If you’ve ever been engaged by those who promote “sex work” as a neutral form of labour (also see: “it’s just a job like any other,” “women’s bodies exist as resources”), harmless…
Our culture places a lot of emphasis on sex. We’re given the impression everyone’s doing it all the time and that, if we’re not, we’re somehow flawed, unattractive, dysfunctional, boring, or prudish.…
Can we really afford to keep laughing at a man as rich and as powerful as Donald Trump when he says such repulsive and dangerous things about women and other minorities? A…
Join the No Amnesty Global Day of Online Action on October 23 — feminists, allies, activists, and survivors around the world will share news articles, testimonies, and subversive art raising awareness of…
Ashley Madison was a male fantasy. Actually. I argued in my initial piece that it was ridiculous to talk about the site or the implications of the data breach outside a gendered…
In what has shown itself to be a fairly controversial move, British Labour Party leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn has proposed women-only carriages on trains in the UK. How utterly regressive! some have…
The news of the Ashley Madison data breach and subsequent release of users’ confidential details last week has been met with varied responses, some natural (good lord, a lot of our information…
Egg donation is most-often presented as a harmless solution for men and women alike who are not able to have a biological child of their own. An article published at Everyday Feminism…
Chris Hedges with the help of Lee Lakeman, Alice Lee, and Rachel Moran, brilliantly conveys the sickness of our neoliberal culture, in which a renowned and respected humanitarian organization advocates for modern…
Feminists respond to Amnesty International’s statement on the full decriminalization of prostitution
Amnesty International have just voted to protect rights of pimps & johns worldwide. They better be ready for a 30 year fight, because I am. — Rachel Moran (@RachelRMoran) August 11, 2015…
Amnesty International has voted in favour of adopting a policy that supports the “full decriminalization of all aspects of consensual sex work.” That is to say, they will be developing a policy…
An article in the September issue of Vanity Fair by Nancy Jo Sales painted a rather depressing picture of heterosexual dating in the age of Tinder. These bleak assessments of modern courting…
Female reporter sexually assaulted on the job at Squamish Music Festival, told to “calm down” or maybe find another job on Twitter. I agree. Calm down @MegsBatchelor! Who watches @CBC @CBCNews anyway?…
In a report, sociologist Catherine Hakim argues that prostitution is necessary to “lower rates of rape.” Melody Kramer creates controversy by publicizing secret networking groups for journalists. Did she betray trust or…
Hundreds of women protest outside the Jack the Ripper museum in London. AF3IRM, an anti-imperialist, transnational feminist organization, rejects Amnesty International’s draft policy on “sex work”: Decriminalizing the johns and pimps and…