Released documents from a civil lawsuit against Bill Cosby in 2005 include damning transcripts from the deposition: “When you got the quaaludes, was it in your mind that you were going to…
I hadn’t noticed, but apparently sexual predator, Terry Richardson, has been on hiatus for the past five months. Maybe he thought we’d forget about his long history of sexually harassing and assaulting…
I know, I knowwww — no one’s supposed to talk about Rihanna’s new video (TW for graphic violence and pornographic imagery). Reasons we are to sit down and shut up on this one…
Today is our third birthday and we are thrilled at how far we’ve come since Feminist Current launched on July 1, 2012. In a few days we’ll be launching our redesigned site!…
In Leah McLaren’s Toronto Life story on fallen star, Jian Ghomeshi, she writes, What’s startling about the allegations against Jian is not that a seemingly law-abiding person is accused of doing terrible…
Only nine days left to support the documentary version of Sweetening the Pill! The ever-vile Charlie Sheen goes on misogynist Father’s Day rant about Denise Richards. Why is this man rich, famous,…
I think I can safely assume most of us have, at this point, followed the story of Rachel Dolezal, the former President of the NAACP chapter in Spokane and a white woman…
In Brazil, soccer is still seen as a man’s game, despite incredible female talent. In an effort to hold bars and nightclubs accountable for the sexual assaults and harassment that take place…
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…
This is an edited transcript of a talk given by journalist, Julie Bindel, on June 6, 2015 at the Quaker Meeting House in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. The event was recorded by UK…
This article was originally published at Truthdig. Pornographers have long defended the products and practices of their extremely profitable industry as “free speech,” even as they sexualize male power and violence against…
Rashida Jones’ documentary, Hot Girls Wanted (now available on Netflix), explores the world of “amateur porn,” a booming industry thanks to a never ending influx young women, ready and willing, no coercion…
In a speech at the 2015 Girls Write Now awards ceremony, acclaimed Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said, “I think it’s important that you tell your story truthfully and I think that’s…
Progressives around the world celebrated this weekend as Ireland voted 62 per cent in favour of legalizing same-sex marriage. This win is significant and important for a country that only decriminalized homosexuality…
On May 11th and 12th, The World Summit: End Sexual Exploitation 2025 was held at The Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The conference formed working groups of experts and advocates in law…