That Which Does Not Kill Nicki Minaj Makes Her Stronger
She adds: "I will cry about something but I never let anything stop me. I can't be like my mom. I know I can cut ties and still make it. She didn't cut ties when [she] should have."
Wife Bites Off Husband's Tongue After Toilet-Kiss
Karen Lueders had been "talking very fast and talking about spiritual things" in the days before she severed her husband's tongue with her teeth. Willard Lueders communicated to cops via written messages and doesn't blame Karen, but her "mental state."
Man Arrested For Allegedly Waterboarding Girlfriend
Over the weekend in Lincoln, Nebraska, 22-year-old Trevor Case accused his girlfriend of "spending time with another man." They argued. Then He waterboarded her.
PSA Fights Domestic Violence With Audience Participation
A new interactive campaign in London asks the viewer whether or not they want to call 999 (911 for the UK city) upon hearing noises from a nearby domestic disturbance. It's an effective method, if not a pleasant one.
Arizona Immigration Law Is An Attack On All Women
In addition to the obvious racist and xenophobic implications of the new Arizona immigration law, in addition to the obvious concerns that this unlawful law targets residents based on the hue of their skin and the language on their lips…
"Looking Away Supports Violence"
A German ad agency recently put up a series of fake scenes of violence in windows of high visibility apartments to raise awareness about domestic abuse. Like the Keira Knightley clip, it is brutal, but effective. [Copyranter]
Should More Women Be Screened For Domestic Violence?
15 years after the Violence Against Women Act, what's the next step toward helping the 1.5 million women assaulted by domestic partners every year? Barbara Kantrowitz and Pat Wingert at Newsweek explore that question, but the answer remains unclear.
1 In 3 British Girls Has Suffered Sexual Abuse In A Relationship
On the same day British glamour girl Jordan is first speaking publicly about being raped when she was younger, a new study's been published showing that 1 in 3 girls in the UK has suffered sexual abuse in a relationship.
Oldies But (Not So) Goodies
If you have 15¢ and a time machine, you can send for this "rollicking" vintage pamphlet titled "Why You Should Beat Your Wife," which apparently is a "manly art." Click to enlarge. [Vintage Ads]
How To Talk About Domestic Violence
Former sex-crimes prosecutor and novelist Linda Fairstein has written an essay for the Daily Beast called "Next Time, He'll Kill You, directed to Rihanna. The problem? She uses Nicole Brown Simpson as a cautionary tale.
Hazard Warning
Lawmakers in the UK are considering legislation that would require police to monitor repeat abusers in the same way that they do pedophiles - which includes informing future girlfriends of possible risk. [Guardian]
The Many Sad Truths About Domestic Violence
Leslie Morgan Steiner's memoir details how she was assaulted 20 times before leaving her abusive marriage. In a Q&A with Newsweek she says: "I thought it only happened to poor women with children and without options."
What Will Happen To Chris Brown & Rihanna?
Right now, the latest on Chris Brown is that he was booked for making criminal threats, not domestic abuse. The reason?
Domestic Violence Allegations: An "Unpleasant Piece of Status Quo for the NFL"
At Slate, Robert Weintraub notes some unfortunate Super Bowl trivia: "The big game's two biggest stars, [Santonio] Holmes and [Larry] Fitzgerald, have both been accused of domestic assault." So why aren't we talking about it?
Patterns Of Abuse
A recent study published in the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery has found a new way to identify victims of domestic violence through the presence of fractures around the eye or upper face.
Is Being A Bad Mother The Most Heinous Crime Of All?
Yesterday we wrote about
an adoptive mother named Yvette Maguire who gave her child back after a mere two weeks with the boy, because, as she said, "I felt no bond with him whatsoever. People were brutal towards Maguire for what they considered to be terrible mothering, and today that Nixzaliz Santiago, the mother of…
Some Parents Looking To Adopt Find Bureaucratic Roadblocks
According to the most recent government statistics, 600,000 women are looking to adopt children to whom they are not related. 129,000 foster children are waiting to be adopted, and only 8,000 were adopted last year by parents to whom they had no prior relationship. In the
Washington Post, adoption advocate Jeff Katz …
"Honor Killings" In Western Pakistan Spark Parliamentary Protests
Newspapers across the world are beginning to report on a spate of
"honor killings" that were perpetrated in the rural Balochistan province of Pakistan in July. According to , the five women — three of whom were teens — were buried alive as punishment for "willfulness." The that they were killed "after the women…
Last night, after we posted the clip of
silver medal-winning pole vaulter Jenn Stuczynski being chewed out by her coach, Rick Suhr, we got an email from Jezefriend and Arianne Cohen, pointing out an interesting detail in the dynamic between Suhr and Stuczynski. "In , it talks about how she LIVES all alone with him,…
Aussie Feminist Germaine Greer Argues That Domestic Violence Against Aboriginal Women Is Understandable
There are few countries in the world that have clean hands when it comes to the rights of indigenous peoples. From our own treatment of Native Americans to the behavior of the Chinese in Tibet and beyond, there too often has been and too often remains an us-and-them mentality on both sides that is harmful for all…
