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Stop Concern Trolling Victims
With a plodding inevitability, the thread below a post I wrote about the mentality of abusers turned into an ugly fight debating the mentality of victims. Asking sexist, domineering men to fuck off is apparently too tall an order for this world; the only people who can ever be asked…
WATCH LIVE: Victims speak out on Colorado shooting
Victims of the Colorado theater shooting recall the events last week when a suspect entered a screening of “The Dark Knight Rises” and shot people in the theater, killing 12 and inuring many more. Watch live, broadcast on MSNBC on July 23. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and…
WATCH LIVE: Police brief on Colorado shooter’s booby trapped apartment
Aurora, Colorado police held a press conference on Friday to update the public on a tragic shooting that claimed the lives of 12 victims and wounded 50 others at a movie theater screening “The Dark Knight Rises.” More information on the shooting can be found here. Watch live, broadcast on…
UN says most victims in Syria town were massacre
Most of the victims of the massacre in the Syrian town of Houlawere summarily executed, the UN rights body said on Tuesday, amid global outrage over the killings. “It’s believed that under 20 of the 108 killings can be attributed to artillery and tank fire,” said Rupert Colville, spokesman for theUnited Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. “Most…
Victim-blaming and social control
Tracy Clark-Flory has an awesome piece up at Salon about the proliferation of "how not to get raped" tips, and why they are so messed up. And yes, she quotes me in it, but that's only one reason (along with quotes from other feminist bloggers) that I liked it. She…
Victims of childhood abuse demand action from pope
On eve of pope’s visit, victims of childhood abuse demand Vatican hand over records on priests Victims of childhood abuse by clergy urged the Vatican to give secular authorities all information it holds on misbehaving priests, and said Wednesday that the pope’s visit this week to Britain would cause many…
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