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The official DHS Twitter account basically did this comic in so many words but genuinely: https://x.com/DHSgov/status/1991532782003044710?s=20 I'm not sure what's…
I don't blame them for being furious. But that it came up in my cartoon is just a coincidence. :-)
The allusion to Charlotte's Web would have seemed completely random last week. Or maybe not completely random, but maybe just…
I don't doubt it, @Watcher, but I limit myself to talking about what I know, which, as a Brit, is…
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Category Archives: Rape, intimate violence, & related issues
Problematizing Legal Approaches Toward Stopping FGS
On Pandagon, Amanda relates what she calls some good news: Egypt has outlawed FGM. From the article: Officially the practice, which affects both Muslim and Christian women in Egypt and goes back to the time of the pharoahs, was banned … Continue reading →
It's About Interracial Sex Folks
Ok, I’d be remiss if I didn’t say something about the latest crime to become a media circus. I’m sure by now most of you have heard about the murder of Jessie Davis, who was almost 9 months pregnant and was likely killed in … Continue reading →
Genarlow Wilson Wins In Court, But Attorney General Appeals. Also, Wilson May Be A Rapist.
Genarlow Wilson, the teenage boy who was sentenced to ten years in prison for consensual ((According to Wikipedia, the girl herself has repeatedly said that the oral sex was consensual.)) oral sex with another teenager (at the time, he was … Continue reading →
Aren't they generous?
From Scoop: Top established Wellington fashion designers Robyn Mathieson, Ashley Fogel, and Voon will join some of the city’s most promising up-and-coming new design talent to raise money for Wellington Women’s Refuge, on Thursday June 7. Fashion HQ will showcase … Continue reading →
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All Our Rights
I attended the launch of All Our Rights – a campaign to repeal the “Homosexual Panic” defence. This defence is used by straight men who murder gay men. The argument is basically that for some straight men, the mere existence … Continue reading →
A bunch of men who died thousands of years ago made up that rule
I try to think how we got here. The theory I developed in college (shared by many I’m sure) is one I have yet to beat: Womb Envy. Biology: women are generally smaller and weaker than men. But they’re also … Continue reading →
Review: Rosita
I went to see Rosita in theHuman Rights Film Festival this weekend. Rosita’s parents were from Nicaragua, but they moved to Costa Rica to find work. Her father worked as a itinerant coffee picker, her mother sometimes joined him in … Continue reading →
Legal & Personal Definitions of Rape
In the previous thread about the thin line between an ordinary guy and a rapist, Sailorman writes: rethinking this: why do folks insist on using “rape” or “almost rape” or “like rape” to describe things that, well, aren’t rape? I … Continue reading →
The consequences of a police force
There has been a lot of publicity over the last few years about rape by New Zealand police. Yesterday more allegations were made, which you can read in this (rather badly formatted) post. Some of those allegations shouldn’t surprise anyone … Continue reading →
The Thin Line Between An Ordinary Guy And A Rapist
(Some of this post is derived from comments I wrote in the “nice guys” thread. This is a “feminists and pro-feminists only” thread.) It’s common, when feminists and non-feminists talk, to see a great deal of mix-up over the terms … Continue reading →
Here's a perspective of the impact of illegal immigration you might be interested in: https://pjmedia.com/jamie-wilson/2025/11/20/the-lie-that-broke-a-nation-jobs-americans-wont-do-and-the-economic-and-social-devastation-it-hid-n4946215