Purvi Patel released from prison after feticide conviction overturned. For having a self-induced abortion, Patel was sentenced to 20 years in prison on charges of feticide and child neglect. Patel appealed in…
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People are really pissed off that Alicia Keys didn’t wear makeup to the VMAs. Wally Oppal, Commissioner of B.C.’s 2010 inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women, raises concerns over short timeline…
Did you know “Go Topless Day” was created by a man? (You don’t say!) Raël, founder of a UFO religion called Raëlism, launched “Go Topless Day” in 2007 and is an alleged…
After being caught in the midst of yet another affair, Anthony Weiner’s wife, longtime Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin, has finally had enough and announced their separation. Homa Hoodfar, an anthropologist at Concordia University who…
The Toronto Police have accused Daniel Adler, a law school grad and former managing editor of the Osgoode Hall Law Journal, of using a hidden camera to record up women’s skirts at…
France’s top administrative court has overturned a ban on “burkinis” in the Riviera town of Villeneuve-Loubet. The decision is expected to impact all the French resort municipalities that have issued similar decrees.…
Lawsuit filed by Former Fox News host Andrea Tantaros says Fox News “operates like sex-fueled, Playboy Mansion-like cult.” “In the lawsuit, [Andrea] Tantaros said she was prohibited from wearing pants on air because,…
What’s Current: French police force Muslim woman to remove clothing in accordance with ‘burkini ban’
French police confront Muslim woman on a beach in Nice and force her to remove her head covering and traditional bathing attire. Police argue that she was not “wearing an outfit respecting…
Gina-Lisa Lohfink fined €20,000 for bringing lawsuit against two men who gang-raped her. A dark day for the German criminal justice system. Here are some women who broke records at the Rio…
Experts say sexual assault of women in the janitorial business is one of the most underreported crimes in the country and Latina janitors are speaking out: “Soto said her supervisor verbally threatened…
Amber Heard, who filed for divorce after accusing her now ex-husband, Johnny Depp, of ongoing abuse, says she will be donating her $7 million divorce settlement to several charities, including “the ACLU,…
California board of education votes to include “comfort women” (i.e. the thousands of women and girls exploited and raped by the Japanese Army during World War II) history in California textbooks. California…
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…
Australian schools targeted by pornography ring led by teen boys and young men “hunting” girls for nude photos. (Despite the fact that these young men have the massive Internet porn machine at…
Weeks before Megan Short, her children, and their dog were shot to death by Mark Short, Megan told the police she feared her husband. The next day, Mark purchased a .38-caliber handgun and…