Collective Shout

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Collective Shout (CS, f. 2008) is an Australian, radically conservative Feminist organization involved in campaigning for the censorship of mainly online content it claims endangers children. Its founder, Melinda Tankard Reist has self-identfied as an anti-pornography, anti-abortion Feminist who opposes "sexploitation" and the "pornification" of culture, as well as incest.

The organization has historically opposed rap and gaming culture, which it deems to be projecting harmful stereotypes. CS has been linked to a number of Christian Feminist campaigns against pornography, prostitution, kidfluencing, "inappropriate" children's clothing and "sexualised" depictions of minors such as sex dolls. The Australian Feminist, Caitlin Roper is also affiliated with CS.

A number of their more recent financial censorship campaigns have been influential. CS in fact only rose to considerable prominence in 2025 after lobbying for the digital distribution platforms Steam and Itch.io to remove hundreds of video games that they said featured themes such as rape, incest, and sexual violence. Typically, a member of CS will "find" a "harmful" video game in which users can simulate rape or sexual assault for example, and then bring attention to it via social media. Since their initial "finds", CS has identified many more examples of what it considers to be sexually harmful games accessible via online app stores. Many of these games are of "questionable quality", lacking realism or even seriousness.

Gallery of CS members

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  Tankard
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  Roper

See also

• Judianne Densen-Gerber
• Free A Girl

External links

• Article on the financial background of CS