Director of public prosecutions says use of social media to threaten and control is driving factor behind 10% rise in number of cases to 117,568 in 2015-16

The number of prosecutions relating to violence against women and girls in England and Wales reached a record level last year, the director of public prosecutions said, as she warned of the ( Read more... )

In recent weeks, the burkini, a previously obscure garment of interest only to a subset of Muslim women, has become the object of intense legal, cultural, and philosophical debate in France-and, by way of social media, around the world. On Friday, France’s Council of State, the country’s supreme administrative authority, founded by Napoleon, in ( Read more... )

Let me be as candid and transparent as possible: I was a very strong supporter of Bernie Sanders, and until the past four weeks, held out great hope that he would become our next President. Over the course of the past month, I have had to do a great deal of reflecting and ask myself where does this seemingly irrational antipathy for Hillary Clinton ( Read more... )

Mike Pence Says Disney Made ‘Mulan’ To Promote Women In Combat
It was “obviously” the hope of a “mischievous liberal” at the studio, he wrote.


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Nottinghamshire has had it up to here with sexist douchecanoes. According to The BBC, police in the British county have expanded their definition of hate crimes to include acts of misogyny. The change was first championed last year by the Nottingham Women’s Centre during the Nottinghamshire Safer for Women Conference ( Read more... )

Draft platform includes language that disavows the rights of women, same-sex couples, trans people, Palestinians, immigrants, and more.

While negotiations over the Democratic platform were riddled with controversy over how far the party would go in its support of progressive climate and economic issues, the Republican platform, by contrast, takes ( Read more... )

No woman ever turned down a barking guy? Right?


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Murder suspect admits he is misogynist

The man held on charges of murdering a 23-year-old woman told the police that the crime was motivated by his hatred for women.

The man is suspected of killing the victim, with whom he had no prior contact, in Gangnam on Tuesday night.

The suspect has since told the police that he committed the crime because he “ ( Read more... )