Tag Archives: Violence Against Women

“So, you know, I figured it was a domestic-violence dispute…”

By Syreeta | Published: May 7, 2013
TweetThe happy ending to a terrible and frightening story of three missing women held in captivity in a Cleveland neighborhood for over ten years:  They have been reunited with their families because a neighbor intervened in what he thought was a domestic violence incident. Charles Ramsey “heard screaming. I’m eating McDonald’s. I see this girl [...]
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Here’s “The Ex” shooting target that Zombie Industries sells

By Maya | Published: May 6, 2013
Tweet*Trigger warning* At the National Rifle Association convention this past weekend, vendor Zombie Industries was asked to remove a shooting target that looks like President Obama. The company sells more than a dozen mannequins that “bleed” when shot, and as it states on its website, “to discriminate against Women by not having them represented in our product selection [...]
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The UnSlut Project

By Unslut Project | Published: April 26, 2013
Tweet“It gets better” for LGBTQ youth, but also for young women bullied and called “slut.” The recent suicides of Rehtaeh Parsons, Amanda Todd, Felicia Garcia, and others demonstrate the tragic hopelessness “slut shaming” can create for young girls. By encouraging women who have survived this type of bullying to share their stories and perspectives, The [...]
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A mainstream media conversation about Steubenville and rape culture

By zerlina | Published: March 19, 2013
TweetI was thrilled to be included in a conversation about rape culture last night on The Ed Show on MSNBC. The segment focused on the problematic media coverage of yesterday’s Steubenville verdict and included me, Professor Salamishah Tillet, and Irin Carmon. And what happens when you have three out feminists talking about rape culture on [...]
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Steubenville text messages and the confusion over consent

By zerlina | Published: March 15, 2013
TweetI was on Democracy Now! this morning to talk about rape culture, Steubenville, and consent. Check out the segment below. The first two days of testimony in the Steubenville rape trial are proof positive that we need to teach young people about consent. The testimony about the text messages the defendants sent and received that [...]
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