
February 2015 updates
Federal government amends Criminal Code hate propaganda law to include women and girls. Hooah!
August 2014 updates
Rape GIFS and the pernicious problem of sexist online trolls, Globe and Mail, August 13, 2021
Facebook updates policies on hate speech against women, May 2014
October 2013 updates
September 2013 updates
Social Media & Sexual Violence Conference: Understanding the links to students' mental health & well-being, London, Ontario, November 7-8, 2013. Sponsored by the Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children at Western University. Check the site for info on the great speakers and topics. (Fall 2013)
Articles on the furor caused by Canadian university students "rape chant"
French Senate bans child beauty pageants
February 2013 updates
December 2012 updates
Free Radical news release: Remy Couture is a Danger to Women, December 27, 2020
Opportunistic creep, Remy Couture, goes to trial in Montreal on obscenity charges
June 2011 site updates
Hate crimes stats skewed until women protected - an excellent editorial by Andrea DeMeer, QMI Agency
May 2011 site updates
Why SlutWalk raises hackles and hopes
March 2011 site updates
Pornography industry flourishes in Quebec
February 2011 site updates
January 2011 site updates
Bullies circulating nude photos takes heavy toll on girls
December 2010 site updates
Internet pornography to be blocked unless requested, under U.K. proposal
November 2010 site updates
A Serbian Film depicts rape of newborn baby
Toronto rappers speak out against violence
More men speaking out against pornography
October 2010 site updates
Sexual dance routines "shockingly prevalent" among children
September 2010 site updates
An Introduction to Misogyny in Popular Culture, by Valerie Smith (The Free Radical), September 2010
Are mass media creating a culture of rape? Column by Antonia Zerbisas, Toronto Star
When Violence Becomes Entertaining - recapturing childhood and adolescence from the toxic influence of media - Ontario Teachers' Federation conference, October 15 - 16, 2010
When Violence Becomes Entertaining conference - Agenda
August 2010 site updates
Rolling Stone's gratuitously violent cover for vampire series, True Blood
When controversy rears its head, sponsors run for cover
Sexist violence sickens crime writer
Is violent Rihanna/Eminem song a teaching tool? Not exactly.
July 2010 site updates
Tantra Fitness in Vancouver, B.C., offers pole-dancing exercise classes for five year old girlsWhen violence becomes entertaining - recapturing childhood and adolescence from the toxic influence of media - Ontario Teachers' Federation conference, October 15 - 16, 2010
I Spit On Your Grave remake - "feminist" film or misogynist slasher movie?
June 2010 site updates
Toronto hip hop star, Drake, dissed for reporting a crime
Toronto Police warn teens about 'sext crimes'The Honest Lawyer restaurant in Hamilton, Ontario, removes misogynist, disgusting "kisses" urinal after lengthy campaign by women's groups and politicians
May 2010 site updates
Blog inciting hatred against women ruled legal - Update on misogynist, Jean-Claude Rochefort
April 2010 site updates
Padded bra bikini for girls withdrawn - and other articles on the sexualization of young girls
March 2010 site updates
Games show contestants use torture on French TV psychological experiment
February 2010 site updates
Articles on misogynist, Jean-Claude Rochefort
January 2010 site updates
December 2009 site updates
November 2009 site updates
Peterborough, Ontario, murder mimics lyrics from Eminem song "Cleaning out my closet"
"We are going to have the blood flying wholesale" - Toronto director, David Hackl (director of Saw VII)
Recent research documents:
American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement - Impact of Music, Music Lyrics, and Music Videos on Children and Youth, November 2009
American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement - Media Violence, November 2009Parents Television Council: Women in Peril: A Look at TV's Disturbing New Storyline Trend
October 2009 site updates
Pink Book Volume III - section on Preventing Violence Against Women - contains above-noted recommendation
August 2009 site updates
Generation M: Misogyny in Media and Culture, a film by Thomas Keith
Information on the misogynist movie, Deadgirl
Women at risk: by Bob Herbert, New York Times
Femicide: There's not enough outrage - Toronto Star column by Antonia Zerbisias
Media violence delegation meets with Ontario Attorney General Chris Bentley
Telephone terrorist: outing an online outlaw
Homophobic Elephant Man dropped from Toronto Caribana event
Man emulating 'Fight Club' arrested in Starbucks blast