Released right before November 25th's International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, this pro bono campaign from ad agency BETC is for French women's rights organization, Ni Putes Ni Soumises (which translates to Neither Whores Nor Submissives).
We are in receipt of more thoughtful communiqués from the good people of 12, the tiny Bulgarian fashion magazine that recently trolled the world with an epically stupid "beauty" spread featuring nothing but pictures of women who'd recently been made the victims of horribly violent acts. After writing about the images…
12 magazine saw our story about the international attention the tiny Bulgarian publication was receiving for its outrage-baiting, sickening, and truly extremely stupid, "Hey, wouldn't it be awesome to make all the models look like victims of horrific crimes such as those women in the real world suffer all too often,…
Bulgarian fashion magazine 12 just published an appalling editorial containing nothing but portraits of models with horrific injuries. It's a "beauty" spread — the kind of feature that normally highlights a makeup artist's skills and aims to sell the "new" eyeshadow color of the season — but it isn't very beautiful.…
Do you remember Crossfire, the show where pundits would yell talking points very loudly at each other while the Founding Fathers spun around in their graves and Lady Liberty pondered slitting her wrists? Well, the pugnaciousness of Tucker Carlson & Frenemies has nothing on Greek political TV. Today, a talk show…
In Pakistan, the nose is considered a symbol of family honor, which is why women's faces are often the a target of assault when they're perceived to have "shamed" the family in some way. As of 2011, 943 women were murdered, 9 had their noses cut off, 98 were tortured, 47 set on fire and 38 attacked with acid.
Women in Afghanistan marched in Kabul on Saturday, continuing popular resistance to what many Western critics of President Hamid Karzai's new power-sharing deal between the government and the Taliban fear is a growing trend of violence and discrimination against women. Activists were outraged last month after Karzai…
So much of the discussion of rape and violence against women centers on educating girls on how to protect themselves, so it's nice to know that, at least in a few schools, educators are going out of their way to talk to boys about their role in stopping sexual violence. All this is taking place in an after-school…
In the early days of the Libya rebellion, the fatigue-clad, heavily made-up women that surrounded Muammar Qaddafi became a source of international amusement. But Qaddafi's eccentricity could distract from the brutality, including with those same bodyguards, several of whom have now told a Benghazi psychologist that…
A Pakistani legislator quipped that it's "bitter truth that the same way women are tortured in rural areas, men are the victims of mental torture in urban neighborhoods." Luckily, there were female legislators on hand to lay the smackdown.
Recently, a woman began leaving messages on Facebook pages related to Western Michigan University and institutions in Kalamazoo, including the Prague summer writing program and yoga studio, saying that she had been assaulted by a well-known poet in San Diego. She included an arrest report and photos of her injury. She…
RiRi frolics with blow-up dolls and sings, "Sex in the air. I don't care. I love the smell of it. Sticks and stones may break my bones but chains and whips excite me." BDSM enthusiast, or attempting to be edgy?
A female bank teller refused to grant a request that went against policy. Jared Lee Loughner told her "she should not have any power." Loughner also wrote creepy postings about rape and shot a congresswoman in the head. Blame misogyny?
Allen Robert Reyes, 31, has been arrested for allegedly shooting a woman in the face at a party. A tipster tells us that Allen Robert Reyes is the real name of pickup guru "Gunwitch."
Taking his cue from Ginni Thomas, the Rand Paul volunteer who stomped a MoveOn volunteer's head says, "I don't think it's that big of a deal. I would like for her to apologize to me to be honest with you."
Outside the Kentucky Senate debate last night, several male Rand Paul supporters ganged up on a MoveOn protester, tore off her wig, and stomped on her head. Surely she was asking for it by...protesting peacefully. There's (highly disturbing) video.
You may know him as Mankind, Dude Love, Cactus Jack, or that pro-wrestler who really, really loves Tori Amos. I now know Mick Foley as the guy who taught me to kick ass.
The Republican nominee for Senator from Connecticut is former WWE chief executive Linda McMahon, whose yacht is named Sexy Bitch, who once publicly kicked her husband in the crotch — and who knows how women really talk to each other.
