‘Fuck’ is one of my favorite words. I love it, I love the way it rolls off the tongue and punctuates sentences with deliberate intent. It’s the best. But ‘fuck’ doesn’t work well in most journalism spaces, except here at my beloved Jezebel, and some think that reluctance to use such an awesome word is to our readers… » 3/31/14 7:15pm 3/31/14 7:15pm

A group of Ukrainian women wants to go full Lysistrata on Russian men, as a means of protest against Russia's aggression in their homeland. » 3/25/14 11:00pm 3/25/14 11:00pm

Pick-up artists are nothing if not resourceful. After being cockblocked by all those independent, assertive feminists in Western countries, they've set their sights on distant lands - namely North Korea, where authoritarianism or other socioeconomic realities make them into the ultimate forbidden fruit. » 3/21/14 4:00pm 3/21/14 4:00pm

Despite the ongoing crisis between Ukraine and Russia, the 34th biannual Ukraine Fashion week is carrying on as planned—it kicked off last Friday and will continue until March 19. The event will cover over 70 different designers, although the turnout is expected to be lower given the political climate. A couple of… » 3/16/14 7:00pm 3/16/14 7:00pm

Sarah Palin — America's drunkest conservative aunt — sat down with Sean Hannity (America's blowhard-iest Irish uncle) recently to talk about Russia's deployment of troops in Ukraine, a situation she warned you liberals and democrats about over four years ago, only to be met with LAUGHTER and MOCKING. (To be fair, it… » 3/04/14 1:10pm 3/04/14 1:10pm

Did a British "Russia expert" just write the steamin-est pile of sexist word barf ever assembled about Ukraine's ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko? Maybe! » 2/25/14 3:00pm 2/25/14 3:00pm

Two seemingly unrelated stories in the New York Times about violence against women in two different European countries demonstrate that if you just listen to women, they'll tell you what they need to fix a problem. A while the answer is usually more help from the government, women usually point to different solutions… » 8/19/13 11:10am 8/19/13 11:10am

Buzzfeed has put together what is, for practical purposes, a filmstrip about the most searched-for internet porn terms in the world, revealing some things you probably wouldn’t want to know about the apparent nationalism underpinning a population’s lascivious viewing preferences. For instance, the most searched-for… » 6/02/13 3:00pm 6/02/13 3:00pm

A 19-year-old Tunisian girl was committed to a mental hospital by her parents after posting topless photos of herself in on a website for the Ukraine-based topless radical protest group FEMEN. Amina (last name unknown), had been corresponding online with FEMEN leader Inna Shevchenko since the end of February, mostly… » 3/23/13 2:15pm 3/23/13 2:15pm

In creepy international news, there's an art installation in the Ukraine that doubles as a matchmaking service. "Oooo," all you current and former art history students might say, "I enjoy art and maybe it'd be cool to meet someone who obviously shares my interests." (At least, that's what you'd say if you've never seen … » 8/23/12 11:55pm 8/23/12 11:55pm

We're always fascinated by stories of Femen, the bare-breasted and be-wreathed Ukrainian feminist activist collective. Their message? "Our God is woman, our mission is protest, our weapons are bare breasts." In freezing weather, no less! » 1/26/11 1:20pm 1/26/11 1:20pm

The Ukrainian feminist collective FEMEN staged a topless protest against Vladimir Putin's visit to their country. Said one woman, "Ukraine knows why he visits, he wants to tear away pieces from Ukraine." NSFW visuals below. » 10/28/10 1:51pm 10/28/10 1:51pm

[Kiev, August 24. An activist of a local women's rights watchdog FEMEN, with writing "I am independent" and Ukraine's' national flag on her belly, seen during celebrities on the occasion of Ukraine's 19th Independence. Image via AP] » 8/24/10 5:43pm 8/24/10 5:43pm