In Brazil, soccer is still seen as a man’s game, despite incredible female talent. In an effort to hold bars and nightclubs accountable for the sexual assaults and harassment that take place…
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Victoria Brownsworth asks why murdered lesbians don’t make the news. Civil Sociology highlights the staggering hiring and retention gap between male and female Wikipedia editors. Cognitive Psychologists and Neuroscientists weigh in on Rachel…
#DistractinglySexy: Watch female scientists mock Tim Hunt’s sexist remarks on Twitter. Pornography is putting ever-more pressure on young girls to engage in rough and unwanted sex acts. A child bride threatened with…
Zoe Saldana’s husband has taken her last name, which has NYmag asking, “Why don’t more men take their wives’ names?” Curiously, it seems to be only wives who are subsumed into the…
Did white neighbours instigate the police violence that happened at the McKinney pool party? For black women, police brutality and sexual violence go hand in hand. Grooming girls for a life of…
Julie Bindel investigates the growing womb trafficking industry, arguing that the trend of gay couples using surrogates is no victory for freedom or emancipation. Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young wins defamation case against…
Check out the trailer for Suffragette! “We’re in every home. We’re half the human race. You can’t stop us all.” In the summer of 2015, let’s take the patriarchy by storm. Medieval…
Meghan Murphy documents how the sex industry attacks feminists in order to silence critical analysis. Internet pornography is warping teens’ attitudes towards women and sex. Rosie Redstockings shares what it’s like to be…
In the new liberal climate of “safe spaces,” professors are afraid to present a politically challenging curriculum for fear of hurting their students’ feelings and being social-justiced out of a job. Sheila…
E L James is releasing another 50 Shades of Grey novel, this time from the perspective of Christian Grey. SCOTUS delivers good news for abusive trolls. Threatening to murder women online is…
E L James is releasing another 50 Shades of Grey novel, this time from the perspective of Christian Grey. SCOTUS delivers good news for abusive trolls. Threatening to murder women online is…
Northern Ireland makes buying sex a criminal offence as of June 1st. Pro-prostitution campaigners are relentless in the abuse they hurl at Nordic Model advocates, says prostitution survivor Rachel Moran. Former Superintendent…
Stephanie Davies-Arai has a simple request: “Can we put women back at the centre of feminism?” Laura McNally on the inextricable link between the online porn industry and rising rates of violence…
Hot Feminist by Polly Vernon: “Rewrit[ing] feminism into a sloppy self-help movement whose main aim is to make you feel better about your thighs.” What does it mean to say “It’s a…