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more about #humantrafficking sybann: Did anyone else think that the conclusions reached by the show (lift up one woman and you save her entire community) was overly simplistic? We are no ... more » Spiderra: The reason I don't like Kristoff and WuDunn's work is that it continues to discursively construct non-Western women as helpless, passive victims that ... more » Scout: whew! I just read every comment and all my tiny pea brain kept playing over and over was an image of Kristoff and WuDunn on one side of a couch, Opra... more » Everything MidnightBikeRide does is a balloon.: I think it's sad that the conversation on this comes down to "eh, they could be doing less." Really? I think that most American TV viewers already ha... more » meloroast: Change will come when women are no longer perceived as objects, as commodities, as disposable. This will require a complete shift in not only how men ... more » redforeva: On an individual basis, yes, it helps. But results from this type of aid is often dismissed as "anecdotal" (whatever that implies when it means a youn... more » xay: I'm really uncomfortable with Kristof. He and his wife are doing good things and their hearts are in the right place, but sometimes I feel like he is ... more » TallyCola: I wish people wouldn't say stuff like "slavery was the problem for the 19th century", because what is happening to these women IS slavery. There is TO... more » SarsDoesntSave: I get the criticism, I really do. But at the same time, it seems to me that when a person with a platform like this is willing to bring awareness to ... more » PilgrimSoul: Well, Latoya, the answer is plainly no. I really think that most men and white people and even, hell, people in the developed world generally, are si... more » History Major: Oprah is damned if she does and damned if she doesn't. She takes time out to invite people on the show to talk about a subject dear to her heart and o... more » marciax3: "Is human intervention enough in the face of structural and societal problems of this magnitude?" In a word, yes. Okay, maybe one girl was saved from ... more » girlarchaeologist: I can provide anecdotal evidence to back up the driving in the snow poll. Trucks blow past me on a regular basis. I feel like I should have a sign o... more » BytheSea: Advance doesn't matter. If your book sells over the advance, then you're paid royalties for the overage. However, for the normal author, if your book... more » gherkinfiend: And now you know why the UK has around a 6% rape conviction rate on a good year...the police only worry about doing something wrong when it might affe... more » lucylooo: Slow down in bad weather? I can't count the number of times I"ve had some jackass blow by me doing 140 on the 401 in near-whiteout conditions. It's ... more » curiousgeorgiana: In addition to being worthy of a larger advance, Secretary Clinton's book was actually readable. more » phantom lady: soooooo.... being born a girl is a side effect? more » Kate- Kate: I like that raising the chance of having a girl is known as a "side effect". Really no one would ever know they are having a girl vs. boy because of m... more » MargaretMoony: God, stories about people who don't know they're pregnant until they give birth terrify me! I mean, they made a whole tv series about it so it could ... more » -
#clips
Nick Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn Talk Half The Sky With Oprah
Oprah dedicated today's show to a star-studded discussion of the issues facing women around the world. Inviting Nicholas Kristof and his wife and co-author, Sheryl WuDunn to discuss their book Half the Sky, the conversation was both enlightening and frustrating. More » -
#leftovers
On The Shelf: Hillary Vs. Sarah • Study: Police Ignore Rape Claims If Victim Is Drunk
• Sad, sad news: Going Rogue beat Hillary Clinton's memoir in sales with 700,000 to Clinton's 600,000. However, the awesome Secretary of State received a much bigger advance of $8 mil, while Palin was only offered five. • More » -
#stoptrafficking
Missing Persons
Out of the 255 trafficked sex workers rescued in the UK between 2006 and 2008, a shocking 166 of them have "vanished." Although the missing women refused government aid, they may have been "far too frightened" to accept help. [Telegraph] -
#linesofquestioning
Combating Sex Trafficking, With Or Without Ashton Kutcher's Help
Around two years ago, Alissa Moore (left), now 24, and Diana Mao (right), now 27, started the Nomi Network, an anti-trafficking organization that trains former sex workers in Cambodia for new careers.
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#specialdelivery
Mail-Order Bride Finds Love; Hopefully No Others Read This
In Glamour, a popular fashion blogger admits to being a mail-order bride. Why does a feel-good story leave us feeling so uneasy?
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#humancosts
Diners Club Ends Mail-Order Bride Payment Plan
Anti-human-trafficking organization Change.org has convinced Diners Club to stop offering its payment plan for mail-order brides. The credit card company had allowed men to pay $167 a month for a mail-order bride through a Vietnamese company. [Global Voices Online] -
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#childrenascommodities
Man Sells Daughter For Meat, Beer
A man in Greenfield, CA was arrested Sunday on the suspicion of human trafficking. Police say that he tried to sell his own daughter. More » -
#trafficstops
Egyptian Girl Kept As Slave In California Home
Shyima Hall was only 10 years old when she was taken from her home in Northern Egypt and brought to work as a domestic slave in Irvine, California.
