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April 07, 2016 | Mahwish Qayyum | Disability, International, Violence against women, WMC Loreen Arbus Journalism Program
The long road to justice for Pakistan's acid attack survivors

Five years after Pakistan passed a law to punish acid attacks, the violence continues even as more survivors seek justice.

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April 07, 2016 | Shannon H | Arts and culture, Feminism, LGBTQIA
The Binary
With our first breaths we are packaged and itemized. We are placed on a conveyer belt and processed through our adjacent existences of Pink and Blue. And I wonder what my colour is, as a person w...
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April 07, 2016 | Kerry K. Paterson | International, Violence against women
How to build a rape case: From gathering testimonies to collecting forensic evidence
When former radio host Jian Ghomeshi was acquitted of all charges in a high-profile trial in March, the Canadian judge wrote, “The evidence of each complainant suffered not just from inconsistencies and questionable behavior, but was tainted by outright deception.” He also suggested that willful deception was to blame rather than faulty memory, according to CNN.
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April 05, 2016 | Zoe G | Feminism, Media
This is Why We Need To Stop Asking Celebrities If They're Feminists
It seems that one of the most common questions journalists ask female celebrities these days is, “Are you a feminist?” Considering that feminism was essentially a dirty word in the mainstream media fo...
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April 04, 2016 | Danielle Moodie-Mills | LGBTQIA, Politics
Anti-LGBT laws target rights as “political correctness”

The new North Carolina law is just the latest in a wave of backlash legislation targeting LGBT equality.

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April 03, 2016 | Rachael H | Body image and body standards, Disability, Feminism, Health, WMC Loreen Arbus Journalism Program
Growing Pains: What Growing Up With Cerebral Palsy Taught Me About Life
Like so many others my age, at 14 I desperately wanted to be just like everyone else. But unlike most of my peers, I had spent 14 years trapped inside of a body that wouldn’t let me move. I was born w...
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