Tommy Mottola Describes How He Abused Mariah Carey In New Memoir
This post was reprinted with permission from BlackBookMag.com. The New York Post got its hands on the new memoir by music honcho Tommy Mottola and the paper’s most depressing article today is a long...
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Pics Surface Of Dina Lohan With A Black Eye
“Entertainment Tonight” has exclusive photos of Dina Lohan’s black eye, allegedly given to her by Michael Lohan, taken many years ago when the Lohan children were still young (and Dina was still a...
View ArticleOn Alisa Valdes’s Conflict With Feminism, Her Cowboy & Domestic Abuse
If you’ve been reading the blogosphere lately, you’ve likely heard about Alisa Valdes and her memoir, The Feminist And The Cowboy: An Unlikely Love Story. Valdes is the author several romance novels...
View ArticleGirl Talk: My Roommate’s Boyfriend Stalked Her
A few years ago, I posted a roommate request on Craigslist. I received a handful of responses, and after weeding out the crazies, I invited a few people to come see the apartment. One afternoon, a girl...
View ArticleTrue Story: Woman Invites Hurricane Sandy Refugee To Stay With Her, He Gets...
Warning: This story is probably going to enrage you. Part-time New Yorker Melissa Frost — full disclosure: she’s a friend of mine — wanted to help out the victims of Hurricane Sandy and she...
View Article90 Women Murdered By Intimate Partners Or Family Members In The 8 Weeks Since...
The gun lobby says us ladies need guns to protect ourselves. But reporter Melissa Jeltsen at the Huffington Post paints a different picture: guns in the hands of abusive partners kill women. A lot of...
View ArticleAccused Witch Is Burned Alive
Nope, this is not a headline from Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692. People really did put to death a woman accused of being a witch in 2013. A town in Papua New Guinea, which is in the South Pacific...
View ArticleGood News: The Senate Passed The Violence Against Women Act (Again)
The Senate passed the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act by a wide majority of 78-22 yet again. The measure first passed in 1994 was up for reauthorization in 2012; however, in April...
View Article“One Billion Rising” Today To End Violence Against Women And Girls
If you’re not into the commercial cutesiness of Valentine’s Day, there’s an alternate, empowering holiday to celebrate on February 14th: V-Day, a global movement to end violence against women and...
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Oscar Pistorius & Reeva Steenkamp: 9 Things To Know About The Couple
Oscar Pistorious, 26, a Paralympian and Olympian and inspiration to athletes around the world, was arrested today — Valentine’s Day — and charged with murdering his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp....
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Oscar Pistorius Accused Of Premeditated Murder
Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius sobbed in court today as prosecutors accused him of planning to murder his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, 30, whom he allegedly shot four times yesterday morning in his...
View ArticleOscar Pistorius Denies Reeva Steenkamp’s Death Was Premeditated Murder
This morning, Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius faced his first bail hearing regarding the death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp and disputed the premeditated murder charge against him. The higher...
View ArticleGOP Congressman Says VAWA Has A “Motherhood-And-Apple-Pie Title”— What?
Congressman John Duncan from Tennessee says he is undecided on which way he’ll vote on the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which passed the Senate last week 78-22. His reasoning?...
View ArticleViolence Against Women Act Might Actually Pass The House Of Representatives
Keep your fingers crossed: Politico is reporting that the Violence Against Women Act is expected to pass in the House of Representatives this week. VAWA was originally championed by then-Senator Joe...
View ArticlePhotographer Captures Man Beating His Girlfriend In Startling Photo Essay
This sent shivers down my spine. A moving photo essay by the photographer Sara Naomi Lewkowicz on TIME magazine’s website follows a young couple’s relationship, culminating in the man beating his...
View ArticleTeen Girl In Maldives To Be Flogged 100 Times For Premarital Sex
Last week, a 15-year-old girl in the Maldives was sentenced to being flogged with 100 lashes for having consensual sex outside of marriage. Now the Islamic ministry and judiciary are being pressured to...
View ArticleThe Soapbox: BDSM Is Not “Consensual Domestic Violence”
I don’t want to write this post. I really don’t want to write this post. I really don’t want to write this post because all the ways that Slate columnist/link-baiter William Saletan is wrong about BDSM...
View ArticleAddressing Domestic Violence Means Addressing Gun Violence, Says Joe Biden
Vice President Joe Biden announced 12 grants to programs around the country to protect potential victims of domestic violence at the hands of their abusers. Noting that between 2009 and 2012, 40...
View ArticlePlease Tell Me This Bra-Clad “Zombie Ex-Girlfriend Shooting Target” Is An...
I really, really, really want this to be an April Fool’s Day joke. ZMB Industries, which manufactures shooting targets which all resemble zombies, has a “zombie ex-girlfriend” target of a bra-clad...
View ArticleA Picture A Day, In The Year Of A Domestic Violence Victim
There was an air of mystery surrounding the alarming video “One Photo A Day In The Worst Year Of My Life” that went viral after it was posted on Reddit. People wondered, Is it real or fake? Devastating...
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