Algorithms are everywhere. They’re the unnoticed mechanisms that determine everything from the temperature in your office, to the content of your Facebook feed, to the information Google shows you in search results.…
In a legal first in England and Wales, convicted domestic abuser must tell police if he starts a relationship with another woman. The court order also permits police to disclose his history of violence…
More than a dozen companies have removed their ads from the The O’Reilly Factor after a New York Times investigation found five women had received payouts from either Bill O’Reilly or Fox…
Khalid Masood is yet another “lone wolf” attacker with a history of domestic violence: “The simplistic explanation here is that these men were all just bad ’uns and, given they had no…
“Mandela would have supported us:” South African feminists fight to abolish the sex trade. Elle praised by male film critics in spite of its blatant and banal misogyny: “The film is described…
Nancy Pelosi: Republican’s changes to proposed health care bill would make “being a woman a pre-existing condition.” How must does sexual assault cost a woman? Mandi Gray did the math: “As for…
I remember when I was first struck by the question: If prostitution is against the law in the US, why isn’t porn? A friend of mine was telling me about an undercover…
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on the vitriolic backlash she has faced due to her comments about womanhood: “I didn’t apologize because I don’t think I have anything to apologize for… What’s interesting to…
Aydin Coban, the 38 year old Dutch man facing extortion and child pornography charges in Canada related to his abuse of Amanda Todd, has been sentenced to 11 years in jail for…
A girl who was prostituted at age 14 is suing the motel that facilitated and profited off of her exploitation: “Motels and hotels across the [US] are facilitating sex trafficking, often cloaking…
Judge Robin Camp resigns after the Canadian Judicial Council recommends he be fired: “As a member of the Alberta Provincial Court in 2014, Justice Camp asked a 19-year-old complainant in a sexual-assault…
Trump tells Planned Parenthood its funding can stay if abortion goes. The BBC has issued Dame Jenni Murray an “impartiality warning” for her article about womanhood in the Sunday Times. Meanwhile, the network appears…
Throughout history, feminism has been relegated to the domain of dangerous ideas – treated as a social contagion that must be contained and eliminated. Patriarchy has attempted to stamp out the words…
Assistant CommissionerBrenda Butterworth-Carr will be the first Indigenous woman to be named deputy commissioner of the B.C. RCMP. A Halifax taxi driver found with an intoxicated, unconscious, mostly naked woman in his…
UK police are overwhelmed by reports of child sexual abuse, including the viewing and sharing of child pornography. The lead investigator, drawing a dubious distinction between the consumption of child pornography and the…