Vancouver Police have finally issued a public warning surrounding the parole release of “Canada’s most notorious serial rapist” Larry Takahashi. Unfortunately the notification came three weeks late, as media broke news of…
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Women’s Liberation Front (WoLF) is suing the U.S. federal government in order to challenge the recent dissolution of Title IX protections for women and girls in education. (Title IX of the Education…
After 35 years, the University of Victoria Student Society (UVSS) Women’s Centre is moving to adopt a new name and a new mission, but not everyone is on side. The small office…
Edward Downey, 46, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of Sara Baillie and her five-year-old daughter, Taliyah Marsman. Last night a man drove an 18-ton truck…
Porn giant xHamster recently announced they would no longer allow users to search the term “rape” on their site. The company is calling it the “Brock Turner rule,” in reference to the…
Troy Millington, a former candidate for the Alberta Party, and nine other men face charges of possession of child pornography, accessing child pornography, and making available child pornography. Pakistani clerics declare marriage…
Maya Dillard Smith has resigned as head of Georgia’s American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) chapter in connection with Obama’s recent directive to schools to let transgender students use the bathroom that corresponds…
Survivors speak out against Amnesty International’s policy supporting the decriminalization of pimps and johns. In her message to Amnesty, Alisa Bernard, survivor and Board Member at Organization of Prostitution Survivors, says: “Demand…
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.…
As Prince is mourned by millions across the world, his life and artistry are rightly being embraced as unconventional and as boundary-pushing in many ways, including in terms of gender. But, whereas…
This interview was conducted and translated into French by Francine Sporenda for the website, Révolution Féministe. It has been edited for clarity and length. Francine Sporenda: What are your thoughts on French Parliament’s…
The news that Bruce Springsteen cancelled a show in North Carolina this week due to HB2, which has been called an “anti-LGBT bill,” has been pretty widely celebrated. And, fair enough —…
This interview was transcribed and then edited for clarity based on an audio interview featured on the Feminist Current podcast earlier this month. Lindsey Kite, PhD, is co-founder of Beauty Redefined, a…
I recently read Toni Morrison’s Beloved. The novel is heartbreaking from start to finish, and very much worth reading — this acknowledgement of slavery’s traumatic legacy is vital if we are to…
Families of missing and murdered Indigenous women brief Indigenous Affairs Minister, Carolyn Bennett, and Status of Women Minister, Patty Hajdu, on women going missing after being sold into prostitution on Lake Superior ships:…