In a demonstration of optimism, a group of over 450 writers, including Junot Diaz, Stephen King and Cheryl Strayed, released a petition on Tuesday to decry Donald Trump’s candidacy. I guess we can all go home!
Over one million people have signed an online petition calling for a boycott of Target stores after the chain announced it would allow people to use the restroom corresponding with their gender identity. The petition, organized by the evangelical American Family Association, notes that in order for men to gain entry…
Since the debut of Netflix’s 10-part documentary series Making a Murderer, tens of thousands have contributed signatures to online petitions calling for the pardon of Steven Avery. More than 100,000 people have signed a Change.org petition asking to free Avery, while 18,000 have signed a government petition asking the…
Target is currently in hot water for selling an ugly shirt that might also be sexist. (Again.) The shirt is sold in the store’s women’s juniors section and features the word ‘TROPHY’ printed in a large, nearly-Beyoncé font. Angry customers have taken to social media to voice their complaints about the ugly shirt, and…
A student in Sydney, Australia has launched a petition to put an end to Australia’s so-called “tampon tax.” Dag, Australia, chill and stop taxing periods, man.
Disney’s live-action version of Mulan is in the works and...because we all know how these things go down...there’s already a preemptive petition to prevent a white actress from being cast in the lead role.
The Parents Television Council is all pissy about the existence of Sex Box, a real TV program where couples climb into an opaque, soundproof box and commence sexual intercourse, coming to WE tv February 27. (But it's educational because they talk it out with some therapists afterward, duh.)
In what should come as a surprise to absolutely no one on Earth, some students at the University of California, Berkeley aren't very welcoming to people who spout anti-Islamic bullshit on a daily basis.
Vegetarians all over these United States have turned out by the metaphorical wagonload to take a stand and sign a petition that could radically change the way Americans consume food: McDonald's should add a "meatless protein-centric option" to its menu.
Look, I like Disney princesses as much as the next nostalgia-prone millennial. But they do tend to look like they were all churned out of the same assembly line. Remember what happened to Merida when it was time to move her into the pantheon?
Complaints about the much-maligned (and little desired) Disneyland Paris might be overblown, but one thing seems certain from recent tales of how the park has fallen into disrepair: Disneyland Paris is a blasted, desolate murderscape, populated with roving bands of zombified Disney characters, terrible food, and…
A totally lame group of fun-hating parents demanding their children's minds be shielded from hypersexual content have banded together to petition that Cosmopolitan, the best magazine to read if you'd like to be sexually judged in airports, be concealed in the checkout area of their local supermarkets. Where's a girl…
There's a new petition on Change.org to "Let Bert & Ernie Get Married On Sesame Street." The petition reads as such:
A high school senior has written a petition protesting her school's new ban on physical contact beween students. She writes: "I am insulted by the presumption that I'm too immature to decide which kind of touches are appropriate for school."
Following her, ahem, controversial advice to a rape victim, Chicago Tribune advice columnist Amy Dickinson has refused to respond to, or post, negative reader reaction. However, she did write in to one critic...who, in turn, shared with the Sexist blog:
Remember the announcement that Hallmark is going to be rolling out wedding cards specifically designed for gay weddings and commitment ceremonies? Well the American Family Association has called for an email campaign against Hallmark - and it only took them 4 days! - to alert the company that gay marriage is…
