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more about #sexualabuse more comments → ArtfulSlinger: I can see where the criticism on Oprah is coming from, but I have to think that all the riches in the world can not take away the suffering she once w... more » Chandra Brandon: Not trying to deviate from the topic of the thread (but I may be) nor pull a "reverse-racism" argument, but there are white people that experience pov... more » Slickanicka: I found Milloy's review jarring and almost incoherent. My underlying thought was that he was embarrassed and angered in some way. Perhaps that the h... more » Eric Northman is mine: "I really wanted to show a young woman who changes her life without falling in love and without getting married," Sapphire told me, "and without plast... more » RenoDakota: I used to represent abused and neglected children in Chicago as a guardian ad litem. Many of the young women I represented were sexually abused. It al... more » presumptuousinsect: Fucking Oprah. She sees such women when she "rides by in her limo." Unbelievable. Oprah, do you remember carting out a wheelbarrow full of fat to sho... more » girlscoutcookie is back from hiatus: Only tangentially related, but I had a dream last night that I became friends with Gaby Sidibe and we went to this awesome park and ate popsicles (it ... more » Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: I disagree on a fundamental level with the Washington Post review but I understand how he got to that position. It does bother me that people that, to... more » bex_atl: I take offense to the notion that white people would see a film about a black person suffering and somehow feel better about themselves. Yes, there a... more » Sodypop: @LatoyaPeterson are you planning to do a review on Blindside? The story is about this young man mistreated and just going through the system which is ... more » SarsDoesntSave: I had mixed feelings about this movie before I saw it, and now that I have seen it...I still have mixed feelings. I think you hit the nail on the hea... more » Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd): I think that all of the controversy surrounding this film boils down to the limited representation of Black stories in the film world today. Because ... more » muddgirl: Precious isn't out in my market yet, but it's got to be better than the "White woman with a heart of gold" Sandra Bullock vehicle, The Blind Side. more » bluebears: (I have not seen the movie or read the book so take this with a grain of salt) I can def. see Sadaa's point but isn't it better to shine some light in... more » SocialAnimal: "There are many abused young women stuck in the hidden crevices of urban American life, and they need what Precious gets if they are to have a chance ... more » -
#preciousones
Precious: "Fairy Tale" Or Film With "As Much Redeeming Social Value As A Porn Flick"?
The reactions to Lee Daniels' Precious keep coming, and the results are as varied as the writers. How can one film reinforce pathology, provide a fairy-tale ending, and upend the traditional stories of how women move up in the world?
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#reporterrepercussions
The Perils Of Reporting Domestic Abuse
We've already written about domestic violence as a pre-existing condition for health insurance. Now recent cases show that victims who report abuse lose their homes — but people who don't report it face jail time. More » -
#clips
Did Phillips' Revelation Help Incest Victims?
Though some are questioning Mackenzie Phillips' motivation for revealing her incestuous "relationship", including her stepmothers, Good Morning America reports it's having a positive effect: Calls to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network's hotline jumped 26%. Clip at left. -
#sicksadworld
Female Pastor Sentenced To Life In Prison For Abusing Adopted Daughters
65-year-old Jessica Banks, a former pastor, has been sentenced to two consecutive life sentences plus 36 years and 8 months, after being found guilty of drugging and sexually and physically abusing her five daughters, aged 4 to 11. More » -
#catholicguilt
Reports Of Sex Abuse By Priests "Investigated" In Italy
Italy is just beginning to come to terms with the abuse of hundreds of children by members of the Catholic clergy. And that may only be the tip of the iceberg. More » -
#sufferinginsilence
Sexual Abuse By Women: The Crime No One Wants To Investigate
Though awareness of childhood sexual abuse has come a long way in the past few decades, one area remains uncharted: sexual abuse by women. More » -
#cultureofsilence
Report Details Abuse Of Thousands Of Children At Irish Catholic Schools
A controversial report released yesterday reveals that tens of thousands of Irish children were sexually, physically, and emotionally abused over six decades in workhouse-styles schools run by the Roman Catholic church. More » -
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#scarystatistics
Study: Childhood Sexual Abuse May Cause Earlier Periods
A study on physical and sexual abuse among black women yielded many disturbing findings, but perhaps the most disturbing is the correlation between childhood sexual abuse and earlier periods. More » -
#childrenofthenight
New Laws Treat Teen Prostitutes As Abuse Victims, Rather Than Criminals
Several states have begun taking steps to better protect teenagers who end up in prostitution rings, treating the teen prostitutes not as criminals, but as victims of abuse, and charging their pimps with human trafficking. More » -
#socialjerkers
Does This Look Like Mental Health Counseling To You?
Mount Bachelor Academy in Oregon is a school for teens with behavioral issues, including violence, falling grades and drug use. One of its "therapeutic" techniques reportedly involves sexual role-playing, including costuming young women like this. More » -
#clips
Marlee Matlin Talks About Abuse On Good Morning America
On Good Morning America today Marlee Matlin discussed revelations in her new book I'll Scream Later about her childhood sexual abuse, learning of her Oscar nomination in rehab, and her physically abusive relationship William Hurt. More » -
#flowersinthecellar
Fritzl Trial, Day 2: Defense Portrays Rapist Abuser As A Caring Family Man
In court today, the defense said Josef Fritzl, the Austrian man accused of imprisoning his daughter for 24 years, raping her, and fathering her seven children, was "not a monster." His daughter's testimony said otherwise. More » -
#flowersinthecellar
Austrian Abuser Admits To Rape, Denies Murder On First Day In Court
Josef Fritzl, the 74-year-old Austrian man who kept his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and fathered 7 children with her, has pled guilty to incest but denies murdering his infant son. More » -
#lawanddisorder
Criminal Justice
Yuck: A 27-year-old woman who was allegedly molested by her father has been forced to face him in court as he cross-examined - and scolded - her at trial. He is representing himself. [Gothamist] -
#clips
Did Real World Producers Give Woman's Number To Estranged, Creepy Dad?
On last night's episode of The Real World, Sarah got a call from her father, whom she hasn't spoken to in years because of a strange, sexually inappropriate encounter years earlier. More » -
#biglove
262 Children Neglected, 12 Girls Sexually Abused At Polygamist FLDS Ranch
Well 2008 is finally ending and what better (read: horrible) way to wind down the year than with an update about our friends from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints? -
#wishlist
Letters To Santa
A Texas man has been arrested on charges of child abuse after a 9-year-old girl wrote a letter to Santa, asking that the man — her relative — stop touching her and her sister. [CBS News]
