
“For the very first time I really enjoyed sex!”—how lesbian escort agencies became a form of self-care in Japan
The Lesbian Girls Club, an escort agency with branches in Osaka and Tokyo, provides female sex workers for female clients.

The Lesbian Girls Club, an escort agency with branches in Osaka and Tokyo, provides female sex workers for female clients.

Netflix faces calls for a boycott after it removed its “Palestinian Stories” collection of approximately 24 films this October.

Iyashikei is a Japanese genre that tells stories designed to comfort and heal weary readers by creating an aesthetic of calm.

As the circuit of contemporary art flourishes with collaborations across species, it’s a good moment to revisit this seminal work by Paik.

Scholar José Lingna Nafafé punctures conventional wisdom by revealing how Lourenço da Silva Mendonça opposed slave sales in the 17th century.

The film goes beyond mainstream narratives, enabling viewers to imagine an India they often don’t get to see.

Authoritarian regimes rely on patriarchal structures to consolidate their power. In Iran, this partnership serves to control women’s bodies.

There is an evolutionary need for parents to protect their children from harm, but children must also take necessary risks in order to grow.

The Crown stayed murder charges against Top5 after a judge ruled that his lyrics and social media content could not be used as evidence.

INTERPOL espouses international cooperation in law enforcement, but it continues to deny Taiwan observer status at its general assembly.










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This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.
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