The Effects of Pornography and Why We Have to Do Something About it with Melinda Tankard Reist

The Amateur Activist is joined by author, media commentator, blogger, and advocate for women and girls - Melinda Tankard Reist. Melinda is best known for her work addressing sexualisation, objectification, the harms of pornography, sexual exploitation, trafficking and violence against women. She recently authored her 7th book, He Chose P*rn Over Me. She is also one of the founders of the grassroots campaigning movement Collective Shout: for a world free of sexploitation. Collective Shout names and shames corporations, advertisers, and marketers who objectify women and sexualise girls to sell products & services.

In this episode, Melinda and Isabela talk about the effects of pornography on young people, the lie that the porn industry sells to young women in particular about sexual liberation and empowerment, and why we as amateur activists should care about this issue at all. 

This episode does discuss sensitive material regarding the effects of porn on relationships and the effect is has on children as young as Year 4 who are effected by the porn they watch and the pornified culture they are growing up in. 

You can connect with Melinda on Instagram, here, or head to her website. 

You can connect with and follow Collective Shout on Instagram, here, or on their website.

Melinda's new book, He Chose P*rn Over Me, is available here. 

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