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- April 15, 2026
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Sex Work Exhibition Opens at German Museum

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The Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn opens a special exhibition on the cultural history of sex work, based on a collaboration with sex worker researchers, based on the principle “Nothing About Us Without Us.” From the museum’s online announcement: “The exhibition highlights the creative and artistic role that sex workers also play. To tell a cultural history […]

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- April 15, 2026
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How to Own Your Narrative

Nillin Lore’s recently published Carry On: Unpacking Your Internalized Transphobic and Queerphobic Baggage (Thornapple Press, March 20, 2026) is a self-help book of sorts for Queer and Trans people. The chapters span topics from self-advocacy to finding community and dealing with queer/transphobia. Gender and sexuality are both front and centre in contemporary moral panics around […]

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- April 1, 2026
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The Pink Pill

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You’ve heard of the little blue pill, but have you heard of the little pink pill? Although there are currently 26 drugs approved to address sexual dysfunction in men, only one drug has been approved to address the issue in women. A new documentary, The Pink Pill, looks at the struggle to get the female […]

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- April 1, 2026
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Husband Humiliated Celebrity Wife with Deepfake Porn and Social Media

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German TV actress  and MTV presenter Collien Fernandes has accused ex-husband Christian Ulmen, also a former MTV presenter, comedian, and actor, of being behind a long series of deepfake images and social media accounts in which he impersonated her and pretended to be offering phone sex to numerous associates of the couple in the film […]

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- March 15, 2026
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Michael Jackson’s Second Family

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In the lead up to the long-awaited release of the new Michael Jackson biopic – out in theatres on April 24, 2026 in the U.S. and the U.K. – accusations of Jackson as both a sexual abuser and trafficker continue to foment a damning shadow over the King of Pop’s legacy. The Jackson estate recently […]

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- March 15, 2026
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On Men Who Blame Progress for Their Pain

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A recently released Netflix documentary on the “manosphere” is making some big cultural waves. In it, Louis Theroux, a British filmmaker and journalist, interviews prominent young and charismatic male influencers who feel victimized and ostracized in a world that’s been improved by feminism and other pursuits toward sociopolitical justice. According to the BBC, the manosphere […]

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- March 15, 2026
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Saving Face

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The Face: A Cultural History by Fay Bound-Albert is a fascinating and recently published cultural anthropological project that explores how human societies have interpreted and valued the face over time. Bound-Alberti analyzes how those interpretations influence identity, power, and social hierarchy in the here and now. The face is also something that contemporary gendered and […]

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- February 15, 2026
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More Heated Rivalry: International Cultural Phenomenon and Personal Stories

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Heated Rivalry, the Queer Canadian sports series, is the gift that keeps giving. Hard Copy has reported on the series in previous editions (December 15 and January 15) and we can’t help but continue to report on the world-wide cultural sensation that is Heated Rivalry. If any more proof of the world-wide reach of the […]

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- February 2, 2026
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A Curious Case of Catfishing

The “bed trick” is a literary device and behavioral phenomenon that can be found in traditions around the globe. From appearances in the bible’s Old Testament to contemporary cultural manifestations like “catfishing” that play out on popular dating/sex apps, the bed trick is a trope of deception in which sexual subjects find themselves fucking (or […]

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- February 2, 2026
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Grok and Deepfake Porn

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Grok, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot on his social media platform X, is stirring up controversy. After the AI chatbot spewed nonconsensual sexualized deepfake images, the EU opened a formal investigation into X. The investigation will examine whether Grok is living up to its obligations under the Digital Services Act, the bloc’s wide-ranging rule book for […]

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