May 2011
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My Friend Was Raped By a Cop... →
‘When New York police officers Kenneth Moreno and Franklin Mata were acquitted of rape Thursday — despite what seemed like a slam-dunk case — it brought back memories of a friend’s devastating experience.’
Jesse Ellison comments on the NY “rape cop” case.
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The only thing worse than Beyonce's "Run the...
Although it is a ridiculously produced song, only a handful of exceptional male chauvinists take issue with the message contained in the constant replays of Beyonce’s “Run the World”. At least, I think so.
That said, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t know a few people who still think like the guy in this parody.
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UNICEF Caribbean launches campaign against child...
UNICEF has launched a new and praiseworthy campaign against child sexual abuse in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, where incidences of such abuse remain unacceptably high.
Shirking the subtleties typical of other UNICEF campaigns, the PSAs clearly define sexual abuse, encourage parents to believe their children when they say they’ve been molested and, importantly, urge caretakers to...
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NYPD lambs acquitted of rape; apparently only...
Following the acquittal of rape-accused NYPD officers Franklin Mata and Kenneth Moreno (first and second from right), the NY Times commented that the jury’s decision “underscored the difficulty of obtaining favourable results for women who say they were sexually assaulted, and who often are subjected to scrutiny and skepticism that keep many of them from speaking out.”
Moreno...
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“And before you say I’m racially discriminating against you, let me stop...”
– NYC store employee
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Oh shit: Another holy predator...
It seems Pope Benedict XVI and the Catholic Church can’t seem to catch a break.
Father Riccardo Seppia, a 51-year-old parish priest in the village of Sastri Ponente, near Genoa, was arrested last Friday, May 13, on pedophilia and drug charges. Seppia allegedly asked a Moroccan drug dealer to arrange sexual encounters with young and vulnerable boys. “I do not want 16-year-old boys...
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A fascinating case study in internalised racism
The big noise on Twitter last week was, arguably, an Anje Woodruffe post on Outlish.
Anje, a black woman, wanted nothing to do with black men. Says the allegedly reformed self-hater, “there was no black man good enough for me. There was no black man who could treat this woman right. What I was saying to myself […] was that I was too good for any black man, and he couldn’t ever be...
