Executive Director of Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW), Taina Bien-Aime, points to all the areas New York Times journalist, Emily Bazelon, could have and should have followed up on, in order…
London receptionist sent home without pay for not wearing high heels. She states: “I was expected to do a nine-hour shift on my feet… I said I just won’t be able to…
Jian #Ghomeshi "punched, and choked, and smothered and silenced" other women – Kathryn Borel https://t.co/J8FcpBiruFhttps://t.co/0fZeKPmSdn — TorontoStar (@TorontoStar) May 11, 2016 Kathryn Borel issues statement on Ghomeshi peace bond settlement: “Up until…
Jian Ghomeshi will avoid his second sex assault trial by signing peace bond. The Crown is expected to drop criminal charges if he agrees to conditions. bell hooks offers both criticism and…
“They” has been having a big year, as more and more language institutions are declaring it acceptable and progressive to use as a singular pronoun. The American Dialectic Society crowned “they” as…
Apparently the U.S. has regressed to “ye olden tymes” when only men wore pants and only women wore dresses, as a young woman was thrown out of her high school prom for…
Finally, a comedy series about REAL woman-problems… Like PTSD! Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, a Netflix original series, recently released its second season to further critical acclaim. Tina Fey and Robert Carlock’s second TV…
Academia is quietly and systematically keeping women from succeeding: “[A]cademia’s gradual transformation into an ‘adjunct nation’ has disproportionately affected women… Historically, female faculty have been pigeonholed into the position of adjunct. ‘Before…
Now you can literally play “The Woman Card” — Kickstarter launches to sell a deck of cards featuring women such as Hillary, RBG, and Beyoncé. The BauHaus Wife on “sex work,” privilege,…
Veteran Winnepeg police officer researches the child sex trade for solutions. “[I]t’s estimated one ‘predator’ can make almost $250,000 a year, exploiting just one child… it can take a predator just a…
Trial judge in Oklahoma dismisses a case against a 17-year-old boy charged with forcible oral sodomy, saying the law can not be applied to a victim who was incapacitated by alcohol. Play…
Promoting sexualized racism since forever: PornHub recently launched its service, “Emoji 4 Porn,” which allows users to text an emoji and receive a video on their phone corresponding to that emoji’s porn…
Beyoncé’s “Lemonade” is about much more than Jay Z and infidelity: “This expectation of black women to suffer in silence is passed from generation to generation. Beyoncé explores this inheritance unflinchingly: ‘You…
Oklahoma House passes bill banning all abortions: “The controversial Oklahoma bill manages to sideline abortion services by revoking the medical licenses of any doctor found performing the procedure for any other reason…
The debate over women-only transit options has been sparked once again as, last month, a German railway company announced they will be rolling out women-only train cars on certain lines (including in…