Tag Archives: Violence Against Women
What matters
TweetHer name was Reeva Steenkamp, and she was allegedly shot by her boyfriend this week. That’s all that matters. It doesn’t matter that he’s an Olympic track star. It doesn’t matter that she was blonde and “leggy.” It doesn’t matter that she posed for “bikini clad, vamping photo spreads” or spoke out against rape. What [...]
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Conservative SuperPAC interns make a fake sex tape with a panda and Hillary Clinton
TweetFreedomWorks is an astroturf conservative tea party group financed in large part by the Koch Brothers and Big Tobacco. Elements of the tea party may have started on the grassroots level, but that didn’t last for long when rich conservatives saw the movement as an opportunity to capitalize on the tea party’s energy. Enter FreedomWorks. [...]
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While not perfect, #1billionrising is a step in the right direction
TweetOne Billion Rising is a global movement started by playwright and V- day founder Eve Ensler. Today on the 15th anniversary of V-day, in cities across the globe, survivors and allies are gathering in solidarity to bring awareness to the epidemic of violence against women by dancing flash mob style. ONE BILLION RISING IS: A [...]
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A GIF Guide to the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
TweetIn 1993, U.S. Senator Joseph Biden and the majority staff of the Senate Judiciary Committee conclude a three‐year investigation into the causes and effects of violence against women. In his introduction to the report, Senator Biden states, “Through this process, I have become convinced that violence against women reflects as much a failure of our nation’s collective moral imagination [...]
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Rihanna going back to Chris Brown doesn’t make her a “bad girl”