Melinda Tankard Reist

Melinda Tankard Reist (born 23 September 1963) is an Australian political activist, writer, speaker and media commentator principally known for her anti-pornography campaigns. She describes herself as "an advocate for women and girls" and a "pro-life feminist". Her campaigns to ban X-rated films have gained national attention in Australia. During her time as an advisor, she successfully lobbied against mifepristone and opposed changes to legislation requiring pro-life pregnancy-counseling services to disclose their affiliations in their advertising.

Tankard Reist is a contributing editor for five books published by Duffy & Snellgrove and Spinifex Press, including works co-authored with Abigail Bray and Caroline Norma. In response to criticism that her views were "pro-life" and thus she "can't be a feminist", her self-described radical feminist publishers at Spinifex Press defended her feminism as authentic in a 2012 Religion & Ethics column (via ABC).

Collective Shout

In 2008, She is also the director of the organisation.

Collective Shout has run campaigns against the child sex abuse dolls, games with themes of sexual violence, and sexualized children's clothing and other sexualization of children. The group rose to prominence in 2025 after successfully persuading payment platforms to pressure the digital distribution platforms Steam and Itch.io to remove games with themes of rape, incest, and sexual abuse. Collective Shout has been described as an anti-porn lobbying group by The Guardian, Le Monde and other news outlets; as well as specialized gaming and LGBTQ+ news outlets.

Views Tankard Reist describes herself as "an advocate for women and girls" and a "pro-life feminist",