It’s been eight months since Puerto Rico was first devastated by Hurricane Maria in September 2017, and the situation has yet to improve—leaving in its waste toxic, unlivable conditions for much of the U.S. territory. Women are especially vulnerable.
Just as the world is acquainting itself with the incel movement–the “involuntarily celibate,” many of whom, such as the Toronto killer Alek Minassian, regard women as sub-human hoarders of sex to which men are entitled–here’s another mass murderer who was potentially lashing out against an ex-partner.
I, Tonya, director Craig Gillespie’s biographical film about figure skating legend Tonya Harding, contained multiple scenes of domestic violence, played up for humor. Though based on Harding’s real experience, and thus worthy of exploration, the film’s comical treatment of violence read to many as grossly sensational.…
Apparently sometimes beauty pageant contestants are asked to disclose their bodily dimensions publicly during competition. At least, that’s what typically occurs at the annual Miss Peru show—but this year its participants opted to speak out against female oppression instead.
Fifty-five percent of women homicide victims were killed in situations related to intimate partner violence (IPV), according to recently published study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study surveyed 10,018 murdered women aged 18 years and over in 18 states from 2003–2014.
Welcome to Barf Bag, a daily politics roundup to help you sort through the chaotic Trumpian news cycle.
Active duty and retired members of the United States Marine Corps are being investigated for sharing nude photos of women—many of them fellow Marines—on a secret Facebook page. Some of these photographs were purportedly taken without the knowledge and consent of the subject.
Hundreds of former employees of Sterling Jewelers—the multibillion dollar conglomerate comprising Jared the Galleria of Jewelry and Kay Jewelers—have filed claims attesting that the chief executive, not to mention many other company managers, cultivated an environment rife with sexual harassment and discrimination.
The Hill is reporting that the incoming Trump administration has dramatic plans to reduce federal spending, mostly by cutting the budgets for everything that progressives have ever held dear: civil rights, reducing violence against women, the arts, the humanities, and energy efficiency. The budget proposal is…
A Moroccan state television channel has ignited protest for broadcasting a makeup tutorial on how to conceal injuries from domestic abuse.
Twenty-one-year-old rapper and activist Moise Morancy was riding the Q53 bus home when he noticed another passenger forcing sexual advances on a teenage girl. He intervened, confronting the man directly, and prevented the him from doing further harm. But when the NYPD arrived on the scene, Morancy was detained along…
Last Sunday, a woman fell as she exited a Brooklyn subway, and was helped up by a man. That man then stalked her for seven blocks and then sexually assaulted her in the stairwell of her apartment building.
16-year-old Lucía Pérez was drugged, raped and tortured in Argentinian city Mar del Plata earlier in October. On Wednesday, thousands of women joined a national protest against the rise of violent crimes against women. All public and private work was stopped for one hour at 1 p.m., and was followed by a march in…
On Monday evening, Nancy O’Dell opened Entertainment Tonight with a few remarks about the now-notorious footage of Donald Trump and Billy Bush blathering and, in Bush’s case, giggling about sexual assault. O’Dell, the woman subjected to Trump’s furniture store hump-quest, had no desire to be entangled in the festering…
Since a rejected suitor threw acid in her face at age 15, activist Laxmi has campaigned to stop violence against Indian women. This week in London she will walk a catwalk to raise awareness in the United Kingdom.
Donald Trump—a sociopathic golem whose mouth puckers like an anus—has clarified his position on Roger Ailes, and on sexual harassment. Ladies, if a man is harassing you at work, the answer is simple: leave your job, perhaps even your career!
Pakistan will finally pass a law banning “honor killings,” days after social media star Qandeel Baloch was strangled to death by her brother. The law, which was announced by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s daughter Maryam Nawaz Sharif, will remove a loophole that permits the family of the victim to legally pardon the…
Last December, Betty Reid Soskin was honored at the White House for her service as National Park Ranger—at 94, she is the country’s oldest ranger—and given a commemorative coin by President Obama. Early in the morning June 28, that coin was stolen from her when she was attacked and robbed in her Richmond, California…
A nineteen-year-old brain tumor patient was returning home on June 30, after her last treatment at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, when a bloody encounter at Memphis International Airport turned celebration into disaster. After setting off the metal detector, the disabled young woman was confused by the demands…
On Friday, June 24, former Indiana University student John P. Enochs was sentenced to one year of probation after being charged with two counts of felony rape.
