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…
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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…
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…
As with all MichFest magic, there seems to be a rhyme and reason to the rhythms of the Land. After 40 years of creating a lesbian culture and gathering place like none…
A campaign headed up by Vixen, a pro-prostitution advocacy group in Australia, attempted to shut down Australia’s first abolitionist conference (which doubles as the Prostitution Narratives: Stories of Survival in the Sex…
On April 6, 2016, the French National Assembly recognized prostitution as a form of violence against women, voting to criminalize the purchase of sex in France. Under the new law, prostituted people…
People were turned away from a packed, standing-room only panel, addressing the impacts of various prostitution legislation around the world, on Monday afternoon. Organized by SPACE International, the parallel event, which took…
“[I want] better education regarding sex for both boys and girls [and] information about pornography, and the way it influences harmful sexual practices.” These are the words of Lucy, aged 15, one…
Over the weekend, around 50 feminists — Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal — gathered at the Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Center on East Hastings. The meetings, organized by the Aboriginal Women’s Action Network (AWAN) and…
It has been hard to miss the growing media coverage of the Zika virus. With a possible link between the infection of pregnant women and birth deformities, much of the attention has…