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Femen Topless Activist Documentary Succeeds Despite That “Man” “Scandal”

Allegedly, the notorious topless protesting feminist collective Femen was “started” by a man. Come again? When I first interviewed the now-internet-infamous topless protestors of Femen almost two years ago, Inna Shevchenko and Jenya Krayzman made their views on sex work very clear. Because of the regular abuse and exploitation of women in Ukraine, they don’t believe in […]

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FEMEN Protest Topless in the Vatican for Gay Rights

This week, the topless Ukrainian protest crew FEMEN have done something quite ballsy, or rather… titsy? As the Pope was reading the Angelus blessing in the Vatican, the activists stormed through St Peter’s Square chanting “homophobes, shut up!” with only the slogans “In Gay We Trust” on their bare torsos. Video is NSFW. Wow. We haven’t always seen eye-to-eye… […]

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NYC Should Give Teens Free Tampons, Says Councilwoman

A New York City Councilwoman is joining a the movement to destigmatize periods by proposing legislation that would require the city to make tampons available to girls at school. The Post reports: “In a city where we hand out free condoms, we should be making tampons more affordable and accessible,” said Ferreras, a Democrat who […]

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How to Talk Dirty in French: Morphosyntax and
the Ménage-à-Trois

Tu veux nous y rejoindre? /ty vø nuz i ʁəʒwɛ̃ndʁ/ You want to join us there? After a couple months of coquettish Facebook chats, my French friends were finally in town. One blond and one dark-haired, they were a couple looking for a third to stop by their hotel. Excited to use the word ménage-à-trois […]

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