Posts Tagged assault

Monserrate stands outside in front of a microphone. Another man looks on behind him.
By Brianna Suslovic • 6 years ago

Known Abuser Narrowly Loses New York City Election

On Tuesday, former New York State Senator Hiram Monserrate narrowly lost a campaign for a seat on New York City Council. Despite his loss, the fact that voters were willing to forgive and forget Monserrate, a known abuser, at the ballot box is concerning.

On Tuesday, former New York State Senator Hiram Monserrate narrowly lost a campaign for a seat on New York City Council. Despite his loss, the fact that voters were ...

TRUMPTAPE
By Juliana Britto Schwartz • 7 years ago

Trump is a sexual predator. I know it, you know it, we all know it.

Trigger Warning: sexual assault and harassment

Last week the Washington Post released a recording of Donald Trump telling Billy Bush that because of his fame, he could get away with doing anything to women including “grabbing them by the pussy” – otherwise known as assault. Today, a growing list of women have come out accusing the presidential hopeful of kissing or groping them without consent, hitting on children, and in one case raping a 13-year-old girl.

At this point I’d like to remind you that Donald Trump remains the Republican nominee for President of the United States. 

Trigger Warning: sexual assault and harassment

Last week the Washington Post released a recording of Donald Trump telling Billy Bush that because of his fame, he could get away with doing anything to women including “grabbing them by the pussy” ...

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By Reina Gattuso • 7 years ago

You assaulted me, now can you please call me back?

There is a hell that opens up by the telephone. You slip into it sometimes, the agony of the glowing screen, the machine just out of sight next to you. In the eighties it was the long rotini cord; by the late nineties, the sassy cordless. Women have known this hell ever since there were telephones by which to waste away, and daytime soap operas in which to depict the wasting.

There is a hell that opens up by the telephone. You slip into it sometimes, the agony of the glowing screen, the machine just out of sight next to you. In the eighties it was the long ...
By Lori Adelman • 12 years ago

Katie Roiphe Downplays Sexual Harrassment in the NY Times

Shorter Katie Roiphe in this weekend’s New York Times? Sexual harassment = NBD.

The casually titled article “In Favor of Dirty Jokes and Risqué Remarks” could almost be mistaken for an etiquette column, until you get to the terrifying and unmistakably political message: shut up with all the sexual harassment claims, mmk?

Roiphe has a long history of spouting anti-feminist rhetoric, as Rebecca Traister captures well in a book review for Salon.com:

The 38-year-old author first made her name as the baby bête noire of feminism with her 1993 screed against campus date-rape activism, “The Morning After.” The book made Roiphe, then a 25-year-old Harvard grad and the daughter of feminist writer Anne Roiphe, a child star of sorts, ...

Shorter Katie Roiphe in this weekend’s New York Times? Sexual harassment = NBD.

The casually titled article “In Favor of Dirty Jokes and Risqué Remarks” could almost be mistaken for an etiquette column, until you ...