In this episode of Consider, before consuming, we speak with Melinda Tinkardreast,

author, speaker, and movement director of collective shout.

With years of advocating for women and girls,

Melinda has been dedicated to exposing the harms of porn culture and sexual exploitation. In this

episode, Melinda shares alarming findings from her latest report on sexual harassment in schools,

the role of pornography and shaping toxic behaviors, and the growing crisis of digital exploitation.

With that, let's jump into the conversation.

We hope you enjoy this episode of Consider Before Consuming.

Melinda, thank you so much for joining me on Consider Before Consuming today.

Can you start by introducing yourself and telling our listeners a little bit about who you

are and what collective shout does?

Sure, Natalie.

Well, thanks so much for giving me another opportunity to be on your show.

So I'm Melinda Tancard Reist.

I'm an author, speaker, writer, media commentator and

advocate for women and girls. I am also the movement director for collective shout for a world

free of sex exploitation. We founded the movement 15 years ago to fight objectification of women, sexualization of girls,

the pornography, porn culture, trafficking, and make the connections between all of those things

and violence against women. We're primarily an activist movement. We run campaigns in Australia and globally.

There's only five of us. We're a pretty small team, but we punch above our weight.

And we also engage in politics, lobbying, advocacy, as well as the grassroots campaigning.

And we have thousands of supporters in Australia and

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