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Rape and Sexual Assault
Manipulation, by Rebecca Mott
“No wonder that women that in the middle of girlfriend experience and or escorting must believe they are empowered, that it must be safer than other forms of prostitution – and that in many ways it is not prostitution. “To see it as prostitution, is to see your own terror, to know that punters have pre-planned … Continue reading
“Intentional Sex Torts” — 2
Note: I was going to post this as a comment to the original “Intentional Sex Torts” thread, but I couldn’t import the formatting (I formatted it inside of a “New Post” box on my dashboard) and don’t have time to reformat. And, maybe it’s better to start a fresh thread anyway, for several reasons. So, here it … Continue reading
“Intentional Sex Torts”: Making Laws That Work for Women and What Happens to Feminist Attorneys Who Try
To the extent your reality does not fit the law’s picture, your rape is not illegal. The implications of this for everyday sex life are that any man who knows a woman of the same race can probably get away with raping her. The better he knows her, the more likely he is to get … Continue reading
The Silencing of Tracy K. Barker: Sexually Assaulted by State Department Official, Raped by Halliburton/KBR Supervisor in Iraq, Denied Justice
Tracy Barker, former Halliburton/KBR Employee by Cheryl Lindsey Seelhoff, Women’s Space, May 4, 2008 Introduction Last January I blogged about Jamie Leigh Jones, a Halliburton/KBR employee in Iraq who was brutally gang-raped by co-workers after having had her drink surreptitiously drugged. She was so badly injured in the attack, she required surgery. She was seen … Continue reading
End the Violence Against Women Now
One in 3 women and girls may be beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in their lifetime. Shocking, isn’t it? But what’s equally upsetting is that most women don’t denounce their abusers because they are afraid of further violence and of being stigmatized. Help us speak out for these women. Add your name to … Continue reading
Update: Cesar Armando Laurean Arrested in Mexico — Marine Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach and Her Unborn Child Murdered: Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean Sought
Update April 11, 2008: Marine Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean has been apprehended in Mexico, thin and with a buck in his pocket. He said he’d been hiding out, eating fruit he found and sleeping in fields. His tattoos and the fact that he didn’t speak Spanish well raised suspicions among police. He is to be … Continue reading
Chief of Immigration Enforcement Awards Employee for Blackface Costume, References to Krome Detention Center
Published: April 9, 2008 WASHINGTON — The nation’s top immigration enforcement official ordered the destruction of photographs of an office Halloween party that showed a white agency employee dressed as a black detainee, according to a Congressional investigation whose report was released on Tuesday. Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image James Estrin/The New … Continue reading
“The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo”
Dear Editor: I am writing from Women Make Movies, a non-profit distributor of independent film, to let you know about the upcoming national HBO broadcast premiere of THE GREATEST SILENCE: RAPE IN THE CONGO, a groundbreaking documentary that exposes the systematic rape and torture of thousands of women and girls happening in the war-torn … Continue reading
What Clinton and Obama Could be Doing: “Leveraging the Power of Race and Gender”
Leveraging the Power of Race and Gender by KAVITA NANDINI RAMDAS As the contest for a Democratic presidential nominee enters its final stages, the feminist dilemma has become palpable and painful. My inbox has been filled with passionate and provocative pieces from Katha Pollitt, Frances Kissling, Caroline Kennedy and Feminists for Peace and Barack Obama, … Continue reading
Dear Mr. President
Thanks to Chrysalis of the Women’s Security Council.
Megan Williams Update
eeni posted an update to the Megan Williams thread saying that one person, a woman, has pled guilty to a hate crime in the horrific assaults on Megan Williams. Five persons have been indicted for having raped and tortured her. I went to the site of the attorney quoted in the link, Malik Shabazz of Black Lawyers for Justice, … Continue reading
Request for Help from Stop Porn Culture — Help Congolese Women and Girls Fight Sexual Violence
Dear Stop Porn Culture Supporters, Last month, SPC was contacted by Groupe d’Action pour le Droit (GAD), a non-profit NGO in the Democratic Republic of Congo that advocates for the human rights of children, youth and women affected by sexual violence. They do counseling for survivors of sexual trauma and community education about the issue. … Continue reading
In Support of Hillary Rodham Clinton: Good-bye to All That, Part II, by Robin Morgan
by Robin Morgan (and thanks to the Women’s Media Center) “Goodbye To All That” was my (in)famous 1970 essay breaking free from a politics of accommodation especially affecting women (online version is here.) During my decades in civil-rights, anti-war, and contemporary women’s movements, I’ve avoided writing another specific “Goodbye . . .”. But not … Continue reading
“Peep Toe & Toe Cleavage”? Woman-Only Commuter Coaches: Yes! (Update — Woman-Only Buses Now in Mexico City)
Mexico City’s woman-only buses were rolled out January 24. Mexico City has become the newest city to debut woman-only buses. While the city has long operated woman-only subway cars during rush hour, complete with police overseeing the segregating of the sexes on subway platforms, the woman-only buses are new, a response to women’s ongoing complaints of being … Continue reading
The Padlocked Vagina — Rape as Torture in the Congo
WARNING — MAY TRIGGER “To intensify the cruelty, soldiers are even shooting women in the vagina, destroying their systems so completely that numerous operations are necessary—and even then repair may not be possible.” By Suki Falconberg “Go where you are least welcome; it is where you are most needed.” –Abigail Kelley Foster Of the many … Continue reading
THE JAMIE LEIGH JONES GANG RAPE SCANDAL: HALLIBURTON/KBR EMPLOYEE GANG RAPED IN IRAQ BY AMERICAN CO-WORKERS WHO CANNOT BE PROSECUTED
The young woman testifying before Congress in the video above is Jamie Leigh Jones, an amazingly courageous young woman. Be warned, her testimony is immensely disturbing and might be triggering. Jones was gang raped in Iraq by at least seven men — all American employees of Halliburton’s former subsidiary, KBR (as she was at the … Continue reading
Rebecca at Spinning Spinsters
Read Rebecca at Spinning Spinsters. Continue reading
Michfest Online Winter Festival and Tent Revival-2
Staceyann Chinn Staceyann Chinn had us on our feet, fists raised, crying and hollering on opening night of last year’s festival. If you can, see her in person. You will never forget her.
China Bans Pornography, Rape Scenes, Film Depictions of Hardcore Sex
China has banned movie depictions of hardcore sexual activity and rape. Film studios producing hardcore sex movies risk losing permission to shoot films at all. In addition, erotic movie producers, directors and actors will be ineligible to compete for film awards or for taking part in any film awards. Also restricted are vulgar language and … Continue reading
Saudi “Justice Ministry” Says “Resorting to the Media” Could Cause More Harm to Raped Woman Sentenced to 200 Lashes– UDATE, Rape Victim “Pardoned”
Increasingly media, bloggers included — maybe especially — are being warned not to publicize this kind of outrage, told if we do, we may make things more difficult for women being victimized. Continue reading
The Farm at Huge Creek, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, The Feminist Hullaballoo
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