Collective Shout

08/04/2026

The reality of stripping: Stella’s story

“Every day was long. Every day was hard. Every day someone forced me in some way – either licked, bit or poked me, sometimes even pe*****ted me, held me down, hurt me. Then there was the verbal degradation, by the customers and even ourselves. ‘Come here b*tch and dance on this’, ‘oh yeah, let me be your little wh*re’. They cut in, those words, they get inside you.

“My relationships suffered; I was becoming more and more isolated. I started using he**in to soothe the pain, all of the pain: the physical pain of my deteriorating knees and back; the emotional pain of being nothing, negative space, dirt, sl*t, wh*re, stripper, ju**ie.

“My personal grief was immense – the time wasted, the damage done, the lack of self-love, all stung me deeply and I struggled to heal. Writing this today, 12 years later, my eyes still prick with tears, and the fear that my own 3 daughters might suffer the same experiences and the fact that I may be incapable of stopping them, truly stills my heart.

“I didn’t think that stripping would have the profound and long reaching effect on my life that it did. I didn’t realise that when I left it, it might not leave me, that each time I sold myself, each time I danced p*rnography, I altered myself, redefined myself, demeaned myself, erased myself on a fundamental level. The trauma from dancing came in many guises and has taken a long time to recover from. I left with my self-esteem in shreds, my pockets empty, my body damaged, and my heart filled with shame, both self-imposed and compounded by the social stigma of being a ju**ie stripper. It was a hair-raising ride to the bottom. I often wonder where life would have taken me if I hadn’t been pressed by circumstance to become a stripper, if I had lived in a world without strip clubs, brothels, and other institutions built on the trade of flesh and so heavily reliant on people in compromised positions to feed them. I passionately hope that my daughters might inhabit such a world.”

-Stella, Dancing P**nography

As published in Big P**n Inc: Exposing the Harms of the Global P**nography Industry, edited by Movement Director Melinda Tankard Reist and Abigail Bray.

08/04/2026

Why some women ‘choose’ prostitution: An interview with writer and prostitution survivor Rose Hunter

Watch the full interview on our YouTube channel – link in the comments.

07/04/2026

Grok is being called out as part of our global partners’ Dirty Dozen List.

The Dirty Dozen List is an annual campaign from the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) that exposes corporations, institutions, and other mainstream entities contributing to s*xual exploitation.

Each year, twelve influential entities are named, and the public is invited to take action for accountability and human dignity.

'xAI’s Grok builds chatbots to normalise r*pe, s*xual violence, and prostitution/s*x trafficking, and image generators to create s*xual imagery.

Worse yet, Grok’s “age-gate” is little more than a public relations ploy, making all of the above effectively accessible to minors. These aren’t accidents—they appear to be intentional design choices to maximise engagement and profit, regardless of the human cost. It’s time for Grok to change its tune, and innovate for humanity’s good, not exploitation.'

Learn more via the link in comments.

07/04/2026

Take action! Tell Nuveen to dump strip club shares

Investment firm Nuveen owns nearly 50k shares in strip club giant RCI Hospitality Holdings. Meanwhile, they claim to care about the impact of their investments - and are even a named global "leader in responsible investments"! Talk about double standards.

We're calling Nuveen out, and demanding action from CEO Bill Huffman to dump strip club shares and commit to not investing in s*xploitation in future.

Use our easy action in the comments to email CEO Bill Huffman now.

Let us know if you get a response.

06/04/2026

Not Just Harmless Fun: The Strip Club Industry in Victoria

A report by Coalition Against Trafficking in Women Australia (CATWA) on the strip club industry in Victoria found that strip clubs facilitate violence against women:

“In a US study, women in strip clubs frequently reported being ‘spat on’ and ‘sprayed with beer’, they report having ci******es flicked at them as well as trash, condoms, golf balls and even dead animals. Men reportedly ‘pull...women’s hair’, ‘yank...them by the arms and ankles, rip... their costumes and attempt...to pull their clothes off’. Women are ‘bitten, licked, slapped, punched, and pinched’ whilst male buyers attempt to pe*****te them v*ginally and an*lly with ‘fingers, dollar bills, and bottles’, according to the testimony of Kelly Holsopple who worked in a strip club for a number of years, and then went back to research the venues. In her research she found that 100 per cent of st*****rs she interviewed reported being abused within the clubs.

“These dangers of the strip industry have been acknowledged by the Victorian State Government’s Prostitution Control Act Advisory Committee, which in 1997 found that ‘incidents of physical and s*xual violence, s*xual harassment and stalking were common’ in strip clubs.

“Strip clubs need to be seen as a form of prostitution which harms women and girls as all other forms of prostitution do.”

Read the full report – link in comments.

06/04/2026

Tourism & Events Queensland has removed Falvey’s from its website!

Falvey’s Hotel Yamanto has a documented pattern of using s*xualised imagery of women to promote events. It has no place in Queensland’s tourism offering.

Last week, more than 300 of you took action calling on state leaders, Discover Ipswich and Tourism & Events Queensland to remove it. This is the result!

Now let’s finish it.

Discover Ipswich is still promoting Falvey’s. Let's keep the pressure on until it’s removed there too.

It takes 2mins to use our easy email action button in the comments!

05/04/2026

School holiday's are here and there's no better time to review the safeguards you have in place to protect your children from online predators and s*xploitation.

Here, we give you some handy tips, resources and links to help keep your family safe these holidays.

Check out our guide to:
✅ Know the Risks
✅ Improve Online Safety
✅ Report Abuse
✅ Find Recommended Resources

Get your guide via the link in comments below!

As school holidays begin, children will have more time to explore, often turning to their devices for entertainment, education, and social interaction. Here, we highlight common online dangers to be aware of, advice on parental controls, and additional resources to help keep you and your family safe...

04/04/2026

Amazon shareholders: Spotlight on Norwegian Government pension fund

We’re calling on top shareholders to hold Amazon.com to account for selling child s*x abuse dolls.

Today, we’re putting the spotlight on Norges Bank, whose investment arm Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) holds a reported 142.4 million Amazon shares valued at nearly $33 billion USD.

NBIM says companies must “respect children’s rights” and tackle harms linked to their products and services. Not just in theory—but in how they prevent harm, make decisions, and run their businesses.

Given the scale of its investment and the clarity of its own standards, NBIM is uniquely positioned— and responsible — to hold Amazon to these expectations. That's why we're asking CEO Nicolai Tangen to follow through and demand that Amazon gets rid of its child s*x abuse dolls immediately and permanently - and to divest if Amazon fails to.

Email Mr Tangen using our easy action button - link in comments.

03/04/2026

We've been calling on Amazon to ban these dolls for over 4 months. Each week, we uncover new listings that exploit children. Some dolls are marketed as adult products, yet customer reviews reveal their true, unsettling childlike appearance.

Help us keep the pressure on! Tag in the comments.

02/04/2026

This Flashback Friday, we're rewinding to March last year, when Orion Hotel (Qld) canned its Playboy-themed event after our campaign.

Our supporters went into quick action, leaving loads of comments objecting to the event on OH's page. Within 2 hours, OH responded to confirm the event had been cancelled, and its replacement would be re-themed.

We are so grateful for our supporters who make these wins possible, and bring us closer to a world free of s*xploitation!

02/04/2026

Help us get Falvey's off QLD tourism sites! Click the link to use our easy email action button ✊🏻 https://www.collectiveshout.org/falveys-continues-to-profit-from-objectification-of-women

01/04/2026

In Queensland 41.6% of women have experienced physical or s*xual violence.

Ipswich is one of the regions where women are most harmed.

And in that same community, Falvey’s Hotel Yamanto continues to use the s*xual objectification of women to promote its events.

Falvey’s has a documented pattern of using women’s bodies to sell events - yet QLD's tourism bodies are choosing to endorse the hotel by including Falvey's on their websites!

Continuing to promote a venue with a consistent pattern of s*xually objectifying women undermines efforts to address alarming levels of violence against women in the state and locally in Ipswich.

Join us in calling on state leaders, Discover Ipswich and Tourism and Events Queensland to remove Falvey’s Hotel Yamanto from their platforms.

Head to the link in comments to take action!