I should’ve trusted my gut and stopped reading at Fox News. The American news outlet and unofficial mouthpiece of extremist right-wing ideology has churned out the likes of Rush Limbaugh and Bill O’Reilly. The former coined the term ‘feminazi’ which lives to plague us all, and suggested earlier this year that feminism is to blame…
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It was a sad night for rape apologists and overt misogynists in the United States Tuesday night, as 67 per cent of unmarried American women voted to re-elect President Barack Obama. One of the Republican losers in the Senate was Tea Partyer John Koster who last week called aborting a rapist’s child ‘more violence on…
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On October 25th Dr Mukwege of the Panzi Hospital in Bukavu was attacked at his home, a few blocks from the headquarters of MONUSCO, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. While motive is uncertain— there was nothing stolen or damaged at the site of the attack—Dr Mukwege was repeatedly shot…
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At the moment in the United States, there are things happening to challenge women’s reproductive rights. It is being referred to as the “War on Women”. States all across America are passing legislation in record numbers to dissuade, delay or stop women from making choices about their own reproductive health. It has become so overwhelmingly…
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