Hundreds of cops in the U.S. kicked off force for committing sex crimes. The abuse of power over women is horrifying, and this number is “unquestionably an undercount because it represents only…
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Social experiment: woman pretends to be drunk in middle of day to see how men reaction. Surprise, surprise! They act like predators. A company that owns several popular restaurant chains across the…
Vanished women: The Filipino domestic workers who disappear behind closed doors. “According to the United Nation’s International Labour Organisation, domestic workers are some of the most likely to face abuse and exploitation…
Protest to occur tomorrow in front of London’s Jack the Ripper museum to protest their event for “fun” selfies with the mutilated bodies of dead women. Eaves, a UK charity that has…
Conservative senator Patrick Brazeau will face no jail time or criminal record for assault and sexual assault charges. He “hopes for a quick return to the senate.” Lesbian couple allege a Hawaiian…
Christian website advises avoiding wife’s face if she’s not into sex. Baltimore OUTloud magazine runs opinion piece claiming that laws protecting children from pedophiles and women from campus sexual assault must be…
What’s Current: White male police officer assaults black female student at Spring Valley High School
Cellphone footage shows a white male police officer assaulting a black female student sitting at her desk in Spring Valley High School in Columbia, South Carolina. Anthropological evidence suggests that Aboriginal female…
Cardiff University rejects bid to bar feminist Germaine Greer from speaking. Convert or perish: On Germaine Greer. Germaine Greer, ageism and misogyny, by Glosswitch. Reddit and 4-chan are hubs for the “Beta…
October 23rd is the No Amnesty For Pimps Global Day of Action! Join Amnesty Action online, using the hashtag #NoAmnesty4Pimps, or in person if you’re in London. Call on Amnesty International to…
Alberta female politicians targeted by hateful, sexist online attacks. “We need to do our best to get rid of gendered insults, because it’s a way of undermining the power of women,” said…
Hillary Clinton is contending for the position of first female president of the United States. However, Alicia Yu argues that Bernie Sanders may have a more progressive stance toward women’s issues in…
I am a feminist. I’m proud to be a feminist. #upfordebate — Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) September 21, 2015 Harper’s out, Trudeau’s in. Last year JT said it’s important to recognize that “prostitution…
Has modern 'feminism' become a reactionary vehicle for state censorship, repression and war? http://t.co/XXRQOlGuiv — WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) October 14, 2015 Wikileaks goes on anti-feminist rant on Wednesday, asking whether “feminism” (in scare…
South African media reports #OscarPistorius will be freed from jail on correctional supervision on Tuesday — Sky News Newsdesk (@SkyNewsBreak) October 15, 2015 The Guardian reports: “Oscar Pistorius is to be released…
A human rights scandal: “Global Network of Sex Work Projects,” an organization that supposedly advocated for the rights of sex workers and co-chair of the UNAIDS Advisory Group on HIV and Sex…