Today, Scotland has become the 17th country to legalise same-sex marriage! The first Scottish same-sex weddings can now take place in October, after the vote passed parliament 105 to 18. The parliament also voted down several attempts to amend the bill to protect the rights/interests of religious celebrants who opposed the law. Scottish health secretary,…
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Our new feminist bestie, 7 year old, Charlotte Brown, has penned a scathing letter to giant toy machine, Lego, calling them on their sexist bullshit. Charlotte was understandably irate about the blatant gender binarism in the marketing of Lego toys, reflected in department store layouts that segregate the pink/girls from the blue/boys and the stereotypically…
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At a press conference on Thursday, 12 Democrat female Senators spoke up in favour of U.S. President Barack Obama’s State of the Union remarks about ‘income equality, in which he committed to issuing an Executive Order raising the minimum wage for new federal contractors to $10.10.’ The current minimum wage in America is $7.25. The…
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New York department store, Barneys’ has launched its fashion advertising campaign featuring 17 trans* models. The Brothers, Sisters, Sons and Daughters campaign, spearheaded by David Freeman, aims to create awareness and acceptance of the trans* community. Despite the social advances achieved by gays, lesbians and bisexuals and their presence in the media, Freeman’s concept aims…
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We all know by now that in this scary modern world kids these days have a bit of a hard time. (LOL JK where was my iPhone at age 9??) Apart from practically slipping out of the womb onto a pile of Apple devices, screens a-glow with Angry Birds and Minecraft, the more world-weary among…
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The Disney Channel has featured its first same-sex couple. The family sitcom Good Luck Charlie features a family preparing for a play date. Pre-school aged Charlie is having a visit from her friend Taylor. Charlie’s parents a bit confused about who Taylor’s mum is, until they realise that it’s not Susan or Cheryl, it’s both….
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Dubbed the ‘True Love Tester’, a Japanese lingerie company has invented a bra that uses ‘science’ to ‘read your body’s signals.’ According to Ravijour, the company that has invented this gem, the bra has ‘built in sensors that measure the wearer’s heart-rate’, and because nothing is complete in this world without an app to accompany…
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On top of the already shocking (and disgusting) crack downs regarding homosexuality in Russia recently, mayor of Sochi, the city set to host the Winter Olympics, has told BBC Panorama that ‘we do not have [homosexuals] in our city.’ Anatoly Pakhomov wants the gay Olympians that are going to compete in his city to be…
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Last week, the Obama administration released a report and launched a new initiative to combat, and hopefully end rape and sexual assault on college campuses in the US. The President has requested that those schools that receive federal funding are held accountable for accurate reporting. Obama said, “’sexual assault is an affront to our basic…
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Prime Minister Tony Abbott has promised to finalise a draft amending the constitution to recognise Aboriginal people as the first Australians. Abbott has labelled this recognition as a ‘national crusade’ which should be of importance to everyone. Despite this date for the proposed change, Abbott has warned against rushing the changes. ‘We have to be…
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In Fort Worth, Texas, the battle between life and death has finally come to an end. For the family of Marlise Munoz, a young pregnant woman who has been kept on life support despite her wishes to be taken off has finally been given what she and her family asked her. On Friday, a Texas…
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In a move labelled controversial by many commentators, earlier this week popular breakfast television host David Koch gave his co-host Samantha Armytage a stripper pole. The gift was a joke in reference to Armytage’s comment she made earlier in the show about her new shoes. Armytage reportedly made an off hand remark about her shoes…
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Creator of a ‘revenge porn’ website, Hunter Moore, has been charged for reportedly stealing nude photographs from hacked email accounts and then posting those images online. Moore was arrested by the FBI on Thursday, along with a second man Charles Evens of Los Angeles. The two men were charged with conspiracy, computer hacking, aggravated identity…
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A study of admissions to Victorian emergency departments has discovered 236 women were admitted with high heel-related injuries between 2006 and 2010. The figure does not include the 45 people stepped on by heels or 16 people assaulted with the weapon-grade shoes. The research lead by Melbourne podiatrist, Cylie Williams found men weren’t strangers to the…
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