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On Dismissing Sexual Violence Against Some Women As “Cultural”

by Cara June 25, 2010

Strong Trigger Warning for discussions and descriptions of sexual violence, rape apologism, war, murder, and racism. This morning, an incredible op-ed by Lisa Shannon was published in the New York Times, entitled “No, Sexual Violence is Not ‘Cultural.’” Of course, those of us here know that rape culture is very, very real. But the context [...]

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LGBT Youth Face High Rates of Homelessness and Incarceration

by Cara June 22, 2010

Trigger Warning for discussions/descriptions of homophobic and transphobic violence, including but not limited to sexual violence. Yesterday, two really important stories were released about LGBT youth in the U.S. — one in the Nation about incarceration, one from the Center for American Progress about homelessness. The fact that LGBT youth face much higher risks of [...]

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Rape, Male Victims, and Why We Need to Care

by Cara June 11, 2010

Trigger Warning for rape apologism and discussions of sexual violence Earlier this week, Meghan Murphy of the Feminist Media Collective blog wrote a piece attacking an old blog post I wrote about rape apologism specifically directed at male rape victims, as well as a recent post on a similar subject by RMJ over at Bitch. [...]

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U.S. State Department Relaxes Passport Rules for Transgender People

by Cara June 10, 2010

Some good news has just come out for many U.S. trans* folks: the U.S. State Department has decided that surgery is no longer a requirement for trans* individuals to change their gender markers on their passports. “Sexual reassignment surgery is no longer a prerequisite for passport issuance,” it said in a statement. From June 10, [...]

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Rape Victims Tell of Mistreatment by the NYPD

by Cara June 4, 2010

Trigger Warning for post and linked articles due to descriptions of sexual assault and rape apologism. The New York Times recently ran a story of four different women who reported rape to the NYPD and were horrifically mistreated by police officers, their cases dismissed, minimized, and even laughed at. Each of their stories is too [...]

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Man Reported Police Sexual Assault Against His Girlfriend, Now Faces Deportation

by Cara May 27, 2010

The man pictured above did a very, very scary thing. This man pictured above did the right thing. And for calling 911 while a police officer sexually assaulted his girlfriend during a traffic stop, Abel Moreno was arrested. His girlfriend was arrested, too. Then, things got even worse. Several things then happened. Five other women [...]

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Release of Innocent Man Shows Huge Flaws in Sexual Assault Prosecutions

by Cara May 7, 2010

In Australia, a man named Farah Jama was recently released from jail after spending 15 months there on a wrongful conviction for rape. Jama (pictured left) had an alibi for the night, was not seen by any witnesses at the scene of the alleged crime, and was not identified by the alleged victim, who was [...]

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Blogging Against Disablism Day: Ableism and Abuse

by Cara May 1, 2010

Trigger Warning for graphic descriptions of neglect and abuse against people with disabilities. Today is Blogging Against Disablism Day, which takes place on May 1st of every year. At this blog, I tend to write an awful lot about different forms of violence and abuse against women. I’ve talked in the past about various ways [...]

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Court Gives Women the Right to Sue Wal-Mart for Gender Discrimination

by Cara April 27, 2010

Yesterday, a federal appeals court ruled that a class action lawsuit against Wal-Mart, for alleged discrimination against female employees, can go forward. For almost ten years, the company has attempted to block the lawsuit, and is still unprepared to give up: A federal appeals court ruled Monday that thousands of female Wal-Mart employees can sue [...]

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New Report on Murdered and Missing Aboriginal Women and Girls in Canada

by Cara April 23, 2010

The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) has, through their Sisters in Spirit initiative, gathered information and released a report on Aboriginal women and girls who have gone missing or been murdered in Canada over the past generation (pdf). They found a total of 582 cases. Of those, 393 died as a result of murder [...]

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