexually using and abusing women and children, acted out on lifelike dolls, occur within a wider culture where such sexualised abuse is not a fantasy, but a reality for many women and girls." - Caitlin Roper spinifexpress.com.au/shop/p/9781925…

Susan Hawthorne in Rochford Street Review Poetries of Place/ Displacement/ Diaspora/ Odyssey issue. 💜 we had long friendships with horses they carried us it was as if we had a single body rochfordstreetreview.com/2024/09/19/p76… #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrytwitter Susan Hawthorne

"To say this book was stunningly captivating, would be an understatement." Spill the Tea Reviews on Rose Hunter Body Shell Girl spinifexpress.com.au/shop/p/9781925…

A few people have said they are curious about the reasons why the South Australian bill to offer exit services to women who want to leave the sex industry was rejected this week. Here are all the reasons given by those who voted for and against: hansardsearch.parliament.sa.gov.au/daily/uh/2024-…