CNN’s coverage of the Steubenville rape trial is drawing the ire of viewers and non-viewers alike. The report on the conviction of Trent Mays, 17, and Ma’lik Richmond, 16, for the rape of a 16-year-old girl last August was sympathetic to the plight of the rapists, wondering what was to become of their once “promising”…
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Teen rapists convicted in Steubenville, Ohio. If you’ve kept on top of the news this week, then you’ve likely read about the Steubenville rape case and the conviction of teen footballers Trent Mays and Ma’lik Richmond. The boys, aged 17 and 16 respectively, were convicted of rape, each receiving the minimum sentence for their crimes…
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An alleged rape victim from the remote Feydhoo Island in the Maldives has been sentenced to 100 lashes for engaging in pre-marital sex. It is alleged that the 15 year old was subjected to repeated rape by her stepfather, and that she gave birth to his child, whose death in 2012 is currently under investigation….
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A Middle-Eastern company, Eurostar, has finally filled the technology void that has threatened delicate women for too long. The recently released “ePad Femme” is ‘the world’s first tablet made exclusively for women’. It’s pink, and comes complete with apps for cooking, clothing size conversion, yoga for women, and perfume. Announced in October 2012, the ePad…
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Pregnant asylum seekers moved from Manus Island Six pregnant asylum seekers held in detention on Manus Island have been relocated to the mainland this week. The women’s partners and dependents reportedly accompanied them to Australia for medical care. The move has provided the standard shock and outrage that comes with Australian coverage of asylum seeker…
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The Oscars, Seth and all in between The Oscars happened, and so did Family Guy creator Seth Macfarlane, as Lip has covered here and here. Macfarlane took to the stage to host the three hour show on Monday, managing to offend Jews, women and family audiences with humour that included barbed insults aimed at a…
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Joan Child, the first female Labor member of the House of Representatives, and first female Speaker, has died at the age of 91. Prime Minister Julia Gillard paid tribute to Ms Child in a statement released on Sunday night. ‘With Joan Child’s passing, Australia has lost one of its pioneering female political leaders, and I…
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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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Two sex education bills were introduced to the US Congress on Valentine’s Day – one promoting medically-accurate, gender-inclusive and queer friendly content; the other pushing funding for abstinence-only programs. The Real Education for Healthy Youth Act was introduced by Rep. Barbara Lee, Sen. Frank Lautenberg, and 32 other Democratic politicians last Thursday. The Act would…
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50 years of Friedan Betty Friedan’s seminal text The Feminine Mystique turns 50 this coming week. The text was credited with fueling much of the 60s American feminist movement (not to mention appearing as a cultural reference in every snappy teen film since – 10 Things I hate About You?) The anniversary prompted reflections on…
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Leigh Sales farewells Hillary Clinton The outgoing US Secretary of State has chatted with ABC journalist Leigh Sales about ending gender discrimination during a final interview in Washington DC. Sales was invited to moderate the ‘townterview’ event after leading a similar forum with Clinton in Melbourne. The event saw questions asked from participants around the…
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A recent report by RMIT University claims that cycling has received disproportionate government attention because cycling is by far the most male-dominated mode of transport. Paul Mees and Lucy Groenhart published their report in December last year. They analysed the way residents in Australia’s capital cities travelled to work during the past 35 years. The…
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The news from Paris, the fashion capital of the world, is that queer is the new black. A pair of models presented as lesbian brides glammed up the cover of the January edition of Elle France this month, alongside the slogan ‘Marriage for all!’ And Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld closed his haute-couture show on Tuesday…
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