Lady Drive-Her launches women-only taxi service in Halifax. Predictably, men in the area have their diapers in a knot over it. At a panel at University of California’s World Science Festival, a…
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Margaret Atwood comments on U.S. legislation restricting women’s access to abortions: “I’m […] waiting for a lawsuit that says if you force me to have children I cannot afford, you should pay…
The criminal trial of Bill Cosby on charges related to the 2004 drugging and sexual assault of Andrea Constand started in Philadelphia today. Prosecutors opened by arguing that this assault was predatory…
Beatrice Hunter, an Inuit woman from Labrador who was sent to jail week for her involvement in protests at Muskrat Falls, has been placed in a men’s prison, as there is no…
“Policing is a very sexualized environment”: Two women file a $167m class action lawsuit against the Waterloo Police for systemic sexual harassment and abuse by male colleagues and superiors. Constable Angelina Rivers…
New study looks at the impact of endometriosis “on men’s sexual wellbeing.” I guess for the 176 million women who actually endure the condition, it’s not that great either. Inquiry into Canadian…
Sculptor Alex Gardega was so mad about the Wall Street Fearless Girl statue that he created a statue of a dog urinating on her called “Pissing Pug.” He explains: “I decided…
Google officials testified in federal court that it was too expensive to hand over salary records requested by the government after the corporation was accused of discriminating against women. Google makes $28bn a…
Two supervisors and a guard at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn have been criminally charged with the sexual abuse of nine female inmates: “Prosecutors say one lieutenant repeatedly raped an inmate…
A Texas theatre is holding a women-only screening of the new Wonder Woman film and dudes are furious. “One woman’s dystopia is another woman’s reality.” Contrary to what Ivanka Trump said, Saudi women…
“We as women have to support female directors. Hopefully it will change over time, but everybody keeps saying ‘oh it’s so different now, oh it’s so different now’, and it isn’t.”
Salman Abedi, a 23-year-old British man, suicide bombs an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester. Prime Minister Theresa May says that the attack, which killed 22 people, “targeted some of the youngest people…
Facebook’s leaked guidelines determine “Someone shoot Trump” is an unacceptable comment, whereas “To snap a bitch’s neck, make sure to apply all your pressure to the middle of the throat” is fine.…
Swedish prosecutors announce that they are ending their investigation into rape charges against Julian Assange, saying there is no way to detain or charge him “in the foreseeable future.” Julie Bindel investigates…
A federal lawsuit against Baylor University says that football players drugged, gang-raped women, and recorded the attacks, as part of a male bonding ritual. Robert Fisher, founder of misogynist “Red Pill” reddit…