August 11, 2011
by Loretta Kemsley
Nafissatou Diallo, the hotel maid sexually assaulted by Dominque Strauss Kahn, is being attacked again, this time because she dared to sue her rapist. Her attorney, Kenneth Thompson, made a brilliant move when talking to the press. He used the word “vagina,” much to their horror. Here’s a quote from his former partner Andrew Goodstadt that appeared in the Observer:
He connects with juries. He connects with members of the media. I mean, you saw him standing out in front of the court house on D.S.K. I mean for a 35-minute uninterrupted CNN interview where you use the word vagina 20 times in four minutes.
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Posted in domestic violence, harm reduction, law/legislation, male violence, rape |
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August 4, 2011
by Loretta Kemsley
The forced birth crowd is once again trying to strip your rights from you. It’s time for you to take a minute and stand in opposition.
At stake is a new regulation mandating no-copay birth control options by health insurance companies. Those who want to force us to give birth are already rallying their supporters with claims we’re “irresponsible” and “violating God’s law” if we choose to exercise our reproductive rights.
The New Contraception Mandate: Wrong on Every Level
the new mandate forces health insurers to pay for the immoral use of drugs, therefore violating God’s law
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Posted in harm reduction, law/legislation, motherhood, patriarchal institutions (medicine/religion/law), pregnancy |
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July 14, 2011
by Loretta Kemsley
People are jumping on the Caylee’s Law bandwagon without asking the essential question: how would this law have protected her? Of course, the rage isn’t really about protecting Caylee Anthony. It’s against her mother — Casey Anthony — who is perceived as getting away with murder. But let’s consider another scenario: what if Caylee died while her grandmother, Cindy Anthony, was trying to murder her mother, Casey?
According to brother, Lee Anthony, and other sources that is what happened right before Caylee disappeared. Per their neighbor, Casey left without Caylee, so why did George Anthony testify he saw Casey leave with Caylee?
The public rage is rooted in these unanswered questions. We haven’t found the answer in the hate fest infecting the talk shows who covered the trial. We didn’t find it during the testimony in the courtroom. We won’t find them in a new law requiring parents to report children missing. So let’s look in another direction: What if Caylee died because of the domestic violence committed by her grandmother?
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Posted in domestic violence, law/legislation, male privilege, male violence, media, motherhood, patriarchal institutions (medicine/religion/law), WTF? |
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July 2, 2011
by Loretta Kemsley
“…this was a selfish, narcissistic, self-involved slut who wanted to kill her child to have “la bella vita.” Fox News’ Geraldo Rivera wasn’t reluctant to use sexual slurs as he condemned Casey Anthony, a woman on trial for the death of her daughter.
Fortunately, Ben Stein at American Spectator was outraged, “Presumed Innocent, Anyone?,” screamed his headline. Oh, wait, he wasn’t talking about Anthony. He was defending Dominque Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF chief charged with sexually assaulting a hotel maid.
And now the New York Post has joined Rivera in defending (not vilifying) Strauss-Kahn and smeared the maid with their own sexual slur: “Maid cleaning up as ‘hooker’ — Big tips for extra ‘turndown service’ — Prosecutors list litany of lies, scams.”
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Posted in law/legislation, logic/math, male privilege, male violence, media, motherhood, radfem 101, WTF? |
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June 23, 2011
by Loretta Kemsley
Medea by Delacroix
Real crime TV shows are rapt with the Casey Anthony case and have been since the first 911 call was made. Crime show hosts and commentators, normally neutral, are actively prosecuting Anthony, ridiculing her every move in court. Did she wipe away tears? Fake. Fraud. Was she stoic? Heartless psychopath. Did she laugh along with everyone else? Monstrous.
Filicide — the murder of a child by the parent — is a horrid crime, but does this case merit relentless coverage? If so, why?
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Posted in femicide, kids, law/legislation, media, motherhood, patriarchal institutions (medicine/religion/law) |
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June 5, 2011
by Loretta Kemsley
Fazlul Haque Amini, an Islamist cleric, said, “Islam permits child marriage and it will not be tolerated if any ruler will ever try to touch this issue in the name of giving more rights to women.”
What Amini is really protesting is the Bangladesh’s government passage of laws protecting girls from rape that splits them wide open and results in death.
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Posted in femicide, international, male violence, patriarchal institutions (medicine/religion/law), rape |
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May 28, 2011
by Loretta Kemsley
Who's the real rat?
“Why do so many American women have difficulties in bed?” asks Ogi Ogas, co-author of A Billion Wicked Thoughts, and author of the article Why Feminism Is the Anti-Viagra: The neural circuitry of dominance and submission.
Ummm…the answer is obvious: Women have difficulty enjoying “sex” because it is solely defined from a male pleasure and male orgasm point of view.
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Posted in harm reduction, health, liberal doods, logic/math, male privilege, PIV, WTF? |
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May 21, 2011
by Loretta Kemsley
If he was so intimidating, why did she immediately feel un-intimidated enough to alert the authorities as to her story?
Ben Stein’s question in The American Spectator is stunning — and terrifying. Misogynists have long complained women don’t immediately report rape right away, inferring this proves they are lying and trying to frame an innocent man. Now Stein is arguing the exact opposite: because she reported the rape right away, she’s lying and trying to frame an innocent man.
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Posted in finance, international, law/legislation, male privilege, male violence, race, rape, WTF? |
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