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On May 1st, a number of Canadian pro-sex work groups released an open letter to rabble.ca. The letter demanded that rabble, “end [its] association with [Meghan Murphy] as editor and columnist” on…
Bitch magazine interviewed feminist comedian, Janeane Garofalo recently and I found a number of her comments pertinent. Maybe Toxic Twitter will hear them from Garofalo or Bitch instead of from the rest…
In what has become a relentless and fanatical obsession with positioning himself as an ally while simultaneously working in direct opposition to the feminist movement, Noah Berlatsky, writer and author of “Wonder…
This past week, the hashtag #HowToSpotAFeminist has been in full-bloom across the Twitterverse. Originated on The Blaze, a conservative radio show out of Los Angeles, the host aimed to make feminists the…
It’s Feminist Theory Friday at the Current and I’m your host for the summer, Jess addicted-to-controversy Martin. I had originally planned to cover a provocative piece on identity politics this week but…
Note: This post as well as the links and resources contained in this post may contain graphic descriptions of violence against women. “What about aftercare?” The mere fact of aftercare should clue…
On Monday, Lisa Wade wrote, for Sociological Images, that Playboy (you know, the multi-million dollar porn empire) has been shopping around for writers who can bring some feminist cred to the magazine’s…
Note: This post as well as the links and resources contained in this post may contain graphic descriptions of violence against women. “BDSM is not really abuse.” BDSM proponents promote the illusion…
The girl on your left is 16. The one in the middle is 14. The one to your right, she’s 12 years old. And the dancewear company they model for think…
Noah Berlatsky, contributor to Atlantic Magazine and the Platonic Ideal of cartoonishly worthless liberalism, is a man who thinks a television show about a woman’s prison has too many women. That’s really…
Note: This post as well as the links and resources contained in this post may contain graphic descriptions of violence against women. Inspired by Meghan’s post on burlesque and the work of…
What the fuck are you trying to sell us, America? This month, Allure featured a nude photo of transgender actress, Laverne Cox in the magazine which she herself, as well as a…
Between the ages of about 18 and 26, I remember working in various reception jobs, making practically no money, constantly broke, and people telling me I should go work in a bar.…
I’ve covered the failures of progressive media platform, Ricochet, when it comes to “the woman question,” in the past, but feminist critiques have not dissuaded their male writers from pontificating on violence…