An online mob is personally attacking Meghan Murphy in an attempt to destroy her livelihood, as punishment for daring to speak out against the sexual exploitation of women. Sign and share the petition to support Meghan Murphy and stop the silencing of feminists everywhere!
Gendered online abuse is “working to shut women [journalists] up, which is its intention.”
In Nigeria, nearly 300 women and children rescued from Boko Haram are led to safety.
Dozens of Afghan men on trial for “frenzied” mob killing of woman falsely accused of burning Koran.
Ten-year-old girl is raped by her stepfather and then denied an abortion under the laws of Paraguay. Amnesty International is calling her treatment “tantamount to torture.”
These photos show what it’s like for girls in juvenile detention.
Floyd Mayweather defeated Manny Pacquiao in boxing’s “richest fight ever,” winning a purse of 300 million dollars and “cementing his legacy as the best of his generation.” What the media is largely ignoring is that Mayweather is a serial batterer of women.
Susan Cox is a feminist writer and erstwhile academic in Philosophy. Follow her @Blasfemmey. Got tips? Email us.