Last year, prominent Los Angeles photographer Paul Rusconi was arrested on suspicions of lewd acts with a minor and possession of child pornography. Rusconi had posted a photo of him with his two young daughters in a bathtub on Twitter. The girls’ nanny saw the snapshot and immediately called the police, accusing Rusconi of rape. The accusers were given ...
Steven Demink posed as a psychologist and a single dad to convince women to sexually abuse their children as part of therapy. He also convinced them that the end result would be happier children. As if! Thankfully he got caught and is facing a sentence of fifteen years to life with a decision to be made ...
Manga comics and anime have now been regulated in Tokyo to protect under-18s from their sexually violent themes. Now any of these comics with rape, incest, or other sex crimes will not be allowed to be sold unless the buyer is 18 or older. Retailers will be charged up to $3,500 if they break these ...
Dear Madame X, I have been away at school for the last year and have just returned home to my family. I have noticed something about my siblings that bothers me. I have a sister in her early teens and a brother who is around 5 (I’ll be vague because I want them to be ...
Oklahoma has just passed two incredibly controversial laws that limit a woman’s right to freedom of choice as well as invading her privacy around abortion. Informed choice? What’s that? Who cares?! Obviously the doctors’ rights are more important than the pregnant woman who might have a disabled child for the rest of her life. Firstly, ...
A New York Times article published this week looks at the stigma that surrounds cousin marriage in the United States. With 10 per cent of marriages world wide taking place between cousins, what is the harm? Well, genetic deformities are killing people in the Arab world. We meet some couples in the article who share ...
Mackenzie Phillips has recently returned to Oprah with other victims of incest and admitted that she was abused. She sparked huge debate in the media about whether or not incest can ever be consensual a few weeks ago when she originally spoke about a sexual relationships with her father .
Mack // It has been claimed that John Phillips, co-founder of the Mamas and Papas singing group, repeatedly raped his daughter throughout his lifetime.
Morning Quickie
Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved arrived in my hands via a public library, when I was a broke teenager with...
My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to...
Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...
The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...
Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...
When A Clockwork Orange was published in 1962, the term sexualized violence wasn’t in use. The distinction between sexualized...
Skincare. Not so very long ago, a man would have been mocked mercilessly for using just the word, never...
Laptop bags; conspiracy of the patriarchal overlords. Oh yes. I am a woman with hands. The average-sized hands of...
