Actress Carrie Fisher, 60, is in the intensive care unit of a Los Angeles hospital after a cardiac episode.Lorena Bobbitt was a victim of domestic abuse, but instead of talking about male violence…
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Indian women are being stripped of financial independence from family patriarchs. Recently, the Indian government announced it is eliminating the 1,000 and 500 rupee banknotes from its currency system, forcing citizens to…
Nova Scotia’s first convicted human trafficker threatens teenage victim on his way out of the courtroom, mouthing “I’ll see you” to her while making a gun gesture with his hand. Justice keep-your-knees-together Camp…
Judge who gave Brock Turner (Stanford swimmer rapist) light sentence is cleared of misconduct. Study shows women are better doctors than men, yet men are paid more! In the U.S., there would…
Tell the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission to remove strip club ads from yellow cabs. Harvard researchers have found that elderly hospitalized patients cared for by female doctors are less…
Russian Hunger Games-style contest, “Game2: Winter,” will allow “everything,” including “fighting, alcohol, murder, smoking…” Oh. And rape. The Princeton men’s swimming and diving team has been suspended due to “vulgar and offensive…
Tory MP Philip Davies wants the word “women” removed from Women and Equalities Committee title: “I’d prefer if it was just called the equalities committee. I don’t see why it needs to…
Oxford student union advises students to use gender neutral pronouns such as “ze,” instead of “he” or “she,” in order to avoid offending transgender students. Canadian government to study effects of violent…
Students at Reed College in Oregon hang signs reading “Fuck your transphobia” and “Fuck this cis white bitch,” then scream “Fuck you scared bitch” in protest of Kim Peirce, director of Boys…
Female filmmakers in sausage suits storm Australian red carpet, shouting “end the sausage party!” to protest male domination of film industry. Trump’s harassment of a teenage girl on Twitter lead to rape…
Black rights activist Viola Desmond will be the first Canadian woman to be featured on the country’s $10 bill. Often referred to as “Canada’s Rosa Parks,” (though her historic act of defiance occurred nine years before…
Julian Assange speaks out against Swedish prosecutors over rape allegations, claiming they released information prematurely that lead to an “aura of guilt.” Assembly of First Nations regional Chief Shane Gottfriedson resigns from…
The Femicide Census shows that over 900 women were killed by men (most by current or former partners) in six years in England and Wales. Angela Merkel calls for burqa ban in…
What’s Current: Mohammed Shamji charged with murdering Elana Fric-Shamji after she filed for divorce
Less than a week after filing for divorce, Elana Fric-Shamji was found dead. Her soon-to-be ex-husband, a neurosurgeon with Toronto Western Hospital, has been charged with her murder. Fric-Shamji’s body was found in…
Italian director Bernando Bertolucci admits that he and Marlon Brando conspired to film the last scene in Last Tango In Paris without Maria Schneider’s consent. In 2007, Schneider said she felt “raped” by…