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The Contrarian

Commentary: The Femen Effect On Feminism

Femen activists demonstrate in front of the headquarters of the International Ice Hockey Federation in Zurich in February. They were trying to draw attention to the political situation in Belarus ahead of that country's hosting of the Hockey World Cup in 2014.

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November 28, 2012
Four years and a new office in Paris later, the Ukrainian activist group Femen, which professes to use “sextremism” to fight against patriarchy as manifested by dictatorship, the church, and the sex industry, more closely resembles a girlie show. More flash than substance. More

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