Nico Tortorella, star of Younger, and his female partner, Bethany Meyers, open up about their “queer” relationship. Meyers identifies as a lesbian and Tortorella identifies as “sexually fluid.” Marilyn Poitras, one of the…
In this week’s installment of Feminist Theory Fridays, Susan Cox explores compulsory heterosexuality and the lesbian continuum.
Evelyn Beatriz Hernandez Cruz, a 19-year old woman from El Salvador who was pregnant as the result of repeated rapes and had a stillbirth, has been convicted of murder and sentenced to…
Four rapes and 23 sexual assaults were reported at Sweden’s largest music festival this year, leading to next year’s event being cancelled. Perhaps Sweden should have a women-only festival “until men learn…
Helen Pearson made 125 police reports about a man who was stalking her before he stabbed and nearly killed her. The police finally convicted Joseph Willis and apologized to Pearson, who the…
Online apps like Plastic Surgery Princess, Little Skin Doctor, and Pimp My Face make plastic surgery into a game and are being marketed to young girls, telling them surgery can stop them…
Feminist Theory Friday returns to set the record straight: Biology is not destiny.
Less than a week after a judge declared a mistrial in Bill Cosby’s his sexual assault case, Cosby has announced he’s going to hold a series of town hall meetings in Alabama…
Berlin’s municipal government is moving forward with plans to ban sexist advertising. American rapper YG demanded female fans expose their breasts to him at an all-ages gig in Brisbane. The 27-year-old rapper…
A conversation between Pamela Adlon, Minnie Driver, Kathryn Hahn, and Issa Rae in The Hollywood Reporter reveal the incredible sexism women face in Hollywood. Pamela Adlon says: “When I was 15, I…
Hundreds of Calgary women were violated through the “CanadaCreep” Twitter account, which posted secretly recorded videos and images of their bodies. The account has finally been shut down, after operating for a…
College and university student evaluations of teaching are not only unreliable, they are significantly biased against female instructors. Helen Lewis points out that London Bridge terrorist Rachid Redouane abused his wife, like…
Margaret Atwood comments on U.S. legislation restricting women’s access to abortions: “I’m […] waiting for a lawsuit that says if you force me to have children I cannot afford, you should pay…
“Policing is a very sexualized environment”: Two women file a $167m class action lawsuit against the Waterloo Police for systemic sexual harassment and abuse by male colleagues and superiors. Constable Angelina Rivers…
Sculptor Alex Gardega was so mad about the Wall Street Fearless Girl statue that he created a statue of a dog urinating on her called “Pissing Pug.” He explains: “I decided…