Category Archives: rape

Review: Making a Killing: Femicide, Free Trade, and La Frontera

Posted on 4 March, 2011 by

Trigger warning. Since the days of Prohibition, Juarez has been a place for First World visitors to come and indulge in any number of illicit pleasures (alcohol, guns, drugs, sex). It is also the site where global capital has been making a killing … Continue reading →

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Asshole of the Day

Posted on 30 December, 2010 by

Faux News’s Megyn Kelly, on how calling an “illegal” an “undocumented immigrant” is totally like calling a rapist a “non-consensual sex partner:”

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Polanski is a free man.

Posted on 12 July, 2010 by

Ugh. I’ve been away from the computer all day, but while I was having brunch, I happened to overhear a little snippet on the news about Roman Polanski being set free. But I didn’t catch the whole story, so I … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Link Love

Posted on 9 June, 2010 by

Rolling Stone: The Spill, The Scandal and the President Like the attacks by Al Qaeda, the disaster in the Gulf was preceded by ample warnings – yet the administration had ignored them. Instead of cracking down on MMS, as he … Continue reading →

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Noooooooo, Agnès!

Posted on 14 May, 2010 by

Roman Polanski continues to get the love of his fellow directors.  There’s yet another petition circling at the Cannes Film Festival calling for the Swiss to disregard everything they are being told by the Americans regarding Polanski’s case. So far, … Continue reading →

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Rape is hilarious.

Posted on 9 May, 2010 by

Ha. Ha. Ha. Trigger warning: [h/t Jessica Lee]

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Haiti IV

Posted on 3 April, 2010 by

Tracking Haiti Aid (via RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights): Adopt-a-tude: Haitian Adoptees: The Problem with “Why Not?” [T]he Globe‘s photo spread, video, and story by Maria Sacchetti—“Joy, Frustration Brought Home”—raise big questions for me, too, because of all … Continue reading →

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On gender, rape, and media narratives

Posted on 8 February, 2010 by

*trigger warning* I remember Michael Mineo vividly.  I wish I didn’t, but I don’t think I can ever forget that moment, as I sat alone in my apartment watching the evening news, when his humiliated face flashed upon the television … Continue reading →

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Johnny. JOHNNY. WTF?!!

Posted on 29 January, 2010 by

via The Independent However, he wasn’t shy in voicing his dismay about the arrest of film-maker Roman Polanski on a 30-year-old statutory rape charge. In 1999, Polanski directed him in The Ninth Gate. “Why now?” Depp asked rhetorically. “Obviously, there … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Link Love

Posted on 19 January, 2010 by

Women & Hollywood: Defending Mo’Nique One of the ongoing narratives of this awards season has been about Mo’Nique.  About how great her performance is, and also about how supposedly ungrateful she is because she hasn’t been criss-crossing the country to … Continue reading →

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