"She’s just a loose girl,” responded my Kyiv colleague when I asked her about how Ukrainian media were covering the tragic story of Oksana Makar, an 18-year-old girl from the southern city of Mykolayiv who had been gang-raped, strangled, dumped in a pit, and set ablaze. On the day of our conversation, Oksana was fighting for her life. Her kidneys were severely damaged, one of her arms had been amputated, her lungs were in danger, and 55 percent of her body was burned. I frankly didn’t know how to respond to such a value judgment from an intelligent and, by all previous indications, seemingly >>>

Politicians, diplomats and members of the press were shocked when three young, topless protesters were arrested in January at the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland. They marched down streets holding signs that said "Poor because of you," attempted to climb over chain-link fences into private areas, and screamed at police. The public couldn't look away. That was Femen. In 2008, the Ukrainian women's protest group made waves across Europe by showing up to protest in frigid temperatures wearing very little clothing and often nothing at all on top. The women's model looks, long >>>