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Creators of beauty are capable of ugliness

Clive Hamilton has written a commendable piece about the way artistic men who commit sexual crimes are considered above the law and deserving of  special treatment. I’ve been...

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‘Artistic merit’ fades as child porn defence

January 11, 2010 CHILD protection group Bravehearts has welcomed recommendations by a NSW government panel to scrap the defence of “artistic merit” in the use of child pornography...

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Anorexia Kills Girls: don’t say you love it

The disease destroys the lives of too many girls: don’t mock it on a t.shirt [Trigger warning for eating disorder sufferers] A number of my young women friends are...

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Henson’s sexualised depictions of young girls: calling it art doesn’t make it OK

Photos found in paedophile collections I haven’t seen the latest photographs by artist Bill Henson to go on show at Tolarno Galleries in Melbourne. But I have seen...

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How the art world minimises child sex abuse: MTR on SBS online

Comment: Why the art world is blind to sex crime If you are an artist and you abuse a child, never fear: the art world has your back,...

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What are we teaching boys about women when soccer clubs fundraise like this?

The Para Hills West Soccer Club in Adelaide seems to have missed the memo. By Coralie Alison With a new focus on objectification of women, abuse, violence, sexism...

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