Turn Your Back On Page 3

“With the recent Murdoch scandal, the enquiry into the culture and ethics of the press, Government concern over the ‘sexualisation of children’, and the subsequent Lib Dem Party vote to adopt a motion to end the projection of women as sex objects in newspapers, now is the perfect time to step up our lobbying to get rid of the Page 3 phenomena.” (OBJECT)

“Dr Harris joins the ranks of deputy Labour leader Harriet Harman, equalities minister Lynne Featherstone and former Cabinet minister Clare Short in calling for a Page 3 ban.” (The Sun)

The Prime Minister has responded to the scandal and corruption exposed at News International by launching an inquiry into the culture and ethics of the UK press.

The Turn Your Back On Page 3 campaign demands that The Sun’s Page 3 is acknowledged in this inquiry and removed from our most popular newspaper immediately.

As a cultural icon, Page 3 symbolises the acceptance and normalisation of the sexual objectification/pornographic imagery of women and girls that pervades our daily newspapers and popular culture – and thus, ultimately, symbolises and contributes to our unequal status.

The death of sexism is a battle not yet won in this country and the proliferation of this image of women and girls within our mainstream press is perpetuating and fueling it by, at best, encouraging and endorsing negative attitudes towards us and within us, and at worst, acts of violence committed against us. All of which grossly limit our choices, stall our progress and violate our human rights.

We demand that the government addresses the subject of Page 3 today and by doing so demonstrates to society that it is serious about stamping out sexism once and for all. We cannot waste any more time and we will not wait any longer. The government either values and respects the female half of humanity or it doesn’t, and the removal of Page 3 would be a momentus step in the right direction in proving to society that is does.

Together we must work to eradicate all forms of sexism in order for women to become politically, socially, economically and personally equal to men. We cannot be a progressive and prosperous society otherwise.

Turn Your Back On Page 3.

DEMAND a socially responsible media.

DEMAND EQUALITY.

To get involved email your MP, sign the petition, join the Facebook page  and/or send a photo of your back (age, name, location optional) with the campaign slogan on and a brief explanation why you are protesting to turnyourbackonpage3@hotmail.com.  Together we will show the government that we are united in the fight to end sexism in all its forms TODAY.

Who wants to be on (TYBO) Page 3?

TYBOP3 has created its very own ‘Page 3′ and we are already having lots of activist fun with them; including sneaking them into sleeve of The Sun in your local newsagent or supermarket.  Send your photographed back (and full head) with the campaign slogan on (name, age, location are optional) and a brief quote explaining why you’re protesting to: turnyourbackonpage3@hotmai​l.com. And don’t forget to write to your MP TODAY at www.writetothem.com

Here is a little bit of background to the controversial back image:

“The back image that accompanies the campaign is fundamental to the political message we aim to get across. A play on words, one might imagine it as though the women are literally turning their back on the camera, refusing to be treated like sexual objects; the symbol embodying the slogan.

We envisage a wall of a backs with as infinite a spectrum of body types as possible. By including people excluded from Page 3 on the basis of sex, age, race, body size/shape etc. we challenge and highlight the sexist, racist, ageist, unhealthy and narrow-minded nature of Page 3 and by doing so overtly display the defiant message that we are not against nudity and celebration of the human form – if it is indeed in all its forms – but we are against this one-dimensional, pornified portrayal of women and girls that is detrimental not only them but to men and society as a whole.”

Does Page 3 get your back up?

Patriarchy the corrupt crook!

We learnt yesterday at the Leveson Inquiry that: 

“According to official documents, Jeremy Hunt spent five days in the US holding meetings with News Corp at the same point Rupert and James Murdoch were first deciding whether to bid for Sky, reports the Guardian’s David Leigh and Vikram Dodd.  Almost immediately after Hunt’s trip, James Murdoch visited David Cameron in London, and privately told him that News Corp had agreed to switch support to the Tories in the upcoming election. Hunt then became culture secretary in the victorious Tory government.”

And we expect these crooks to get rid of The Sun’s Page 3 and clean up the tabloid press’ misogynist culture in general because we’re asking nicely?

We need to get our thinking caps on, folks!!!  The words ‘bringing.down.the.corrupt.patriarchy’ spring to mind!  

“Miss Representation”: Official Trailer

‎’In a society where media is the most persuasive force shaping cultural norms, the collective message that our young women and men overwhelmingly receive is that a woman’s value and power lie in her youth, beauty, and sexuality–and not in her capacity as a leader.’  

Like drawing back a curtain to let bright light stream in, MISS REPRESENTATION uncovers a glaring reality we live with every day but fail to see. Directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the film explores how mainstream media contribute to the under-representation of women in influential positions in America and challenges the media’s limiting and often disparaging portrayals of women, which make it difficult for the average girl to see herself as powerful.  For futher information, visit the website.

‘Rough sex’ to blame for women’s PIP breast implant tragedy

The Sun reports that ‘rough sex / tight bras / excessive squeezing by amorous husbands’ were to blame for this tragedy that women and girls are now facing regarding their ruptured implants. If it wasn’t disgusting enough that the vile, profit-hungry, misogynistic Harley Medical Group and Transform aren’t removing, nor replacing, women’s faulty, ruptured implants, The Sun (who played a major role in this tragedy by making women and girls hate their breasts in the first place) goes one further, fetishising this tragedy and turning it into a joke.

If you know someone who buys this newspaper, please urge them to stop.

A (rotating) snapshot of 21st Century Britain.

Is this what one calls a progressive society?

The Sun: women who pose in their underwear & topless are ‘mucky’.

So now we have The Sun calling Heather Mills’ nanny ‘mucky‘ because she has had pictures taken of her in her underwear and topless!

“Sara Trumble, 26 – seen proudly posing in undies but who also had TOPLESS snaps taken for a portfolio”

The hypocrisy of this misogynistic newspaper is absolutely astounding.  Not only do they label this woman ‘mucky’ for being photographed in this way, but they also put the word ‘topless’ in capitals, as if to emphasise this ‘muckiness’ further and to also suggest that it’s something to be ashamed of.

They also manage to sneak in a topless photo of Heather Mills taken from the soft-porn movie she once appeared in for which they labelled her ‘depraved’.  (See previous blog).

Page 3 models:-  The Sun is overtly ridiculing you.  Please turn your backs on your evil oppressors once and for all!