Feminist Current

Johnson & Johnson agrees to pay $117 million in a settlement over claims that the company deceptively marketed vaginal mesh products without disclosing side effects, which included severe pain, bleeding, and infectionshttps://www.feministcurrent.com/2019/10/17/whats-current-johnson-johnson-to-pay-117-million-in-vaginal-mesh-lawsuit/ …

New Zealand’s Massey University announces it will no longer host an event titled, “Feminism 2020,” in partnership with Speak Up for Women, after receiving complaints from trans activistshttps://www.feministcurrent.com/2019/10/17/whats-current-massey-university-cancels-feminism-2020-event-following-complaints-from-trans-activists/ …

“As a public library and public institution, we have an obligation to protect free speech.”https://www.feministcurrent.com/2019/10/16/whats-current-toronto-public-library-commits-to-upholding-free-speech-regarding-meghan-murphy-event/ …

UK police are investigating stickers posted across Oxford that say, “Woman: noun. Adult human female”https://www.feministcurrent.com/2019/10/15/whats-current-uk-police-investigate-stickers-posted-across-oxford-defining-woman/ …

"What women *have* said, over and over again, is that the implications of gender identity legislation and policy will nullify women’s rights in all sorts of contexts."https://www.feministcurrent.com/2019/10/09/there-is-no-problem-with-trans-people-in-bathrooms/ …

Everyone is allowed to use the bathroom. Literally no one wants to stop you from peeinghttps://www.feministcurrent.com/2019/10/09/there-is-no-problem-with-trans-people-in-bathrooms/ …

Iranian women attended a men’s World Cup match in Tehran after being allowed to enter the stadium for the first time in decades. The change followed the death of a woman who set herself on fire after being arrested for entering a gamehttps://www.feministcurrent.com/2019/10/10/whats-current-thousands-of-iranian-women-attend-football-match-for-first-time-after-decades-long-ban/ …

A new report reveals more than one-third of women in four low-income countries in Africa and Asia experienced abuse during childbirth. Women were slapped, punched, mocked, and forced to undergo caesarean sections and episiotomies without painkillershttps://www.feministcurrent.com/2019/10/09/whats-current-report-reveals-widespread-abuse-of-women-during-childbirth-in-africa-and-asia/ …

Meghan Murphy: "This is a false debate, a fake problem, and a ridiculously dishonest way to frame women’s concerns about gender identity policy and legislation."https://www.feministcurrent.com/2019/10/09/there-is-no-problem-with-trans-people-in-bathrooms/ …

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No one is trying to stop anyone from peeinghttps://www.feministcurrent.com/2019/10/09/there-is-no-problem-with-trans-people-in-bathrooms/ …

US Supreme Court justices clashed over the definition of “sex” during deliberations in a case that will decide if gender identity will be treated as sex under lawhttps://www.feministcurrent.com/2019/10/08/whats-current-supreme-court-to-decide-if-legal-definition-of-sex-will-include-gender-identity-amidst-lgbt-discrimination-case/ …

The FDA approved a new HIV-prevention drug, Descovy, but only for men. Gilead Sciences opted not to test the drug on women in order to avoid the the cost of doing sohttps://www.feministcurrent.com/2019/10/07/whats-current-fda-approves-hiv-prevention-drug-but-only-for-men/ …

“It’s because postmodernists have theorized the material right out of reality that they cannot defend their positions,”https://www.feministcurrent.com/2019/10/05/its-time-for-us-all-to-stand-up-against-big-sister/ …