4 d. ago Giorgia Meloni ‘disgusted’ at posting of photos of her and other women on porn site

Italian platform Phica closes after sharing altered images of PM, her sister, opposition leader and othersThe Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has said she is “disgusted” that photos of her and other women were posted on a pornographic website, and called for the perpetrators to be swiftly identified and “punished with the utmost firmness”.Images of Meloni’s sister, Arianna, and the opposition leader, Elly Schlein, were also discovered on the Italian platform Phica, which had more than 700,000 subscribers before its managers closed the site on Thursday, blaming users for “using the platform incorrectly”. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Outrage in Italy over pornographic website with doctored images of prominent women

Phica posted altered photos, with vulgar and sexist captions, of women including prime minister Giorgia MeloniA pornographic website that posted doctored photos of a host of high-profile Italian women, including the prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, and opposition leader, Elly Schlein, has sparked outrage in Italy.The photos, accompanied by vulgar and sexist captions, were either harvested from personal social media accounts or public sources before being altered and published on the Italian platform, called Phica, which has more than 700,000 subscribers. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Outrage in Italy over porn site with doctored images of prominent women

Altered photos of women including Giorgia Meloni were posted on site along with vulgar and sexist captionsA pornographic website that posted doctored photos of a host of high-profile Italian women including the prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, and the opposition leader, Elly Schlein, has sparked outrage in Italy.The photos, accompanied by vulgar and sexist captions, were either harvested from personal social media accounts or public sources before being altered and published on the Italian platform Phica, which has more than 700,000 subscribers. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Female students to be forced to share toilets and changing rooms with biological males as top universities across the UK flout the rules

Women at University College London (pictured, file photo) have revealed the institution has continued to allow trans women to use female facilities.

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7 d. ago Dreams on the diamond: photos of Women's Professional Baseball League tryouts

The Women’s Professional Baseball League is set to launch next year, with tryouts held Aug. 22-25 in Washington. The tryouts are open to all players, making way for competitors of all ages to chase their dream of playing professionally.

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1 week ago Mo'ne Davis and women from around the world chase pro baseball dreams at WPBL tryouts

Open tryouts for the Women’s Professional Baseball League have begun at the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy

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2 w. ago Man caught at Walmart had hundreds of upskirt photos of different women on his phone, police say

Damian Bravo, 23, was arrested on suspicion of invasion of privacy, authorities said.

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2 w. ago ‘We made it our catwalk’: the photos showing Black British women’s Saturday night fashion through the ages

Archivist Deborah Carnegie has gathered 70 years’ worth of photos of women from the Windrush generation to the present day getting ready for a big evening out – and changing the face of fashion in the UK as they wentBefore the beat drops, there is first the bedroom. A hot comb sizzling fresh from the stove, the gentle whirring of a sewing machine. A group of women cross-legged on the floor, swapping clothes and gossip: who got turned away at the club door last weekend? Who might show up tonight?For the London-based archivist Deborah Carnegie, there is something atavistic and sacred about the pre-night out ritual, in particular for Black British women. It is the subject of her latest work, a photography archive spanning 1950 to the present day, chronicling Black British women’s Saturday night fashion across the decades. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Thousands of users’ personal data — including their IDs — were leaked from a popular male revenge dating app

A widely downloaded new app invites men to review the women they’ve dated, and asks for photo ID to verify their identity. What could possibly go wrong?

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2 w. ago Thousands of users’ personal data — like their IDs — were leaked from a popular male revenge dating app

A widely downloaded new app invites men to review the women they’ve dated, and asks for photo ID to verify their identity. What could possibly go wrong?

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2 w. ago 'Monster' raped woman as she slept and took covert photos of women on the toilet

Ian Hennah, 58, was discovered with the indecent images of women using the toilet after a hard drive was examined by the police

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2 w. ago A male revenge app is currently #2 on the app charts — and the IDs of the men using it have been leaked

A widely downloaded new app invites men to review the women they’ve dated, and asks for photo ID to verify their identity. What could possibly go wrong?

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3 w. ago Women call out ‘creepy’ experiences on Vinted as trolls and image thieves target site

Scrutiny of selling platforms grows as female users warning of harassment on sites after photos stolen and sexualisedUsers of secondhand clothing websites such as Vinted are warning about the danger their images will be used against their will on pornography sites, and sounding the alarm about the spread of sexually charged harassment under their posts.The potential for hijacking photos posted on the internet for real or faked erotic content has long been known, but victims and their advocates say culprits appear to have zeroed in on Vinted with targeted campaigns. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Women behind the lens: ‘In Venezuela, the culture of pageants goes far beyond beauty’

Photographer Fabiola Ferrero explores her country’s obsession with beauty competitions and how they they are intertwined with politics and oilVenezuela holds two world records: the most international beauty crowns and the largest proven oil reserves in the world – two apparently unrelated titles that in fact are closely aligned. In the minds of Venezuelans, beauty and oil are tied to the idea of progress, modernity and our relationship with power, especially since the oil boom of the mid 20th century transformed us from a rural country to the richest nation in Latin America in the 1970s.During this time Miss Venezuela epitomised the nation’s aspirations. Even in the midst of the hardest economic and political crisis in our history, the pageants continue. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Photos from 'In Women's Words' exhibition that showcases modern Iranian women artists

Visitors attend an exhibition called “In Women’s Words,” which displays works by modern Iranian women artists. The works are from the collection of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in Iran.

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