And everything is right in the world. Almost.
It offers blokes tips on how to pick the “skankiest” girl in a group and “separate her from the flock”.
It advises impressionable young men to let his “dewy-eyed” girl “know she’s being f–ked”. It commemorates ANZAC Day with big-breasted girls in camouflage bikinis holding poppies. It consistently objectifies women and has long been accused of promoting rape culture.
And now, men’s magazine Zoo Weekly has been banned from Coles’ shelves.
This is what we’ll be missing when shopping at Coles:
Zoo Weekly covers
The retail giant “made the commercial decision” to stop selling the title after a regular review of its magazine range, Mumbrella reports.
But a Change.org petition calling for the banning of the provocative Bauer Media title, started by 23-year-old Laura Pintur and signed by more than 38,000 people, may have had a little something to do with it.
“Zoo Weekly uses the same language as rapists in its magazine,” Ms Pintur previously wrote for Mamamia.
“Sexually objectifying imagery and demeaning content feature on Zoo’s social media sites.
“Zoo contributes to a culture that is hostile and threatening to women. It puts my friends and I in danger.”
Melinda Liszewski of activist group Collective Shout said Coles has acted responsibly in ditching the lad’s mag.
“By discontinuing Zoo they have demonstrated a commitment to a supportive environment for staff and a safer and more respectful community for staff and customers,” Ms Liszewski told Mumbrella.
Ms Liszewski said they were “now calling on Woolworths to do the right thing by women and girls and pull Zoo Weekly from shelves immediately”.
The magazine’s circulation was in dramatic decline before its publisher withdrew the numbers from the audit figures late last year.
Let’s hope every other supermarket gets on board and puts the final nail in the coffin of the misogynistic magazine.
For more on Zoo, try these articles:
Sarah Hanson-Young: ‘Why I decided to fight Zoo Magazine over the lingerie shot.’
“Zoo Weekly is putting my friends and I in danger.”
Petition: It’s time Zoo Weekly was banned from supermarkets.
Top Comments
Right, let's ban music, movies, magazines because they may objectify women.
I'm against censorship on anything.
Simple solution, put the magazine in the section of Coles where you buy cigarettes.
That's essentially what they're doing. They're not banning the magazine, they're just taking it out of an inappropriate forum. That's not censorship.
Agree with you on that Daniel. Most music videos belong in the same category as smut magazines!
I do not buy zoo magazine nor do I plan to as I would rather spend money else where but...
I hate how people force there opinions on people with an iron fist
Not everyone agrees on 1 thing
Not everyone like the same thing
Not everyone dislikes the same things
That would make for a really boring world!
If it does not have a direct threat to your life or your ability to go about your life freely then why worry.
The magazine still exists. It just won't be sold in a (family) supermarket where it's on display to people who don't want to see it/who it isn't appropriate for. That seems more than reasonable.
As for your last line - the concern is that this magazine promotes rape culture. So it does essentially create a threat on women's ability to go about their lives freely. So they have a very real reason to worry about this sort of magazine. (Google 'mens magazine or rapist' or similar to find more studies on the link between this type of mag and rape)