tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294291702009-12-06T17:46:29.739ZThis is a blog of the feminist activism of Charliegrrl and others. This is not a blog to debate the ins and outs of feminism, this is a blog to inspire people to get active and take it to the streets! This blog was started to challenge lads mags bringing porn into the mainstream...who knows what the blog will become...charliegrrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10257926033918334886noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29429170.post-1161645213347955262006-10-24T00:11:00.000+01:002006-10-25T19:00:03.316+01:00

Hey PeopleThis blog has now moved to wordpress.There are better features at wordpress, such as being able to download activist material.So check it out!http://charliegrrl.wordpress.com/Along with a post about Front promoting sex tourism.Charlie x

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A friend called Tom told me he went into WHSmith, and opened up the lads mags on explicit pages and placed them all round the shop, and near the entrance, to expose to customers, the degrading and pornographic content of these magazines. He said one woman went up to one of the opened lads mags, and said, 'I don't like that, I don't like that at all!' and promptly closed it!This is a great way to

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Walkabout bar are hosting a Bikini Babe competition, which is advertised in ZOO, sponsored by Front, WKD and, allegedly, Heat magazine. The competition involves parading around on a stage in a Front bikini in Walkabout bar, in order to win a holiday in Australia and a photo shoot with Front magazine.They are holding regional competitions all over the UK...so I decided to check out the one in my

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Northwest Feminists, Object and White Ribbon demonstrated at the New Labour Conference this Sunday, to call for Lads Mags and The Sport to be sold on top shelf and for their sale and display to be responsibly regulated. At present, Lads Mags and The Sport are sold in most newsagents, supermarkets and in many high street shops, such as WHSmith, Woolworths, HMV, Borders...Most often, they are not

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The winner of the Kerrang! radio and ZOO's 'Hunt for a Virgin' competition, has decided she wants to lose her virginity...Virgin Winner: "I was going to wait until I was married, but since I've been in ZOO I've been thinking- what the hell..."ZOO: "To help her out, we've joined forces with Kerrang! DJ Tim Shaw to find a willing volunteer. To be in with a "shot", send us a photo, plus 100 words on

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Manchester's local Porn Detective will soon be policing local newsagents and shopping malls, to catch men reading pornography. Any men caught reading lads mags or pornographic newspapers will be issued with a warning and face public humiliation.

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Here is a preview of the placards that Northwest Feminists will be holding at the demo at the New Labour Conference 24th September in Manchester

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It's that time of year again, when all the kids go back to school after the holidays... So Partners are capitalising on this...with a promotional display of 'Back to School' stationary, including Playboy stationary.Thanks to Kimberley for this photo

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In the name of Women's Rights, Nuts took to the streets of London in a topless double-decker bus, with four topless women holding signs declaring: 'Women of Britain: Free Your Boobs!'NUTS: "...championing equal rights, every week...At Nuts, we believe in equality for all. Like men, women should enjoy decent standards of pay...and like men, women should be allowed to whip off their tops during a

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Check this out for a laugh {edit 06.09.06 They've removed the link now so people can't view it!}http://www.nuts.co.uk/boards/showthread.php?t=6818Here's a few highlights..."I'm sorry your butch lesbian lover f****d you over for a hairy bloke, but get over it.......""When are women like this going to realise that most mens magazines come up with this woman hating ranting and raving? It doesn't

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New Labour like to push unemployed people into jobs they don't want to do...But when an unemployed woman went into her local JobCentre office, she didn't imagine they would suggest she try lap-dancing!Is this New Labour's new strategy to combat poverty..? They can't provide people with decent employment, so they suggest sex work..?!?Found by Stormy

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New Labour are holding their annual conference in Manchester 24th-28th September.Northwest Feminists are organising a demonstration, outside the conference, calling for Lads Mags and Porn Papers to be treated as top-shelf pornography and calling for retailers to stop selling them.Details: Sunday 24th September 2pm onwardsBarbirolli Square Manchester G-Mex Centre M2 3GXObjectives: Lads Mags and

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ZOO have this week an article entitled "Wanted: UK's Hottest Virgin's": "The search is on. Do you know a lady who is still 'intact' and willing to appear in ZOO?...Lalmas have hymens. So do moles, guinea pigs and even whales...but for this exciting feature, ZOO requires only human hymens, intact and attatched to great-looking females. Why?"[charliegrrl: because you are wanting to satisfy your

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Maxim came with an Erotica Supplement this month...which was their attempt to make their porn seem arty...They quoted Anna Span, a porn director, saying..."Some women want softer stuff, but there are a lot of women like myself who want harder stuff. I've shot bukkake, arse-to-mouth, a lot of anal, gangbangs... You can shoot that in a way that doesn't make the woman look like she is being used. A

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Argos are selling a variety of Playboy merchandise, including Playboy bedding suitable for a single bed for a child...Apparently they have had meetings with child protection experts and decided to withdraw the bedding for children...but still have Playboy Single Bed Sets...Hmm...So, do Argos think it is fine for a young girl to sleep in a Playboy bed whilst her father/uncle/brother or male friend

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WHSmith sell 'adult porn', as in fully nude porn, and The Daily Sport, in train stations and airports. Why is this..?Are men so impatient that whilst waiting for a train, they need to go jack off in the toilets to pass the time..? Maybe that's why they always go to the toilet on their own...Photo Leeds Train Station 22.06.06

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WHSmith are still selling Playboy merchandise. They have sections in their shops devoted to Playboy.However, Argos have withdrawn their Playboy bedding after meeting with Child Protection agents. And Sheffield Fems managed to get Claire's Accessories and John Lewis to withdraw their Playboy merchandise.Many people have emailed WHSmith in complaint about their Playboy merchandise and received

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Lads Mags give sex advice...on how to have sex...But is more like- how to work a female body to get you off and how to work a female body to make you feel like a man..."How To Have Enjoyable Tantric Sex:Step 1: Fill your bedroom full of candles and orchid petals, put on a CD of whale noises and slowly strip your girlfriend naked...Step 2: Put on a pair of sunglasses with wide-awake eyes painted

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Melon Farmers are a bit angry with me..."With reference to your stupid and inane crusade against so called "Lad's Mags" on your site: charliegrrl.blogspot.comThis is a free country. If the ladies and gentlemen who appear in these magazines, are happy to be in them, and the people who read them want to read them, then what on earth has it got to do with you ?What you obviously want to do is impose

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This was sent to me by Helen:"Today (19.7.07) on London Bridge - while on my way to work, I was astounded to see a "promotion" on the north end of London Bridge. FHM...were launching a new tv channel and to promote this they had very scantily clad girls gyrating around on a stage. The girls were semi-naked and provocative and quite frankly would have been more at home in a club in Soho than on

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Lads Mags often jokingly make paedophillic remarks...Front have done a feature on common characters found at Wimbledon, some of which are Ballboy/girl, Umpire, Commentator...and the 'Sexy Eastern European' teenage girl tennis player:"This hard-working girl got a scholarship to tennis school in Florida where her supermodel looks quickly gained her three times as much sponsorship money as anyone

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Front August 2006 Issue 98Front have an 'agony aunt' section where readers can send in for advice on their sex queries...Spencer from Belfast: "Dear AnnaI really love having sex with prostitutes- my girlfriend doesn't know this. What I'd really like is to get my missus to join in, maybe we could see a prostitute together. How do I ask her, and do you think she'll freak out?"Anna: "Well Spence,

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