You ever read about something that makes you despair for the human race? That's going to happen right now.
guns
family drama
They blamed me for tearing the family apart by calling 911 that night in August.
chris brown
Years ago, my mentee at the time was in love with Chris Brown, in that innocent, poster in your locker type of way.
domestic violence
Whatever Steenkamp endured in their relationship before her death was quietly shoved under the carpet, and no one talked about it; just like no one talks about domestic violence in any cases involving “heroes.”
domestic violence
Oh Christ, I realized. Everyone’s going to think I’m a victim of domestic violence.
chris brown
There’s a part of me that believes that Rihanna, as with any woman, has a right to be with whoever she chooses; saying that she can’t, or shouldn’t be, with a partner who she believes is reformed, takes me down an ethical slippery slope that feels far too treacherous to tread.
domestic violence
Collectively, mainstream media reporting has at once discounted Jovan Belcher's actions on account of his mental state and blamed Perkins for staying out too late -- as though Perkins could have brought her murder on herself.
domestic violence
The American Bar Association notes that one in three murders of women is committed by an intimate partner.
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Issues,
domestic violence,
victim blaming,
intimate partner violence,
seriously just stop talking now
Dec 10, 2012 at 3:30pm | 47 comments
ihtm contest
What makes the situation doubly painful is that some people refuse to even acknowledge that domestic abuse exists “the other way around.”
domestic violence
Beauty blogger and queen of the online make-up tutorial, Lauren Luke, has created a video that's designed to shock.
rihanna
We subject ourselves to modern superwomanhood: running ourselves ragged, trying to pay our dues to the women who had to stifle themselves so that we could earn the opportunity to occupy space.
domestic violence
When you quote at length the abuser’s friend’s “side” of the incident, talk about the victim’s college transcripts, or her employment record, you are participating in some good old-fashioned victim blaming.
domestic violence
"Verizon should not charge fees for early termination of contracts if they are because the person has been a victim of domestic violence."
domestic violence
The great thing about being a Congressman’s son is that you can commit assault with basically no consequences, thanks to the power of your father.
celebrity
I propose that in the future, instead of putting him on the front page of every website every time he throws a chair through a window or spends a day on the beach screaming at seagulls (seriously, WTF?), we turn a blind eye.
