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Scarlett Johansson shuts down 'demeaning' rumours that she once auditioned to date Tom Cruise

As successful as he is with his acting career, it doesn't seem like Tom Cruise is the biggest catch. He's divorced three incredible women, including Australian national treasure Nicole Kidman, as well as Katie Holmes. Maybe it's because of his stature, maybe it's because he can't seem to stop doing Mission Impossible movies, or maybe it's that…

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Women in China are getting lessons on how to be "perfect"

While we're seeing an increased effort in the West to improve women's rights through things like campaigns to close the gender pay gap, as well as body positivity movements to encourage widespread empowerment, things aren't looking as optimistic elsewhere. According to a Washington Post report, women in China are being…

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This princess has just given up her royal title to marry a commoner 

Meghan Markle seems to have ignited our childhood dreams of becoming princesses, finding our one true love under fairytale circumstances, and getting married in a castle with bells tolling overhead... all over again. But while she may have found her happily ever after, it seems that not everyone who is…

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New research reveals the most dangerous country to be a woman

For all intents and purposes, 2017 was a progressive year when it came to women's rights. The #MeToo campaign was reignited - and the Time's Up movement born - after the New York Times published an explosive exposé detailing decades of sexual harassment and abuse inflicted by the film producer,…

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Fashion designer turns Gigi Hadid into an ‘illegal alien’ for a campaign and people are furious

Gigi Hadid might be one of today's biggest "It Girls", but that doesn't mean that the projects she takes part in are always good for her reputation. Like the latest drama she's been caught up in – wherein fashion designer Jeremy Scott styled Gigi into an "illegal alien" for a photoshoot -…

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New Zealand's Prime Minister has just given birth while in office

"I am not the first woman to multitask," New Zealand's Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, said in January in response to criticism that she was "betraying [her] voters" by getting pregnant. "I am not the first woman to work and have a baby; there are many women who have done this before." Ardern,…

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This woman's terrifying story of walking home alone at night will give you chills 

Last week, an Australian woman was brutally raped and murdered as she walked home in the suburbs of Melbourne. Eurydice Dixon was a 22-year-old comedian who had just finished a successful gig, and was walking home alone on Tuesday night. Her body was found in a park at around 2am,…

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It is now illegal to take a photo up a woman's skirt, and it's about time

Upskirting - a sexually invasive act wherein perpetrators take a photograph up someone's skirt without their consent - has become a criminal offence that will be punishable by two years in prison, and in the most serious of cases, will result in the convicted being added to the sex offender register,…

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Elderly women are getting themselves sent to prison on purpose

It's often said that crime is a young man's game. You need to be strong enough to fight and quick enough to escape the police. There's a good reason why the older the demographic, the lower the crime rate. However, in Japan, it appears that quite the opposite is true.…

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The Miss America pageant has just axed their swimsuit competition

Since 1921, the Miss America pageant has been championing beautiful and scantily clad women, whom they judge solely on their physical appearance. It's anything but progressive, especially now, in a time when many of us are experiencing the benefits of fourth wave feminism. But while it may be an institution that…