Leigh Cuen

The future of feminist porn? Virtual reality made by women, for women

Porn actress Ava Mir-Ausziehen is wearing a lacy black bra. She's sprawled across the bed while performer Lance Hart goes down on her. The two are starring in the VR film Empowering Ava, the story of an erotica writer (Mir-Ausziehen) whose partner…

Ohio laws intended to protect women actually made abortion more dangerous, study finds

News flash: Laws that restrict women's access to abortion don't actually do anything to decrease abortion rates — but they do make abortions more expensive and difficult to access. Now, a new study of more than 2,700 patients in Ohio, published in…

Why do men love playing these sexist virtual girlfriend video games?

Imagine you're on a sunny stroll through a park. The grass is green and the birds are singing, until suddenly, you fall face first into an oversized pair of animated breasts. That's exactly how the demo for a highly anticipated new virtual…

Here's how you should actually talk to a woman who's wearing headphones

It's a truth universally acknowledged that male pick-up artists are terrible at understanding women. This week, self-proclaimed relationship expert Dan Bacon published a (now-deleted) article filled with the world's worst advice for hitting on…

Let's call the Leslie Jones attack what it is: revenge porn, not trolling

On Wednesday, comedian Leslie Jones was the victim of a vicious cybercrime: Hackers stole nude photos of the star, along with her driver's license and passport, and posted them on her website, JustLeslie.com. The attack highlights the layers of…

Dwayne Johnson is the ultimate DILF and his daughter is too cute for words

Wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne Johnson is arguably the nation's sexiest 44-year-old father of two, and his Instagram proves it. He recently posted an Instagram video of his baby daughter playing with his head. And she's such a cute little drummer.…

Don't wear your engagement ring to interviews, says pile of garbage job advice

The internet is seething about a patronizing piece of career advice penned by New York job recruiter and career counselor Bruce Hurwitz. Earlier this month, Hurwitz wrote a controversial series of LinkedIn articles about jewelry that people…

British poet tackles sexist breastfeeding stigma in a powerful new video.

British poet Hollie McNish recently released a spoken-word video about breastfeeding in public, called "Embarrassed." The writer's visual collaboration with Independent Films quickly went viral on Facebook. Thousands of people rushed to share the…

This anti-slut shaming speech by a 15-year-old Australian student is going crazy viral

A 15-year-old student named Faith Sobotker just delivered an epic speech about slut shaming after her high school, Kambrya College, forced students to attend a sexist assembly chiding young women for taking "sexy selfies." Australian newspaper The…

These Irish women livetweeted their abortions to protest their country's anti-choice laws

Abortion is heavily restricted in Ireland — which means that Irish people who want to terminate their pregnancies have to leave the country and jump through numerous hoops to have the procedure. Last weekend, a bold pair of Irish women sought to…