It’s easy to hate on Jezebel, I know. It’s also easy to hate on Feministing and xoJane and, really, any website covering feminist issues, ourselves included. They’re liberals, we’re “whorephobic,” they’re capitalists,…
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The house I grew up in has two bedrooms on one side of the house, a long hall, and then a master bedroom. I remember the living room as a sterile space…
This just in: Violent Shia LaBeouf threatens violence. On Friday, the actor, who was in Germany to film a horror movie, and his girlfriend were seen screaming at each other outside a…
“My feminism is better than yours (and you can’t sit with us).” This is the general sentiment I’m seeing expressed when Millennials online — often, ironically, white people — use the word…
The human rights organization, Amnesty International, has quietly been trying to pass a policy proposal calling for the decriminalization of the sex industry. It was only this month they announced their intentions but,…
I guess I’m a man-hater, writing a title like that, using my keypad to fire a shot across the bow of an entire gender. #NotAllMen are violent, and some women are, and…
The first time I heard Amy Winehouse back in 2007 I was hooked. Back to Black was so perfect I could hardly believe it existed. I’d been listening to old soul music…
Australian company, Ja feel, promotes the sexual abuse and degradation of women and girls (as well as pornographic imagery and racist stereotypes) all in the name of marketing their “lifestyle brand.” The…
Question: How many feminists does it take to change a light bulb? Answer: That’s not funny. The “humour” here is that feminists are allegedly killjoys who can’t take a joke. If that…
At a suburban office in Canberra, Susan* looks solemnly toward the carpet and blinks back the tears. Her marriage counselor watches on from a few feet away. Susan first explains, and then…
I was so upset after reading Jason Cherkis’ powerful story on the Runaways, the girl-band that made women like Lita Ford and Joan Jett into rock legends, I surprised even myself. You…
It seems everyone has an opinion on Rihanna’s video, “Bitch Better Have My Money,” co-directed by the artist herself, alongside a couple of male directors from Megaforce. What I want to address,…
“Marry me or I’ll make your rape video public.” This threat was sent to an Australian University student by an abusive ex-boyfriend. Unfortunately, her story is not unique. In an increasing number…
Covering the topic of class struggle as someone who grew up in Vancouver, BC, is a bit of a mind screw. While we have a substantial working-class and working-poor population, the average…