MSNBC's Tamron Hall hasn't spoken much about the murder of her sister who died as a result of domestic violence, but during a Television Critics Association panel yesterday morning, she opened up about the horrible incident, explaining how she wished she would have noticed the signs that her sister was in danger sooner …
George Zimmerman's girlfriend, who just last month called 911 after she says the man who killed — BUT DID NOT MURDER — unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin was threatening her with a gun, is now saying that she "misspoke" and that she wants to drop charges and be with George again. If Lifetime original movies about…
Well, here's a little sour seasoning for one inspirational tale of endurance. The Denver Post reports that Aron Ralston (the man who inspired 127 Hours) and his girlfriend were both arrested on charges of assault and "wrongs to minors" on Sunday. Their eight-week-old child was reportedly present at the time, though the…
Aspire News is a new app out for iPhone and Android that's made for people in abusive relationships. It's an interesting idea, and one that might actually help a lot of people.
George Zimmerman, the gun-loving nutcase who killed BUT DID NOT MURDER unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, has been arrested on domestic violence charges and is currently en route to the Seminole County Jail, according to Sheriff Don Eslinger. WESH-Channel 2 is reporting that law enforcement officials said the dispute…
In awful news out of Florida, a woman has been charged with rape after assaulting her partner with a 'marital aid,' according to police reports.
George Zimmerman, the gun waving lunatic who killed BUT DID NOT MURDER unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, is in the middle of a messy divorce. The latest allegation brought by his estranged wife is that once when he was mad at her, he nailed a bullseye riddled with bullet holes to her parents' house. "Yep, sounds about…
For twelve bucks, you can purchase "domestic violence" anise sage from an online gardening store whose owner thinks offensive always = hilaaaarious.
Thanks to leading eBook self-publishing website Lulu.com, 20-year-old Emily Kwissa was able to share her own account of surviving years of domestic violence and sexual molestation at the hands of her former stepfather — the version that's been doubted and ignored by doctors, lawyers, and other adults throughout her…
Two seemingly unrelated stories in the New York Times about violence against women in two different European countries demonstrate that if you just listen to women, they'll tell you what they need to fix a problem. A while the answer is usually more help from the government, women usually point to different solutions…
Navigating social media can be both difficult and daunting: for the average Internet user, controlling your privacy settings is often simply baffling (I stopped understanding how they function about three "new Facebooks" ago and I basically sleep with my laptop clutched to my breast). For any survivor of domestic…
Nigella Lawson's soon-to-be-ex husband Charles Saatchi announced this weekend that he's divorcing his wife because she didn't make a big fucking show of defending him after a series of horrifying photos of him publicly strangling her made the media rounds a month ago. In his self-pitying statement announcing he was…
Three in ten women have been "punched, shoved, dragged, threatened with weapons, raped, or subjected to other violence" from former or current boyfriends/husbands, while half of all murdered women are killed by their partners, according to the first global, systematic study of violence against women.
After pictures surfaced this weekend of British mogul Charles Saatchi choking his wife Nigella Lawson during what appeared to be an argument in a restaurant, the mostly well-meaning public response has ranged from "God, that's awful" to "GET A DIVORCE!" Actually, the sort of response that makes you want to take a bunch of…
Yesterday, the Mirror printed a horrifying set of photographs in which Charles Saatchi is apparently choking his wife Nigella Lawson. Specifically, the photos show Saatchi's hand wrapped around Lawson's throat. She is grimacing, terrified-looking, and in tears. Following a much-deserved public outcry, Saatchi has …
While speaking at Houston's Comicpalooza, an audience member asked Sir Patrick Stewart what he's most proud about in his life, besides acting. He responded by talking about his work helping to bring light to the issue of violence against women — and his words are all kinds of wise, insightful, and compassionate.
Judging by tabloid talk shows, crazy ladies regularly cut holes in condoms and lie about taking birth control in order to trick men into becoming baby daddies. But doctors are now being instructed to look for the opposite: women who are pressured into getting pregnant. They're not rare.
By Monday night, Charles Ramsey — the Cleveland man who aided in the rescue of kidnap victims Gina DeJesus, Michelle Knight and Amanda Berry that same afternoon — was being touted (rightfully) as a hero. Then on Wednesday, days after his post rescue interview had gone viral, his own history of domestic violence came…
We're all horrified that Ariel Castro allegedly kidnapped and imprisoned three young women for a decade so he could rape and beat them at his convenience. But given the circumstances that allowed him to evade suspicion for so long, Castro's case is a not-so-hyperbolic allegory for what millions of domestic violence…
It'll come as a surprise to nobody anywhere ever to learn that the psychopath who kidnapped, imprisoned, raped, and tortured three women for ten years reportedly has a history of repeatedly abducting his daughters and threatening to kill his wife and daughters.
