February 2008

Reasons to Take the Bus

by Cara February 19, 2008

A man in London has just been arrested on charges of drugging and raping women he picked up in his taxi cab. Though there are countless published stories about the case, the information is exceedingly limited in all of them. Here is the gist: Up to 35 women may have been drugged and raped by [...]

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Trigger Warning: Man Admits to Raping Victim’s Body, Denies Murder

by Cara February 19, 2008

Again, I’m issuing a trigger warning as strongly as I can. I’ve written about a hell of a lot of disturbing, disgusting cases of rape and gender violence. And this easily ranks among the most repulsive. . . . A man is in court for the 2005 rape and murder of a young model. I [...]

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And here I was thinking that we should demand structural change

by Cara February 18, 2008

The Times has an article on two new books about how women can get ahead in the workplace. I’m sure that we’ll hear a lot about both of them in the next few weeks/months as the media trips all over itself at the opportunity to spew misogyny while not actually being held responsible for it. [...]

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Distributing Homemade Porn without Ex’s Consent Could Land Man in Jail

by Cara February 18, 2008

This greatly pleases me: a Hong Kong man who posted sex videos of his ex-girlfriend online without her consent could face jail time. A jilted Hong Kong boyfriend who posted video clips on the internet of his ex-lover having sex with him was warned on Monday that he could face jail. Lee Wing-fung, 29, uploaded [...]

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Italian Police Interrogate Woman After Legal Abortion, Confiscate Fetus

by Cara February 17, 2008

Abortion has long been a highly controversial topic in Italy, with its large Roman Catholic population. But an outrageous move by law enforcement officials has recently made things a lot more heated — and just in time for a national election. The controversy over Italy’s 30-year-old law legalizing abortion stirred up demonstrations this week in [...]

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Offensive Remark of the Week: Glenn Beck Thinks He Can Call Other People Ugly Edition

by Cara February 16, 2008

If you’ve ever heard conservative TV and radio host Glenn Beck’s name, you undoubtedly know that he’s an asshole. Simple enough, no big shocks there. He’s also dumb as a bag of rocks. The other night, I was out for pizza, the restaurant TV was unfortunately tuned to CNN, and Beck was talking about the [...]

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Carnival Against Sexual Violence 41

by Cara February 15, 2008

The latest Carnival Against Sexual Violence is up. I happen to have a few posts in it, but that’s not why I’m promoting it (though obviously that doesn’t hurt). It’s a great carnival and resource, and Marcella does a wonderful job with it.  It also seems to get less hype than it deserves.  For those [...]

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Ithaca College: Marijuana gets you fired. Rape, not so much.

by Cara February 15, 2008

To all of the assholes last week whose comments both deleted and published demanded proof — proof, I say! — that we live in a rape culture and that men who are undoubtedly guilty of sexual assault very regularly get away with their crimes: here you go, assholes. The guy who admitted to attempted sexual [...]

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Shampoo, Toothpaste and Vibrators: Perfect Valentine’s Day Supplies

by Cara February 14, 2008

In honor of Valentine’s Day, here’s this article from Newsweek about how drugstores are now starting to sell “sexual aids” right out there in the open with the non-sinful products:

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Who wants their tween traumatized and brainwashed? I know just the school.

by Cara February 13, 2008

You know, with all of the horrible, incomprehensible shit I’ve written about this week, in addition to that I’ve read but haven’t found the time to post on, I can’t exactly get myself into a truly righteous outrage over this relatively minor incident. But I do find it interesting and mildly amusing that just a [...]

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