What’s Current: Ivanka Trump booed at W20 Summit after calling her father a ‘tremendous champion of supporting families’

Ivanka Trump met with jeers at G20 Women’s Summit (Photograph: Michael Vadon/Flickr)

Attendees of the G20 Women’s Summit weren’t buying Ivanka Trump’s meaningless platitudes on Tuesday. She appeared alongside Angela Merkel, Christine Lagarde, and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands.

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Jane Blackmore, first and only legal wife of polygamist Winston Blackmore, testifies against him in court. 

Voice coaches discuss growing demand for training on feminization or masculinization of vocal sound by transgendered clients.

New documentary about Whitney Houston tells the story of a woman constrained.

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Jess Martin is a public relations professional, an aspiring writer, and an assistant editor at Feminist Current. She prefers to write about feminist topics, disability, or environmental issues, but could be persuaded to broaden her horizons in exchange for payment and/or food. In her spare time Jess can be found knitting, gardening, or lying in the fetal position, mulling over political theory that no one in their right mind cares about.