Tag Archives: slut-shaming
Matt Lauer is gross, Anne Hathaway kicks slut shaming’s ass
TweetAnne Hathaway went the Today show yesterday to promote Les Miserables (which I am ridiculously excited about like the big nerd I am). And Matt Lauer took the interview as an opportunity to be a disgusting, patronizing pig. Hathaway had a “wardrobe malfuction” while getting out of a car at the New York premiere of Les [...]
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Let’s avoid the slut shaming headlines, shall we?
TweetDear American Media, can we not write headlines like this: This Reuters article does something pretty annoying in my view. It tries to piecemeal a triangle between Paula Broadwell, Jill Kelley and Holly Petraeus, struggling to cobble a narrative arc ultimately leading us down the path to absolve David Petraeus as if Guido Anselmi in Felini’s [...]
Rape culture rampant in Missoula, Montana and everywhere else too
Tweet**Trigger warning** A couple weeks ago, the Justice Department launched a federal investigation into the handling of sexual assault cases in Missoula, Montana. The town has seen 80 reported rapes in the last three years–including 11 cases involving students and accusations against several Grizzlies football players–but local officials say that’s typical for a college town [...]
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The Wednesday Weigh-In: Let’s Talk About Birth Control For REAL Edition
Tweet There’s been a lot of talk about birth control lately. But much of the conversation has been centered around politics and policies, and as a result, the realities of birth control usage have fallen by the wayside a bit. Maybe that’s why people like Rush Limbaugh make statements which seem to suggest that their [...]
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The New Scarlet Letter