As if the recent report that an Afghan rape victim was jailed for adultery and pressured to marry her attacker wasn't awful enough, now there's another horrifying story drawing attention to the plight of women in the country. Afghan authorities say they've rescued a 15-year-old girl who was kept in her in-laws…
Amnesty International is condemning the treatment of at least 18 women protesters, who as late as March 9 — a month after Mubarak stepped down — were beaten, tortured, and strip-searched. They were also examined for their "virginity" and told that if they didn't "pass," they'd be charged as prostitutes.
This instrument of torture was known as a "scold's bridle," a device used on "rude, clamorous woman" in the workhouses through the early 19th Century. Oh, and in case the iron mask isn't bad enough, "this example has a bell on top to draw even more attention to the wearer, increasing their humiliation."
In hyping an industry that has long gotten rich promulgating "sexy torture," America's Next Top Model is a perfect case study of how violent imagery plays out in the reality TV landscape. Sadism has been a recurring theme.
It's been five months since Neda Soltan was gunned down in the streets of Tehran. In that time, Capsian Makan, Neda's boyfriend, has faced prison, torture, and exile. But he is finally able to speak freely.
Mary used to be the higher profile Cheney daughter, but now her older sister Liz Cheney is taking the spotlight, defending birthers and waterboarding on Larry King and at a recent "Smart Girl Summit."
"We ask [the CIA] to do some very difficult things [...] — in this case, we had specific legal authority from the Justice Department."
This Crappy Hour, the HuffPo's Jason Linkins and I torture one another with Lou Dobbs slashfic, make tortured confessions to the sounds of Barney the Dinosaur, and discuss GOP career suicides related to the Obama birther movement.
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In what is perhaps one of the strangest interviews of all time, the Guardian's Emma Brockes heads to Fort Ashby, West Virginia, to interview Lynndie England, the woman accused of abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib.
Musicians like Trent Reznor were horrified to learn that their music is being used to torture detainees at the prison at Guantanamo Bay. Everything from Reznor's "March of the Pigs" to Eminem's "The Real Slim Shady" to to Queen's "We Will Rock You" to Bob Singleton's "I Love You" (from Barney) is being used to try to…
It used to be that this venerable feature was inspired by the news, hangovers, and/or funny pictures. But The Huffington Post's Jason Linkins and I have a new muse — or, to be fair, a couple of million of new muses harmed in the filming of SNL's digital short "Jizz In My Pants" (embedded after the jump). There's just…
