In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Andrea Heinz and Kathy King, authors of, “When Men Buy Sex: Who Really Pays?”
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Tonje Gjevjon was a girl who stuck out — not feminine enough and a lesbian, she worries that today she would have been transitioned into a boy.
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The latest reports from the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgeries indicate that the number of labiaplasty surgeries performed between 2011 and 2012 increased 64 per cent, and went up again 44…
On December 5th, feminists gathered at the Vancouver Public Library to commemorate a tragedy that’s become known as the Montreal Massacre. On December 6th, 1989, Marc Lépine, a poster boy for aggrieved…
Sigh. Vice’s “women’s section,” “Broadly” has shown itself to be kind of exactly what I was worried about. While there is certainly some good coverage of actual news events on the site,…
I don’t watch The Talk but someone on Twitter sent me a link to this segment, which aired earlier today, in which the hosts discuss a Las Vegas strip club that is…
Warning: While necessary to the content of the piece, this post contains some disturbing and very graphic images. The extremist anti-abortion group, the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform, (CCBR) has been distributing leaflets and…
Arjun Seth, the chief executive of Protein World, has labeled feminists who defaced his “aspirational” poster “terrorists.” “‘Body-shaming‘ is a terribly weak term to describe the enormous impact of a misogynist, fat-hating culture…
The cases of Jian Ghomeshi and, most-recently, the Cindy Gladue murder case, have forced us to interrogate what “consent” really means, particularly with regard to sexual assault. We’ve had to take a…
Chris Hedges has been de-platformed by Simon Fraser University for his critical stance on prostitution. Update: As of now, he has been reinstated. Congrats to all who protested. “Fetal Anesthesia”: The creative…
I feel quite certain that the reasons feminists oppose prostitution and pornography are clear. We have gone over the arguments many times and left little room for confusion. In short, the sex…
In this episode we hear a talk by Prof. Janice Raymond called: “Prostitution: Not a Job, Not a Choice.” This talk was recorded on November 30, 2013 as part of the annual…
I’ve re-posted my piece here, originally posted on Kickaction for their annual Blogging Carnival. Check it out – there are a lot of great blogs/bloggers participating. Within feminist or, what some might…
I don’t advocate against the sex trade because I hate prostitutes, but because I acknowledge the truth about what happens in the industry