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Electricliterature – SF&F legend and literary rabble rouser Ursula K. Le Guin has been speaking out directly and indirectly about Amazon and the state of publishing for some time. At last year’s National Book Awards, Le Guin was […]

Variety – Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Oscar-nominated film “Loveless” opens in the U.S. on Friday via Sony Pictures Classics. Alexander Rodnyansky, the film’s producer, speaks to Variety about its reception at home in Russia and abroad, and his views on recent developments […]

DW – From initiatives such as “Nobody’s Doll” and #BlackCarpetBerlinale to Kim Ki-duk’s controversial invitation, here’s how the debate on #MeToo has been fueled even before the Berlin film festival kicked off. The Berlinale has long […]

Asma Jahangir, a leading Pakistani rights activist, fearless critic of the military’s interference in politics and a staunch defender of the rule of law, died on Sunday in Lahore. She was 66.

“What populists are really afraid of is pluralism” says FEMEN activist Inna Shevchenko, who argues that democracy and feminism are interlinked.

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Human Rights Watch – (New York, January 18, 2018) – Afghanistan’s armed conflict took a high toll on civilians throughout the year, with insurgents carrying out particularly deadly suicide attacks in urban areas, Human Rights Watch said today in […]

Women’s ‘shocking’ participation in far-right politics has received much media attention. But is this a new trend, or have we been here before?