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more about #domesticabuse more comments → AndPreciousLittleofThat: I would have liked to be a fly on the wall during the conversation between the advertisers and apartment owners. "Wait, you want to put up what now? ... more » BeckySharper: I am THISCLOSE to breaking Godwin's Law right now. more » bowleserised: Notice the slogan is in English... more » Penny: I think that copy is the most brilliant part. Simple, and it drives the point home. Hard. more » princesscrunchy: After months of lurking on this site, I am compelled to post. I have a lot of mixed feelings about this thread. Admittedly I was more judgmental about... more » elephante: "I took a pounding for asking: Why didn't she leave?" It's interesting that she's been criticizing victims this whole time and is now trying so very ... more » franzen: I became obsessed with the Rihanna case this winter, when I picked up my first boyfriend. It wasn't until a month or two ago that I figured out why th... more » margot123: While I certainly don't agree with Linda's Obama comparison, I think her article raises some important points. I'd be lying if I said I never smugly... more » SylvanSylph: The biggest single reason I stayed with my abusive boyfriend for four years was that I would have been mortified if anyone had discovered that I, an a... more » CubeRootOfPi: Abused women are told that it's their fault for having caused their significant other to abuse them. If they stay in the relationship, they're told i... more » whynotshesaid: What a brilliant piece of writing. I particularly liked this line: "Like most people who've never been the victim of a crime — particularly a viol... more » Elizabth_Bennet: I highly recommend "Strange Piece of Paradise" by Terri Jentz. It's very dark but gives a much fuller understanding of abuse. She talks to several, ob... more » CubeRootOfPi: Are women different from African-Americans when it comes to writing their own destiny, as the president powerfully expressed it? Apparently. Ms. Hirs... more » Rooo sez BISH PLZ: "Are women different from African-Americans ..." Okay - quick. As Rihanna is a woman of color, let's start with what's wrong with this sentence, Linda. more » vivianthelibrarian: Her logic in her Obama speech argument is so twisted I can barely follow it. When, for a quick moment I can see the point she's trying to make, it's s... more » -
#domesticdisturbances
"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] -
#stopalready
Linda Hirshman Stands Defiantly In Judgment Of Domestic Abuse Victims
Linda Hirshman, who is more adept at re-writing history than she is at letting anything go, has written yet another column about feminism, domestic abuse and Rihanna, without the benefit of reading any of the new research on abuse. More » -
#itheedread
"Business Marriages" Anything But Businesslike
Nothing about the New York Post story on green card marriages is really that shocking - the payoffs, the crackdowns, the young women posting ads for "business marriages" - except the openly gross men involved.
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#domesticabuse
Domestic Violence Awareness Goes High Tech
This domestic violence awareness PSA from Germany uses a tiny camera to track eye movement and changes its image accordingly. Underneath the happy couple, it reads: "it happens when nobody is watching." For a better look: [Copyranter] -
#filmschooled
Questions About The High Fashion & Domestic Violence In Lady GaGa's Video
Lady GaGa's "Paparazzi" video hit the web about a week ago, but it took a while for us to… digest the high-fashion short film (directed by Jonas Akerlund) — which touches on fame, disability and domestic violence. More » -
#nosympathyforthedevil
Purported Nude Photos Of Pop Star "Leak" Onto The Internet
Although we're not going to link to them, a bunch of naked and semi-naked photos allegedly featuring (and photographed by) Rihanna are making their way around the web this afternoon. More » -
#justicefornone
Still No Justice For Murdered Iraqi Woman
Last summer, an Iraqi woman named Dalal, imprisoned to (reportedly) compel her brother to come in for questioning, was raped and impregnated by prison guards, then killed by her brother for it. More » -
#clips
Why Do Domestic Violence PSAs Have To Be So Violent?
Today on Good Morning America we learned that some people don't like Keira Knightley's anti-domestic violence ad because it was too ugly and violent - not unlike domestic abuse! More » -
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#timetocallcut
Keira Knightley Beaten In Domestic Violence Ad
In a disturbing new ad for the UK charity Women's Aid, Keira Knightley is shown being brutally beaten by her jealous boyfriend. More » -
#datingviolence
Campaign Against Teen Dating Abuse Launched With Chris And Rihanna PSA
The teen organization Do Something has launched the 1 in 3 Campaign to raise awareness about dating violence. As part of the effort they've created a PSA that graphically reenacts the Chris Brown/Rihanna assault. More » -
#leftovers
Russians Use Obama, Stupidity To Sell Ice Cream • Black Girls More Likely To Suffer From Bulimia
• This Russian ad for Duet ice cream has been slammed for its racist overtones. In addition to featuring a strange caricature, the ad (insultingly?) calls the chocolate/vanilla bar the "flavor of the week." • More » -
#clips
Larry King Panelists Discuss Why Domestic Violence Isn't Just A "Women's Issue"
Last night Larry King Live guest host Joy Behar moderated a discussion about domestic violence and pointed out that some people are saying Rihanna provoked Chris Brown to attacking her. More » -
#complicatedconversations
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. More » -
#domesticdisturbances
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] -
#abusehurtseveryone
Animal Cops
A new bill in Washington state could extend protection of domestic violence victims to cover their pets. If passed, restraining orders would now require the abuser to cease all contact with jointly owned animals. [AP] -
#complicatedconversations
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." More » -
#bigquestions
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?
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#domesticdisturbances
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? More » -
#statusdanger
To All The Single Ladies
Readers, a reminder that asserting your independence after exiting an abusive relationship can be dangerous offline and on: A British man murdered his wife after she changed her Facebook status to "single". [Times of London] -
#deathinparis
Suicide And Abuse In Fashion's Top Echelon
In the spring of 1996, Italian Vogue cover model Wallis Franken stepped from her kitchen windowsill and fell to her death on the cobblestones below. Was her husband, the volatile designer Claude Montana, involved? More »
