An adorable and endearing family story is not the first thing that come to mind when I think about Heinz baked beans, but this animated commercial pulls it off perfectly in what could've been a Pixar short that aired before Up. 

"We are banning two scoops of the same flavor and encouraging our fans to contact their MPs to tell them that the time has come – make marriage equality legal! Love comes in all flavours!"

It's awesome when men get on the feminism train and realize that gender equality benefits everyone. Saudi Arabian artist-director-editor Majed el-Asa has scandalized his home country by creating a video in which women *gasp* go skateboarding, play basketball, and have fun at an amusement park. The video is called "Hwages," and it's obviously about more than just getting to drive bumper cars.

The Miss World Japan pageant was held on Monday, and the crown was awarded to 22-year-old Priyanka Yoshikawa, an elephant trainer and amateur kickboxer from Tokyo. There was a mixed response to her coronation, however, because Yoshikawa is mixed-race. Her mother is Japanese, and her father is Indian, making her "haafu," the Japanese word used in some parts of the country to refer to those with one non-Japanese parent.

Australian adolescence is put on full display in a new trailer from indie filmmakers, Oscilloscope Laboratories.

Last October, an Australian man got taken to court for a series of harassing Facebook comments; the posts concerned a woman that he did not know, and were written in mockery of a screenshot of her Tinder dating profile. Today, he pled guilty to having sent the threats, and now he faces up to three years of jail time.

As part of Feminism Week at University of Queensland, student Madeline Price came up with a delicious idea for demonstrating the the gender wage gap.

Life can be really confusing for a widdle babby koala. Like, sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between a tree and a human. They're both so tall!

Newtown High School of the Performing Arts, a school in Sydney, Australia, has just amended its dress code allowing students to wear the uniform of their choice, regardless of gender. Many are calling for other schools to do the same.

Nine-year-old Domenic Pace loves Iron Man. No, he really loves Iron Man. Like, there was a point during which his mother claims that he would only answer to the name "Tony." Domenic also has cystic fibrosis, and so his family approached the Make-A-Wish Foundation in Australia with his wish to be Iron Man for a day. They granted it, and with his 12-year-old brother, Joseph by his side as War Machine, Domenic suited up, becoming Iron Boy.

If anyone ever challenges you on the idea that Rape Culture is actually a thing in this world, go ahead and send them this story.

Some of New Zealand's female MPs were ordered to leave parliament yesterday for revealing themselves as survivors of sexual assault.

This past August, Olivia Melville faced an onslaught of harassment when another Facebook user shared a screen-capture of her Tinder profile, mocking Melville's inclusion of a quote from Drake's verse in the Nicki Minaj song "Only." What began as one person's cruel mockery spun outward into a viral harassment campaign, with threats of violence and rape sent to Melville's account.

I am having some serious mixed feelings regarding a teenage girl's decision to dress up as "Sexy Gandalf." Maybe you can help me out.

What is missing from this narrative are the ways in which we vilify and hold accountable Black male abusers and don’t do the same for white men with equally terrible track records.

The Kyle and Jackie O Show, an Australian radio show, brought on Domenic, a child with Cystic Fibrosis. According to BuzzFeed, was there through the Make-A-Wish foundation, and was told that he'd be on the show to perhaps just have a chat about how rad Hugh Jackman and Wolverine are.

Just the excuse I needed to make Mad Max: Fury Road's Wives into comic book superheroes!