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more about #violenceagainstwomen more comments → LauraLee74: Umm what's next? Team Snookie t-shirts? more » rodmanstreet: Oh, great! "I Punched Snooki" t-shirts! I love it! This will go perfectly with my "I Raped Dr. Melfi" sweatshirt and my "I Shot Bambi's Mother" und... more » Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: Now this is just getting ridiculous. more » hamburgerhotdog: Because the puncher steps on it, slips and falls...into your face? Non sequitur...and kinda not that funny. Photoshop fail. more » xgurl3eb: why didn't my snuggie come with a special bonus of vodka?? I had to provide my own! more » Sev: "It keeps you warm and your face punched" How? Is there a "punch in face" timer on this blanket? Does the excess fabric ball up and launch itself at ... more » andBegorrah: Is there an #Ihateeveryone tag yet? Oh look. Now there is. more » Zombies make the heart grow fonder: Well...the only good thing I have to say is that at least Snookie has quickly risen to the top of the Jersey Shore cast? Good for her- it seems she wa... more » snobographer: Dudes, if you want to stop this epidemic of dudes punching each other in the face then, dudes, stop punching each other in the face. And if harassing ... more » Kayleigh R. Carter: Good. Lets start a vibrator fund for Uganda. I'm not kidding, free orgasms for everyone to celebrate this. more » Ginmar Rienne: But what about male circumsicion? Won't anybody think of the men?! They didn't gete to make the choice! more » BlueJeans: I hate to be a downer, but it's actually illegal in a lot of countries where it's still widely practiced. More often than not it's a move by the natio... more » morninggloria: Welcome to the 18th century, Uganda! more » sarahmick.86 summer: This is encouraging news. But isn't this difficult to enforce? I hope this will decrease the prevalence, but I'm concerned that every little village i... more » jayseegraffiti: A professor at my college told me that I shouldn't feel as though I could make a judgment about FGM because I didn't understand the way that sex pract... more » -
#trashtv
Capitalism At Its Best: Purchase Your Snooki Punch Souvenir
Jersey Shore's Snooki getting punched in the face has graduated to bonafide cultural phenomenon with tasteless products real and fake. On the bright side, maybe it'll help her fufill her wish of getting her own show. [BWE, DonkeyTs] -
#violenceagainstwomen
Female Genital Mutilation Banned In Uganda
In contrast to the controversy surrounding a proposed anti-gay bill, there is some positive news coming from Uganda: female genital mutilation has been banned, with those caught in the practice facing 10 years to life in prison. [CNN] -
#trashtv
Jersey Shore Bruiser's Dad Blames Snooki, MTV
The father of the gym teacher who punched Jersey Shore's Snooki in the face has some fighting words of his own. "He doesn't understand how that happened," says Dan Ferro. "She was being very aggressive. That's who she is, apparently." More » -
#pointcounterpoint
Sex And Violence: Why Is Snooki More Precious Than I Am?
We're going to try a little experiment: that is, present a friendly male point of view once in a while. Today, writer Cord Jefferson responds to Jezebel commenters who weighed in on the sucker-punch heard 'round the reality TV world. More » -
#trashtv
MTV To Air Anti-Violence PSA After Next Week's Jersey Shore
The episode of Jersey Shore that includes Snooki getting punched by a man in a bar will air next week, followed by a PSA cautioning, "Violence against women in any form is a crime," reports the Daily News. More » -
#trashtv
Jersey Shore: There's Nothing Funnier Than A Woman Getting Punched In The Face
MTV's trailer for the rest of Jersey Shore's debut season contains a glimpse of a guy in a bar punching Snookie in the face. It's already becoming an Internet sensation. Why the glee? And should MTV have used the footage?
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#intheaftermath
Survivors Reflect On The "Montreal Massacre" 20 Years Later
Twenty years ago today, Marc Lépine entered the École Polytechnique and killed fourteen women. In his suicide note, he claimed it was "Because I have decided to send the feminists, who have always ruined my life, to their Maker." 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] -
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#personalpolitical
United/Nations: Ghida Anani On Addressing Violence Against Women
Last week, sitting alongside United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and the Princess of Thailand, twenty-eight year-old Lebanese activist Ghida Anani delivered a fiery, unblinking address on fighting violence against women. Here's what we talked about afterward. More » -
#notablequotable
Patrick Stewart: "The Truth Is That Domestic Violence Touches Many Of Us."
"Most people find the idea of violence against women – and sometimes, though rarely, against men - abhorrent, but do nothing to challenge it."- Patrick Stewart, discussing his own childhood experiences with domestic violence in the Guardian. [Guardian] -
#justsayno
Ending Violence Against Women: A Day At The U.N.
Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Yesterday, I hung out at United Nations headquarters to learn about what's being done at the highest levels and on the ground. Here's what I found out. More » -
#songremainsthesane
The Cyclical Nature Of Songs About Sexual Violence
If he didn't care for me/I could have never made him mad/But he hit me and I was glad. An article in today's Guardian explores the work of Deborah Finding and her thesis on narratives of violence in pop music. More » -
#leftovers
Australian Men Undertake "My Oath" • Child Porn "Shrine" Discovered
• Australian men are being asked to pledge that they will never commit, excuse, or allow violence against women. The "My Oath" campaign is part of White Ribbon Day, which aims to combat violence by reaching out to men. • More » -
#notablequotable
Rihanna On Chris Brown: "I Really Hope Young Men Can Learn From It"
"Even more than the girls, the men really need to learn from it," Rihanna tells The Guardian about her assault by Chris Brown, "Because everyone's focusing on the women, but the problem isn't the women." [Guardian] -
#raperape
What's Being Taught In College Rape Prevention Programs?
Asking men to visualize being raped is a graphic way to prove a point-but is it an effective strategy to prevent assault? College campuses around the country are beginning to adopt prevention programs and a new article examines their tactics. More » -
#filmschooled
The Killer Inside Me: Sex, Death & Sadism
Sociological Images has come across a trailer for the film The Killer Inside Me and it's disturbing. Caution: We've rated it NSFW, Spoiler Alert, and Serious Trigger Warning. More » -
#antisocialmedia
Facebook Allows "Pro-Rape, Anti-Consent" Group To Stay On The Site For Months
A group of students, both past and present, of the all-male St. Paul's College at Sydney University, decided to create a pro-rape Facebook page called "Define Statutory" that reportedly was allowed to stay up on the site for several months. More »
