"domestic-violence" Articles & Blogs:
Limbaugh Reaches a New Low
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Via Media Matters, I wasn't shocked to find that Rush Limbaugh was happy to mock the White House appointment of Adviser on Violence Against Women Lynn Rosenthal, but felt it necessary to point out his thoughts on what one who occupies the appointment woul...[Read on] |
Domestic violence: one more reason for health care reform
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I just received this email from the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. I’m embarrassed to admit that I didn’t already know this:
Eight states (Idaho, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Wyo...[Read on] |
Domestic violence is a "pre-existing condition"?!
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Incredibly disturbing news from the SEIU blog:
[I]n DC and nine other states, including Arkansas, Idaho, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Wyoming, insurance companies have gone too far, claiming that ...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Reese Witherspoon
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For continuing to raise awareness about domestic violence worlwdie through her partnership with Avon. Her work has already raised $4 million through the Women’s Empowerment Bracelet.
This week she announced the addition of a Women’s Empowe...[Read on] |
Domestic violence survivor evicted for reporting abuser
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When Kathy Cleaves-Milan's live-in boyfriend abused her she did what society is always telling abused women to do: she reported him to the police. And what did she get for bravely doing "the right thing?" She go evicted.
A day after she told police tha...[Read on] |
Domestic Violence Week in Memory of Yeardley Love
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Yeardley Love’s life was filled with promise. At 22 years old and just weeks away from graduation at the University of Virgina, she seemed to have everything going for her– a bright future with goals of becoming a lawyer, having her own family one day...[Read on] |
Violence against women on television, especially teens, skyrockets
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A new report from the Parents Television Council, Women in Peril, found a 120% increase in depictions of violence against women on television since 2004. (In the same time period, violence that occurred irrespective of gender only increased by 2%.)
Cumu...[Read on] |
Burn 'em? Why not return 'em? Bracycle!
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Hey ladies, got any bras hangin' around that are either too big, too small, too tight, too fancy, too neon or too cream??? In honor of Breast Cancer and Domestic Violence Awareness month, why don't you donate those extra double-barreled slingshots t...[Read on] |
As school starts, a reminder about violence against women and girls
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From HuffingtonPost: Back to School, Back to Rape.
An informative read about the prevalence of violence against women and young girls.
Quick hits from the article:
1 in 4 college women are a victim of rape .
One in three teens report dating violenc...[Read on] |
Mel Gibson Takes Plea Deal, No Jail For Domestic Abuse
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What is it with being in Hollywood that seems to make everyone coo-coo?
Sources say Mel Gibson has struck a plea deal with prosecutors in which he'll plead no contest to simple battery for assaulting Oksana Grigorieva and be sentenced to counseling w...[Read on] |
Photo exhibit displays violence against African women
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UNIFEM and YOPS collaborated to present a gallery of photographs and displays to reveal many different forms of violence against women all over Africa- particularly in nations torn apart by war and poverty. From AllAfrica.com :
[The exhibit] comprised ...[Read on] |
Yeardley Love and Abusive Relationships
| For the past few weeks the media has covered every aspect of Yeardley Love's untimely death. And, I've searched for why this case struck such a deep cord within me. Is it because it involves college athletes? Athletes who grew up in the same state I did, ...[Read on] |
UN: Violence Against Women Still Too Common in Afghanistan
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Latest UN human-rights report says much of the violence against women and girls is still perpetuated within the family; women working outside the home or for government especially targetedAfghanistan | Today 11:20 am
Although most women are no longer li...[Read on] |
Professional Athletes and Violence Against Women
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A personal reflection on the allegations against Indiana Pacer Lance Stephenson .
Lance Stephenson is a New York native, attending the same high school as Sebastian Telfair and Steph Marbury. He was a decorated high school athlete, winning numerous ac...[Read on] |
Halle Berry Gets Back to Work (and Covers Vogue)
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Halle Berry hasn’t been in a movie in several years, hasn’t done an interview in over three, yet she could not resist the call that came in to be on the cover of September’s Vogue.
Halle is the first woman of color to be on the cover of a Septemb...[Read on] |
Hearst Cohort Sara Jane Olson Released From Prison
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62-year-old terrorist-turned doting housewife spent 7 years in prison for 1970s violence blamed on Symbionese Liberation ArmySara Jane Olson | Today 10:05 am
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Sara Jane Olson — a domestic terrorist-turned soccer mom — was released fro...[Read on] |
Violence, girls and sports
| The popular reading of violence in women’s sports is that (a) part of the growth into the big-time arena and (b) bad for women’s sports in general.
Last weekend, an article on violence in women’s sports ran in the New York Times, co...[Read on] |
Help Pass IVAWA and Help to End Violence Against Women
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From the time we are old enough to face bullies, have cooties and be pushed down for being a girl -we are told to stand up for ourselves.
I’m sure little boys are instructed to “be tough” as well, but as little girls, it’s always stressed to not ...[Read on] |
From the Editor’s Desk: Help pass IVAWA and end violence against women
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From the time we are old enough to face bullies, have cooties and be pushed down for being a girl -we are told to stand up for ourselves.
I’m sure little boys are instructed to “be tough” as well, but as little girls, it’s always stressed to not ...[Read on] |
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
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One of my latest obsessions has been the books by the late Stieg Larsson which begin with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo which when published in Sweden where Larsson was from was called “Men Who Hate Women.” The trilogy of books were released after...[Read on] |
LPGA signs 10-year deal with Golf Channel
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Interesting development.
The LPGA announced last week a 10-year TV deal with Golf Channel.
According to an article in Golf Week, this deal makes the tour the first stand-alone women’s sports organization to receive a rights fee agreement for domestic ...[Read on] |
Senate Passes Health Care Reform Bill
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Abortion compromise, subsidies must be improved in conference
Today, the Senate voted 60 to 39 to pass the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
The following is a statement by Marcia D. Greenberger, Co-President of the National Women's Law Center...[Read on] |
Women’s Weekend Box Office Report – July 4th Holiday
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To no one’s surprise, Twilight Eclipse opened big, almost as big as New Moon. Here are the numbers:
The first six days of Eclipse brought in $175 million domestic and another $100 million overseas. New Moon’s domestic gross was $178 in six days...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Nicole Kidman
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Photo: Fame Pictures Inc.
While I’m sure that Lindsay Lohan getting out of jail will get more attention, Nicole Kidman went down to Haiti last week with UNIFEM to raise awareness about sexual violence against women in the wake of the earthquake ove...[Read on] |
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