All links and screenshots are in the OP on Patreon (no paywall) if you’re reading this on a social media share and can’t see them. The Daily Telegraph was one of many media outlets that reported on the horrific murder of Ruth Mataafa by erasing the man who chose to kill her – Jaciah Fuimaono...
The Herald Sun reported that 31 year old Shane James Kavanagh was convicted of violently raping a woman with whom he had just begun an intimate relationship, and was sentenced to seven years in jail, with a five year, 3 mont non-parole period. Or at least, that’s what the journalist tried to do. Whoever wrote...
Extract from my book, FixedIt: Violence and the representation of women in the media, published by Penguin Random House: The Good Bloke, the Great Guy, the Loving Father, the Amazing Hubby, the Pillar of Society. Also known as: the man who killed his partner and/or children. The Good Guy trope is so ubiquitous in news reports about men who...
Once again: If a man and a woman meet on Tinder and the man is violent to the women, you can count on the word “Tinder” making it into every headline about his violence. It’s an insidious form of victim blaming. If they met at a party or over cabbages in Coles, it wouldn’t even...
The Age reported that a music teacher from Geelong was jailed for grooming and sexually abusing a 17 year old girl who was his student at the time. The girl was in his care. The school, her parents and most importantly, the girl herself, trusted him to teach her and take seriously his responsibility as...
Yahoo News reported a man was arrested for a “domestic violence offence” after allegedly stabbing a woman in the chest. She’s now in hospital with life threatening injuries. It’s a typical rehashing of a police media report where few details are available on the day of the attack. Also, the man has been charged, so...
Channel 7 News, Perth Now, and Yahoo News, reported the alleged murder of Britney Watson as a “wheelie bin death”. Britney Watson was not a wheelie bin, she was a person. She didn’t die, she was killed. Describing the killing of Britney Watson as a “wheelie bin death” is inaccurate, dehumanising, sensationalist and ignorant. A...
The Age reported that a man has been charged with murder after his wife’s body was discovered in a home in Queensland last week. Although, you wouldn’t know that from this headline. The fact that her body was not discovered until a day later is relevant but it’s not even close to being the main...
The Courier Mail reported that a man was charged with three breaches of domestic violence orders, although you wouldn’t know this from the headline. Losing his home, his job and his wife was not the reason for his court appearance. These are terrible things to deal with but they’re not crimes and you don’t go...