November 7, 2011
Clara Belle used to be a beauty pageant protester. And now she is beauty queen. “A few months ago I would have been far more likely to be standing outside the Miss World venue protesting at the event than attending it,” she wrote. But when she entered the Miss London pageant in April to report ...
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May 26, 2011
For anyone who thought the Playboy franchise was past its prime (like Hefner himself), think again. The skimpy outfits adorned with bunny ears, bushy bunny tails and bulging busts remain alive and well. Playboy may have been in its heyday in the ’60s and ’70s, but it’s now bouncing back — with a vengeance. A ...
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April 6, 2011
The sluts of Toronto took over the streets in a march to protest how women are treated in rape and assault cases by the police. This all started in January when Police Const. Michael Sanguinetti told a group at York University “women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized” when speaking for a ...
August 10, 2010
In a fight between the strippers and the church in Ohio who do you think would win? The churchgoers have been protesting outside a gentlemen’s club for years, and now the strippers are fighting back!
February 2, 2010
The Pope has declared that the UK’s attempt at equality, in the form of the UK Equality Bill, “violates natural law”. Churches in the UK worry that they would be forced to hire gay and transsexual people. Because of the Pope’s declaration against equality, protests are being planned for his visit to the UK later ...
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