The Washington Examiner is breathlessly insisting that progressive, California Democrats have legalized child prostitution. This is pure poppycock. It will remain illegal in California to sell or buy a child for sex,…
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Disclaimer: We are not labeling these shows feminist, per se — rather, they are simply shows we enjoyed and thought were quality, as women and as feminists. We do our best to…
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has announced that a “bathroom bill” addressing gender-identity claims in access to bathrooms, showers and locker rooms will be one of his top priorities for this legislative…
Portland, supposedly an “LGBTQ haven,” no longer has any lesbian bars (despite the fact there are eight bars for gay men). What’s more, the city doesn’t have a single dance party that…
This week my To Do list actually includes both “check opening hours of Vienna Christmas markets” and “write angry letter to Prime Minister Trudeau.” In light of an attack in Berlin’s Christmas…
Our lives as Indigenous women and girls are severely impacted by male violence, poverty, and other expressions of patriarchy, capitalism, and racism. We should, therefore, be allowed to prioritize issues that directly…
In late November I was in the Portland State University’s Women’s Resource Center listening to a teacher explain that sex work is feminist work. Where an evidenced explanation for the Nordic Model’s…
This week, National Geographic announced their “historic special issue” on the so-called “gender revolution.” We just published our historic special issue of @NatGeo on the #GenderRevolution. Get one at 1-800-777-2800.https://t.co/pXvHw5Kjz9 pic.twitter.com/jbjj48wb96 —…
A startling number of sex therapists recommend commercial pornography to patients. While it might sound surprising that trained psychologists, counsellors and sexologists prescribe porn, sex therapy, and pornography have a long and…
If we were to plot events that have significantly altered the female experience, one of them would have to be the arrival of porn culture and the role of technology in this…
Hello old friend, it’s been awhile. Sometimes I think a day will come when I won’t need to respond to Hollywood-fueled delusions that imagine prostituted women are all rich nymphomanics driving Benzes,…
On December 6, 1989, a lone gunman walked into a class of engineering students at École Polytechnique, separated the men from the women, and killed 14 women. The event would eventually come…
Every day people express “shock” when yet another man kills his wife, girlfriend, ex-partner, or child. These male perpetrators are always good guys, good fathers, good doctors, good sons. How could things…
India Willoughby was hailed as groundbreaking when the journalist became the first trans-identified presenter to host an all-female UK talk show. Willoughby, 51, previously known as Jonathan, joined Loose Women last month…
Feminism! A movement by women, for women. Or is it something about… Equality…? For… People? Depends on who you ask. According to a recent article at Bustle, it’s all pretty hard to…