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Scottish government declares revenge porn a crime scene
By Tom Megginson on 28 March 2017Read moreNew Scottish laws aimed at curbing the awful phenomenon of “revenge porn” could result in significant prison time for partners or ex-partners sharing intimate images without consent, according to the BBC. To raise awareness of the issue, Safer Scotland has produced a...
1Unexpected images. Powerful stories.
By Reuben Turner on 14 March 2017Read moreTo mark the publication of a new report on the 6th anniversary of the conflict in Syria, Save the Children has commissioned a series of powerful images from photographer Nick Ballon, image-maker Alma Haser and art director Gem Fletcher. What...
When The One That Got Away… Really Needed To
By Tom Megginson on 15 February 2017Read moreThis new ad by Union Creative, for Toronto’s Interval House, plays with your assumptions. Launched on Valentine’s Day, it opens with three men from different walks of life (but all white) talking about “the one that got away.” The interview...
Defacing violence against women
By Reuben Turner on 16 November 2016Read moreThis smart guerilla action by a group of creatives in Chicago, USA, starts with a simple insight – if we think it’s OK to deface posters of women with sexist and violent grafitti, what does that imply about how society sees violence against...
This Donald Trump Speech Has Not Happened (Yet)
By Marc van Gurp on 10 November 2016Read moreThis video with a hypothetical speech from Donald Trump was launched on 7 November, the day before his election. Hypothetical and this speech has not happened yet. The video is a call from the American action group Action Against Gun Violence to bring...
Rock stars are #NotAfraid to raise funds to fix a violent world
By Tom Megginson on 3 November 2016Read more“WE ARE NOT AFRAID to stand against the countless acts of violence, hate, discrimination, and abuse witnessed globally,” declares the campaign website. To raise money for Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the International Rescue Committee (IRC), We Are Not Afraid urges...
The Code Word to Combat Sexual Assault
By Marc van Gurp on 1 November 2016Read moreOn 18 October this tweet was posted and has been shared almost 30.000 times. Because it provides such a practical solution. And because it’s easy to remember. And especially because it makes it painfully clear that sexual violence and abuse in the nightlife...
#GrabHimByTheBallot: Undraped women against Trump
By Tom Megginson on 26 October 2016Read moreGerman-American photographer Anja Shütz, and a growing group of bold women, are taking an artistic stand against misogynistic comments a US Presidential nominee uttered several years ago. The phrase in question is from a taped 2005 conversation with an...
Words can end lives and save lives
By Marc van Gurp on 24 October 2016Read moreThe setting in this film is simple, a room with two couches separated by a curtain. The film is made for National Bullying Prevention Month (October) and features raw accounts of real cyberbullying attacks told from the victims’ point of view....
VPOTUS Joe Biden goes undercover for consent
By Tom Megginson on 6 October 2016Read moreIt’s not easy for older authority figures to reach youth through digital media, but Vice President Of The United States Joe Biden is giving it the old college try. In this video for Funny Or Die, the VPOTUS teams...