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The past week has been filled with grief and remembrance for the nation as we commemorate the tenth anniversary of the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history. I, however, was also marking another anniversary of violence. Nine years ago, one week before the first anniversary of 9/11, I was raped outside my house in lower [...]
the franken amendment remains in jeopardy. today we have this news, via ThinkProgress: Defense contractors are lobbying Sen. Dan Inouye (D-HI) to strip Sen. Al Franken’s (D-MN) anti-rape amendment from the defense appropriations bill. The amendment would withhold defense funding from companies barring their employees from taking sexual abuse cases to court. “The defense contractors [...]
for most people, the polanksi arrest and subsequent hand-wringing from the pro-child-rape contingent (there’s nothing else to call people who support a man who raped a child orally, anally and vaginally after drugging her) is yesterday’s news. those of us for whom rape is not passe feel differently. the polanski case is not over. nor is [...]
