Category Archives: Rape, intimate violence, & related issues

Waiting

Posted on March 30, 2006 by Maia

The pattern last two days for me has been dominated by making sure I was listening to the radio every hour, on the hour. National radio marks the hour with their six pips, and I listen to the news, I’m … Continue reading →

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Duke Rape Case Round-Up

Posted on March 29, 2006 by Ampersand

Above: Photo from a vigil held outside the house where the rape took place. * If you want to follow this story, the blog to read is Justice 4 Two Sisters. * 15 of the lacrosse team members have been … Continue reading →

Posted in Duke Rape Case, Race, racism and related issues, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 227 Comments

Another Tragic Sexual Assault Story: Mixing Racism, Sexism, and Classism

Posted on March 27, 2006 by Rachel S.

I am making it my personal mission to get the word out this terrible story. 46 members of the Duke Lacrosse team are taking DNA tests after some of the players were accused of gang raping a woman who they … Continue reading →

Posted in Duke Rape Case, Feminism, sexism, etc, Race, racism and related issues, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues, Sex work, porn, etc | 81 Comments

More on the police rape case

Posted on March 27, 2006 by Maia

The jury in the Louise Nicholas trial will probably retire tomorrow or the next day. The Crown has complete its summing up, all that is left is for the defence lawyers to spend a day or so calling Louise Nicholas … Continue reading →

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Why liberals (or leftists, or socialists or anarchists) don't make better lovers

Posted on March 23, 2006 by Maia

An anonymous writer from GQ made a list of the top 10 reasons Republicans were better in bed (David Farrar got quite excited). Ann from Feministing replied with a list of top 10 reasons liberals were better in bed. Here’s … Continue reading →

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Sending Emails of Support to OC Rape Survivor

Posted on March 17, 2006 by Ampersand

From Hugo’s blog: One topic that’s been well-discussed in the feminist blogosphere case has been the Orange County Gang Rape case. Sheelzebub has done a very good job of providing coverage, and recently posted the statement to the judge written … Continue reading →

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OC Rapists Sentenced to Six Years In Prison

Posted on March 17, 2006 by Ampersand

As Maia noted in an earlier post, The OC Rapists have been sentenced to six years each in prison – although in practice, they could all be on the streets again in just two years. As most “Alas” readers know, … Continue reading →

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Heros

Posted on March 15, 2006 by Maia

Like a lot of people I’d been following the Haidl gang rape trial at Pinko Feminist Hellcat (brief summary: three extremely rich young men filmed themselves repeatedly raping a young woman who has passed out. When they were charged with … Continue reading →

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Anti-rape ads aimed at men

Posted on March 14, 2006 by Nick Kiddle

I saw a headline for this story on this evening’s news and had to wait for the full story. A rape awareness campaign aimed at men? A rape awareness campaign that tells men it’s rape if she doesn’t explicitly consent? … Continue reading →

Posted in Media criticism, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 35 Comments

See No Evil

Posted on March 14, 2006 by Maia

I kind of wish I wasn’t writing a blog right now. I think if I wasn’t writing a blog I’d pay less attention to the news media, and I probably would have taken an “I can’t cope with knowing this” … Continue reading →

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