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		<title>But it’s not that violent: one teacher’s account of the impact of violence saturation on her students.</title>
		<link>http://melindatankardreist.com.au/2010/03/but-it%e2%80%99s-not-that-violent-one-teacher%e2%80%99s-account-of-the-impact-of-violence-saturation-on-her-students/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plus: Grand Theft auto gamer’s instruction video for best way to murder prostituted women
And Calvin Klein’s new men’s underwear ad: No, we don’t want to see your d—k.

Elizabeth at My Milk Spilt, whose piece on Facebook and violence against women I published here the other day, has now written about an experience she had in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Justice for Brodie: Sign up to this Facebook group for Brodie Panlock</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>But Wait, There’s More: Why Does Supre Treat Little Girls This Way?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know, I was really hoping to focus on something other than anti-women t-shirts this week  and blog on a topic which might hopefully maintain the interest of the 13,000 people who visited this site in the past four days in response to global coverage of objectifying items of apparel.
But just as I was tossing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women blindfolded and gagged: the latest in men’s fashion from Roger David</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The try-hards at Roger David are promoting two new t-shirts for the boys, featuring women who are gagged, with strips across their eyes and semi-naked, as the latest fashion statement. 

The woman in the ‘Annie Hollywood’ t-shirt  (produced by ‘Blood Is The New Black’) looks as though she has been roughed up. She appears disheveled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update: Looks like Supre was serving up untruths for Christmas</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Supre told us before Christmas they were withdrawing their “Santa’s bitch” t.shirts for girls.
Now we find out they are flogging them off for $5.
Why tell us one thing and then do the opposite? Were any t.shirts actually removed as promised?
Let Supre know how you feel about being misled. Contact H.R Manager Karen Hermann  khermann@supre.com.au
On a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How about some good will to women and girls Supre?</title>
		<link>http://melindatankardreist.com.au/2009/12/how-about-some-good-will-to-women-and-girls-supre/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Karen Hermann from Supre has told a number of us now that the &#8216;Santa&#8217;s Bitch&#8217; pimp t.shirts for girls will be removed from 168 stores.  It&#8217;s now Christmas Eve, I&#8217;ve just been into a Supre in Mildura and there&#8217;s a stack of the t.shirts on the rack.  Did you really mean it Supre?
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		<title>Treating little girls as Ho Ho Ho’s</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And now, just in time for Christmas, a t.shirt for girls announcing their sexual subservience, domination and ownership.
Bought to you by clothing store Supre the $18 red and white t.shirt features the slogan: “Santa’s Bitch”. Ten-year-olds are among the target market. The t.shirts are displayed on mannequins at the front of the store.

The elves have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free speech should not mean depicting and promoting violence against women and children</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government announced this week plans to introduce legislation for mandatory filtering of the internet at Internet Service Provider (ISP level).
This of course brought out all those who want no restrictions to the internet, arguing that the plans will mean we’ll end up living in a place like North Korea and controlled by the Taliban.
The [...]]]></description>
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