As Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi prepared to vote during the country’s general elections on Sunday, three topless feminist protesters from Ukrainian feminist group Femen lunged at the PM as he arrived at a polling station in Milan. The women tore off their jackets to bare their breasts and the slogan “Basta Berlusconi” (“Enough with…
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Australian judge rules gay marriage ban is not sex discrimination An Australian judge ruled earlier this week that the ban on gay marriage is not sex discrimination as both sexes are treated equally. ‘A man cannot enter into the state of marriage as defined with another man just as a woman cannot enter into the…
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David Koch versus breastfeeding mothers everywhere It all started during a discussion on Channel 7’s Sunrise about whether a Queensland mother should be allowed to breastfeed at her local pool. Host David Koch attracted the scorn of breastfeeding mothers everywhere when he said that while mothers should be allowed to breastfeed in public, they should…
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Kayser says sexist tweet was #honestmistake Lingerie brand Kayser has apologiesd for a tweet that has been branded sexist and misogynistic on the Twittersphere for suggesting victims were to blame for rape. The original tweet read: ‘If a guy invites you over to watch a movie, you should know what they’re expecting.’ The brand’s social…
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‘A wife should no more take her husband’s name than he should hers. My name is my identity and must not be lost.’ – Lucy Stone This time next year, I will already be somebody’s wife. I will be married; legally tied to somebody ’til death do us part and all the rest of it….
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six year old girl questions board game gender bias A six-year-old Irish girl has been the latest to call ‘sexism’ when she questioned board game creator Hasbro about the gender imbalance in her favourite board game, Guess Who? In an email to Hasbro she said: ‘I think it’s not fair to only have 5 girls…
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Sometimes, horrible things happen. And it goes without saying that sometimes, horrible things happen to women. Some happen close to home, others do not, but the good ol’ Internet has a habit of delivering the horrible news to my inbox every day. The Internet is sneaky like that. Wednesday morning was no different and I…
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In 2010, American teenager Tyler Clementi reacted to his public “outing” by his roommate by throwing himself off New Jersey’s George Washington Bridge. The incident whipped media into a frenzy, even prompting Ellen De Generes to comment publically that ‘something must be done’. And “something” is just what Katherine Hudson and Scott Williams did. They…
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first female nz soldier killed in afghanistan Lance Corporal Jacinda Barker, a 26 year old medic with the New Zealand Army, became the first female Anzac to die in Afghanistan when her vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device as she travelled through the Bamiyan Province. New Zealand is just one of the 11…
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pussy riot found guilty Three members of Russian girl band Pussy Riot have been found guilty of hooliganism for staging a protest against President Vladamir Putin at the altar of Moscow’s Christ the Saviour Cathedral in February and sentenced to two years in a labour camp. Judge Marina Sirovaya said that their performance of Punk…
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Seventeen magazine makes pledge not to alter images All it took was a bit of a push (and an online petition signed by 84,000 people) by a fourteen year old to get Seventeen to vow to use only unaltered images in its publication. As stated in its ‘Body Peace Treaty’ and accompanying note from Editor-in-chief…
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Hustler magazine photoshops penis into commentator’s mouth “What would S.E Cupp look like with a [d**k] in her mouth?” This is the question posed by Hustler magazine in a recently published edition that features a photo of the conservative right-wing commentator with a Photoshopped penis in her mouth. The blurb alongside the image reads: ‘S.E….
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In 2008, just shy of her 22nd birthday, Jackie Richards experienced some dizziness, fatigue and blurred vision, which she took as evidence of ‘partying too hard’, but after the facial paralysis hit (and gradually worsened throughout the day) she took herself off to the doctor. The diagnosis? Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a neurological disease caused by…
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barack obama says same-sex couples should marry In a mammoth political move, US President Barack Obama has declared his personal support for gay marriage. He said: “I have to tell you that over the course of several years as I have talked to friends and family and neighbors when I think about members of my…
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