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A girl who was prostituted at age 14 is suing the motel that facilitated and profited off of her exploitation: “Motels and hotels across the [US] are facilitating sex trafficking, often cloaking…
After being heavily attacked online over her recent comments about transwomen, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie clarifies: https://www.facebook.com/chimamandaadichie/photos/a.469824145943.278768.40389960943/10154893542340944/?type=3&theater Was that viral video featuring a BBC pundit getting interrupted by his kids so funny…
Two women have been asked to leave a women’s shelter in Kelowna, British Columbia “for good” after raising concerns over the shelter’s accommodation of a biological male who identifies as a woman.…
Judge Robin Camp resigns after the Canadian Judicial Council recommends he be fired: “As a member of the Alberta Provincial Court in 2014, Justice Camp asked a 19-year-old complainant in a sexual-assault…
Women encouraged to strike worldwide to demonstrate that without women’s labour, the world would come to a stand-still. How does Canada’s pay equality measure up? As of today, women still only make…
Trump tells Planned Parenthood its funding can stay if abortion goes. The BBC has issued Dame Jenni Murray an “impartiality warning” for her article about womanhood in the Sunday Times. Meanwhile, the network appears…
Mariela Castro, Raúl Castro’s daughter, calls for the Nordic model: “We have to act. We can’t simply say that we are against sexual exploitation as a form of sexual work.” The U.S.…
During an interview in The Edit, Jane Fonda reveals she was raped and sexually abused as a child. “To show you the extent to which a patriarchy takes a toll on females;…
Assistant CommissionerBrenda Butterworth-Carr will be the first Indigenous woman to be named deputy commissioner of the B.C. RCMP. A Halifax taxi driver found with an intoxicated, unconscious, mostly naked woman in his…
Marie Collins, who was sexually assaulted by a priest when she was 13-years-old, quit the Vatican task force dedicated to tackling abuse. She was the last remaining experiential member on the commission:…
UK police are overwhelmed by reports of child sexual abuse, including the viewing and sharing of child pornography. The lead investigator, drawing a dubious distinction between the consumption of child pornography and the…
And the Oscar goes to… A fucking creep! (A sad creep, tho.) In a form of silent protest, Brie Larson doesn’t clap. On the bright side, Viola Davis is the first black…
Justice Robin Camp loses appeal to suspend Federal Court review of decision to have him removed from the bench. A tribute to Dana Scully. According to Women’s March on Portland, Rebecca Brewis…
During a speech at a St. Petersburg, FL elementary school, NFL quarterback Jameis Winston, told the girls to “sit down,” while he explained that boys are supposed to be “strong,” but that…