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Saudi Arabia Isn't Having a Feminist Revolution
When it comes to women's rights, Saudi Arabia takes baby steps to a whole new level of infancy. (In utero steps? Spermy steps?) They just released their first ever anti-domestic-violence ad, so I guess that's something, but women are still unable to defend themselves against those cases in court. I spoke to Nouf Alhimiary, a 20-year-old photographer from Jeddah, about the challenges she faced when trying to put on an art exhibition about Saudi women. Full story
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Hungary Is Destroying Itself from the Inside
Although Hungary isn't a country famed for its defenses, in 2013 it's not alien armies they have to worry about: it's the burgeoning far-right movement, a worrying level of state control, and an increase in censorship all brewing within its own borders. Full story
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What Is Obscene?
The same people who get upset about 'American Psycho' or 'Irreversible' or 'A Serbian Film' or de Sade or whatever other kind of work that incorporates nasty language or violence are the same ones who begin their day watching 'The View' and Kelly Ripa's show, both of which nearly… Full story
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Ai Weiwei Still Knows How to Piss Off the Chinese Government
A friend of his just made a film about him called "Never Sorry." The movie follows the artist around for several years from 2008 and ends shortly after Weiwei returns from a shady 81-day disappearance/detention. Full story
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Harry's Freedom Foxhole - The Republicans Want to Ban Porn
They’re trying to chip away at the First Amendment and reestablish the social mores of—when? The 50s? The 19th century? Full story
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