Some time ago I asked a lawyer who specialises in CSA cases whether their workload had dried up since the Catholic Church has (mostly) cleaned up its act on CSA and she said no, because there are now HUGE numbers of CSA cases coming in from private schools as this is where the pedophiles all went when they couldn’t get away with it as priests any more. I think about this a lot.

All our thoughts are with @helenhainesindi and her family today, in the aftermath of what looks like a deliberate and violent attack. While it’s too soon to know what happened or why, it seems clear to MFW that the way most media in this country have so staunchly promoted, defended or at the very least ignored the despicable ongoing violence and hate applauded or committed by Donald Trump’s goons and followers; the instigators of genocide and war; and the disgusting behaviour of other far-right individuals and entities in recent years must be at least partly responsible for a recent increase in more overt terror-driven and political violence. We beg the Australian media to think more deeply about their refusal to condemn violent politicians and governments and other fascistic deadshits everywhere. If they refuse to, they’re complicit in the rising future threat to many people via their despicable and cowardly silence. We’re so sorry, Helen.

These pics (and those in the following two tweets) are a TINY number of the deluge of quotes we found yesterday which were publicly said by members of the Australian media (and a few equally-horrific politicians), witches. There are dozens and dozens more such quotes we could publish, mostly aimed at women politicians but some aimed at women journalists, women activists, and even women sports and entertainment stars. Read these, and weep: It’s ironic beyond belief that the reason MFW haven’t posted on the terrible attack on Helen Haines before now, or on all the other issues relating to outrageous violence towards women for some time, solely because we’re currently under attack ourselves legally, administratively, and personally. It’s ironic beyond belief we still have two of our main Administrators mostly living away from their own homes because of repeated violent threats towards them personally, and even more ironic that not only will no Australian authority (including any police force) assist with these threats, but that our own PM still appears to be besties with the depraved and verbally violent Kyle Sandilands. And it’s ironic beyond belief that our disgraceful media cohort (and most of our politicians) have already jumped to blame social media for all this shocking violence instead of even mentioning, in most cases, the FAR GREATER threat posed by our mainstream legacy media, who insist on defending and employing the men (and women) who said the quotes we’ve listed above. Of course there are negative issues in social media and much unacceptable content, but that behaviour has grown largely from the relentless attacks on women started by corporations led by people such as Murdoch and copied by so many other similar hateful men who want women silenced and, if necessary, harmed. Anything for link clicks, and damn the fucking consequences. We don’t yet know just why the perpetrator of the terrible attack on Helen Haines has hurt her so badly. But what we do know is that the PATTERN of male violence against women in Australia is very clear and plain to see, and it’s not only out of control but it’s relentless. Unacceptable. And shocking. Yet apart from our successful MFW campaigns to get some of these creeps off air for good, few others with the power to act appear to be doing anything (or at least anything worthwhile) to stem the violence. What the fuck will it take? Who will control the media oligarchs and their punch-down hate model of doing business? Anyone? (We send all our good witchy wishes for strength and healing to Helen and her family, and we desperately hope she gets better - as far as that’s possible - soon.) 1/3 #ToYourBrooms

Very disappointed to hear GG Sam Mostyn claim on @abc_breakfast this AM that the attack on Helen Haines had nothing to do with violence against women. Because while we don’t know the primary motivation of the attacker (and may never do so), it’s clear to women that even if the terrible harm inflicted on Haines wasn’t specifically to do with her being a woman, the overt disrespect and hate directed towards women now in the media and politics (as demonstrated via our post yesterday) has created an environment where women are targets for disaffected and angry men everywhere. Not sure if the GG is appeasing men or following @AlboMP’s line (yeah, the man who’s besties with both Sandipants and Trump and who’s also so deep in the vile misogynist Murdoch’s back pocket he can’t see daylight) or if she honestly hasn’t looked at this issue deeply, but she’s dead fucking wrong on this. And her support for other women on this issue as a woman would have been appreciated. A big miss.