Protests erupted in several Brazilian cities over the weekend in outrage over the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl in Rio De Janeiro. The gang rape was amplified online as photo and…
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A U.S. artist named Spencer Tunick is planning a large-scale art project featuring 100 naked women holding mirrors. “Everything She Says Means Everything,” will take place on July 17, 2016, the week…
A Los Angeles judge has granted a restraining order against Johnny Depp, filed by his now-estranged wife, Amber Heard, who appeared in court on Friday. Documents filed by Heard and her lawyers…
*I am a therapist, but I am not your therapist. Therapy, in my opinion, is not just about the information I give, but also about the highly individualized relationship I build with…
Sunday night’s Game of Thrones episode, “The Door,” featured an extreme close up of a penis. “It’s a wart,” the young man examining himself says. “Two warts. I’ve got two fucking warts…
Amnesty International has formally adopted a policy calling for the legalization of prostitution around the world. The organization’s senior director for law and policy, Tawanda Mutasah, said: “Sex workers are at heightened…
The Kardashians — for years they’ve provided North America and beyond with an outlet for our seething hatred of women. The mantra we hear over and over again is that the Kardashians…
On Tuesday, a Pennsylvania judge ruled that Bill Cosby’s trial on charges of sexual assault will go forward despite his lawyers’ attempts to have the charges dismissed. Cosby’s defense attorney, Brian McMonagle blamed…
Finally, someone is demanding real protection for women and girls from revenge porn laws. Yesterday, the UK Women’s Equality Party launched the “e-Quality” campaign, which aims to address the glaring problems in…
On May 2nd, police reported that a man carrying a machete, an ax, and a gas can entered Centre Métropolitain de Chirurgie (CMC) at 999 Salaberry St. and and set a fire.…
Yesterday, the Indiana appellate court heard oral arguments from Purvi Patel’s lawyers, appealing her conviction on charges of feticide and neglect of a dependent. Patel was arrested in 2013, after she sought…
Another black woman has died in U.S. police custody, due to horrifying police misconduct. On April 26th 2016, Symone Nicole Marshall was in a car accident, forced off the road by an…
Is Montreal Canada’s Las Vegas? A film by Ève Lamont called The Sex Trade (Le commerce du sexe) reveals that the situation in Quebec is much worse than many had imagined (myself…
It’s not easy being a feminist in 2016. Your Twitter mentions are blown up regularly with the same arguments over and over again: “You’re whorephobic!” “Stop erasing me!” “Well, I’m happy in…
One of the most frustrating parts of talking with men about sexism is the amazing ability so many of them have to remain absolutely convinced that they are “Good Guys” while they…