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Smash Hit Gone Girl Just Reinforces Rape Stereotypes
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Gone Girl is a hit with audiences, but its message is troubling for women and sexual assault survivors.
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Alan Turing Helped Save the World and They Persecuted Him
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Cumberbatch’s commitment and passion shinned through on stage as he talked about transforming Turing’s story, his brilliance, and his humanity to the silver screen helping in his way to give him the long-overdue wide-scale recognition he rightly deserves.
Gender and Sexuality
In Remembrance of Matthew Shepard
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In memory of Matthew Shepard, Blogger Warren Blumenfeld explains the many forms of queer bashing in our society, but triggers hope with the message that LGBT people and heterosexual allies are rising up in even greater numbers to push back against the status quo.
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Images of Empowerment: Artist Carol Rossetti Challenges Sexism and Affirms Women's Many Identities
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When Carol Rossetti began posting her illustrations from her “Women” series online earlier this year, she had no clue the images would generate a following of 184.7K Facebook users.
Christianity
Gays and “Unique Gifts”: Is the Catholic Church Ready for Change?
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Earlier this month the Catholic Church made headlines when the Vatican released a preliminary document calling out the church to welcome and accept homosexuals. Does this new shift signal positive reform ahead for Catholicism?
Christianity
New Developments in the Catholic Church's Stance on Homosexuality
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As strongly as I disagree with conservative Catholics on the subject of homosexuality, I empathize with the burgeoning frustration that many of them are feeling and expressing in response to the document issued this week by the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the Family: The document is a tour de force of clerical manipulation, brimming with pretensions of compassion.
Gender and Sexuality
The Power of Testimony: One Woman’s Voice
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Widespread violence against women is not new within our culture. We regularly hear reports of rape and abuse. These are troubling and uncomfortable topics to discuss, but in order to effect change we must speak — bringing voices and faces to this issue.
Gender and Sexuality
Catering to Men's Rights Is Not the Point of Feminism
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The resurgence of the Men’s Rights Movement is changing the direction of mainstream feminism, from a women-centered movement to one that is male-oriented.
Culture
Happy LGBT History Month
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October is LGBT History Month. Warren Blumenfeld critiques how we can’t just have one month of history, we need a multicultural curriculum in schools that includes LGBT perspectives all year round to help eradicate injustice.
Gender and Sexuality
Homophobia and Anti-Semitism in the Same Breath: The Politics of the Westboro Baptist Church
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Westboro Baptist Church is known for their protests against homosexuality and for their oppressive thinking. Warren Blumenfeld explains the appalling assumptions behind their oppressive tactics towards Jews and the LGBT community, and what others are doing to counter their demonstrations.