OBJECT in the news

April - May 2009

Guardian Comment is Free: OBJECT piece on why new Violence Against Women strategy must tackle sexualisation of women and girls

Guardian Comment is Free: OBJECT piece on pornification of culture

BBC The Big Questions: OBJECT speak about the realities of prostitution as a form of violence against women

   

Jan - March 2009 
Lobbying for better lap dancing reforms

Guardian - Libby Brooks column 
Observer-  Ex-performer speaks out
Observer Woman - Feature on the campaign
Sunday Telegraph - Flawed reforms
Guardian: Comment is Free - OBJECT blog
F Word - OBJECT blog on sex object culture 
Independent on Sunday - OBJECT and new generation of feminist activism

Nov/Dec 2008 - Build up to reforms

Observer - How far have women come in 80 years since the vote?

BBC Ten o' Clock News
-OBJECT activists hand in nearly 10,000 signatures to No. 10 Downing Street

Radio 4 Woman's Hour


BBC
Online
- Home Secretary confirms commitment to tighten up licensing of lap dancing.

Guardian: Comment is Free
- Beatrix Campbell blog

Guardian: Comment is Free - OBJECT blog

Guardian
- Coverage of OBJECT Parliamentary evidence and Lap Dancing Association claim that lap dancing not sexual

The realities of the industry

Dispatches  Undercover footage inside strip clubs.

Guardian: Comment is Free Object blog on the campaign.

You Tube - OBJECT presents the Stripping the Illusion Awards.

May 2008 - Lobbying new Mayor of London

You Tube OBJECT's protest

The F Word   - OBJECT blog 

June 2008- Parliamentary Bill

MP introduces Parliamentary Bill urging licensing reforms

Friction TV OBJECT's Protest

Nationwide Action - June-August 2008

Kent on Line -Petitioners in Tonbridge dress up as waitresses

Yorkshire Evening Post - reports on actions in Leeds

April 2008 - Stripping the Illusion launch

Newsnight (22/04/08) - Reports on the campaign.

BBC News Beat (23/04/08) - Reports on the campaign.

The Guardian - Interview with an ex-performer.

Channel 4 -Impact on local communites.

Independent (24/4/08) - A culture of objectification.

GQ Magazine (22/04/08) - Men's magazine reports on the campaign.

Guardian - Politics -
the bias of current licensing .

New Statesman -
Lap Dancing and sexual violence.

The Argus - Normalising of the sex industry.

Durham 21
- A local campaign