Today I am joined by  author, speaker, media commentator, blogger and advocate for women and girls, Melinda Tankard Reist. She is best known for her work addressing sexualisation, objectification, harms of pornography,  sexual exploitation, trafficking and violence against women.

Melinda is author/editor of five books including Getting Real: Challenging the Sexualisation of Girls (Spinifex Press, 2009), now in its 9th printing, Big Porn Inc: Exposing the Harms of the Global Pornography Industry (Spinifex Press, 2011, co-edited with Dr Abigail Bray) and her new release Prostitution Narratives: Stories of Survival in the Sex Trade. (Spinifex Press, 2016, co-edited with Dr Caroline Norma)

An opinion writer, Melinda is also a regular on morning television and has appeared on ABC’s Q&A and The Gruen Sessions as well as many other TV and radio programs.

In this episode:
Melinda’s shares her blueprint of using words to bring about change, in particular about the exploitation of girls and women.
Her unwavering purpose in creating a world free of sexual exploitation
Her work in action with the current corporate social responsibility campaign against Westfield and Honey Birdette
How she brings people along the journey with her and inspire others into action.
How travelling alone, yoga and her friends help Melinda deal with such demanding work.  
The power of social media as a medium for social change campaigning
Why it is important to stay on course, think long term and to always remember your vision when trying to live a life on purpose, even when people are trying to derail you

“The standards you walk pass are the standards you have chosen to accept Silence is complicity, speaking out is the language of change”

 

Today’s Get on Purpose Action (GOPA):
Is there anything in your life that you are uncomfortable walking by?

 

Links mentioned in the show:

Melinda Tankard Reist

Honey Birdette campaign

On Purpose book - http://karentjames.com/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/onpurposehub

Twitter - https://twitter.com/KarenTJames

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/onpurposehub/

Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4_3QTpU3nQuVpfi503GBIw

Today I am joined by &nbsp;author, speaker, media commentator, blogger and advocate for women and girls, Melinda Tankard Reist. She is best known for her work addressing sexualisation, objectification, harms of pornography, &nbsp;sexual exploitation, trafficking and violence against women.
Melinda is author/editor of five books including <a href="http://melindatankardreist.com/products-page/books/getting-real/">Getting Real:</a> Challenging the Sexualisation of Girls (Spinifex Press, 2009), now in its 9th printing, <a href="http://melindatankardreist.com/products-page/books/big-porn-inc-exposing-the-harms-of-the-global-pornography-industry/">Big Porn Inc:</a> Exposing the Harms of the Global Pornography Industry (Spinifex Press, 2011, co-edited with Dr Abigail Bray) and her new release <a href="http://melindatankardreist.com/products-page/books/prostitution-narratives-stories-of-survival-in-the-sex-trade/">Prostitution Narratives:</a> Stories of Survival in the Sex Trade. (Spinifex Press, 2016, co-edited with Dr Caroline Norma)
An opinion writer, Melinda is also a regular on morning television and has appeared on ABC&rsquo;s Q&amp;A and The Gruen Sessions as well as many other TV and radio programs.
In this episode:
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Melinda&rsquo;s shares her blueprint of using words to bring about change, in particular about the exploitation of girls and women.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Her unwavering purpose in creating a world free of sexual exploitation</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Her work in action with the current corporate social responsibility campaign against Westfield and Honey Birdette</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">How she brings people along the journey with her and inspire others into action.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">How travelling alone, yoga and her friends help Melinda deal with such demanding work. &nbsp;</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">The power of social media as a medium for social change campaigning</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Why it is important to stay on course, think long term and to always remember your vision when trying to live a life on purpose, even when people are trying to derail you</li>
</ul>
&ldquo;The standards you walk pass are the standards you have chosen to accept&nbsp;Silence is complicity, speaking out is the language of change&rdquo;
&nbsp;
Today&rsquo;s Get on Purpose Action (GOPA):
<ol>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Is there anything in your life that you are uncomfortable walking by?</li>
</ol>
&nbsp;
Links mentioned in the show:
<a href="http://melindatankardreist.com/">Melinda Tankard Reist</a>
<a href="http://melindatankardreist.com/2017/11/honey-birdette-continues-its-porny-anti-social-behaviour-as-landlord-westfield-absolves-itself-of-responsibility/">Honey Birdette campaign</a>
On Purpose book -&nbsp;<a href="http://karentjames.com/">http://karentjames.com/</a>
Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/onpurposehub">https://www.facebook.com/onpurposehub</a>
Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/KarenTJames">https://twitter.com/KarenTJames</a>
Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/onpurposehub/">https://www.instagram.com/onpurposehub/</a>
Youtube -<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4_3QTpU3nQuVpfi503GBIw"> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4_3QTpU3nQuVpfi503GBIw</a>

We’ve heard it time and time again, this idea of purpose being at the heart of our lives, but have you stopped to look at what ‘living on purpose’ actually means for you?

The world is an increasingly noisy place, at home, at work and pretty much everywhere you go. How do you distil it all and make sure you’re not filling time with busy activities which may not actually matter?

How do you work, or run a business, or live your life and not get to the end of your day, or year or worse your life and say what was that all about?

In the words of Mark Twain, “Two of the most important days in your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why”.

Get on Purpose is the podcast where we fuse what matters most in your life, and business, to create your blueprint and framework to get clear, get moving and get results. Each week your host, the informed and infectious Karen James, guides you towards what matters most as the key to living on purpose in business and in life.

Karen James is a Jersey girl turned social entrepreneur, author, speaker and humanitarian, who’s risen through the ranks of the global corporate world while being guided by her own strong sense of ‘why’. In Get On Purpose she helps you find clarity, meaning and your own sense of purpose.

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