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On Threatening to Rape Michele Bachmann With a Weapon
A US Federal judge recently ruled that Twitter had to reveal the identity of the twitter user who recently threatened to rape Michele Bachmann with a machete. Hallelujah! While anonymity is both the...
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VAWA and the Rights of Crimes Victims
When I was stalked, I experienced first-hand the limits of the justice system and the burden that gets placed on victims. In the last few decades, there have been numerous improvements in the way...
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Go To The Police For Help, Gain a Stalker
This story made me want to throw up: A North Carolina police officer was recently demoted and is facing a lawsuit after two women accused him of stalking them. Richard Jenkins III was the head of the...
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Waiting for Superwoman: Is Work/Life Balance a Myth?
The Atlantic has done it again – ignited a controversy with an article about women and the workplace. Anne-Marie Slaughter’s piece “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All” is giving Hanna Rosin’s “The End...
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On World Population Day: Reproductive Health From Kenya to Mississippi
This past week, we celebrated World Population Day. It’s not news to anyone that the world’s population keeps getting larger while the world stays the same size and gets a little dirtier. Population...
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Outing Your Rapist on Twitter: Savannah Dietrich’s Fire Power
A lot has been written about Savannah Dietrich, the 17 year old girl who almost faced jail time for tweeting the names of her rapists. After her story went viral, the prosecutor decided not to file...
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Lower Paycheck for More Flexibility?
As the election cycle ramps up, issues like poverty and socio-economic inequality are getting a little more (but not enough) coverage in the news cycle. The state of the economy and ability to make...
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Is it Open Season on Troll Hunting?
First, Adrian Chen identified Reddit’s notorious Violentacrez, the man behind the infamous Jailbait Reddit and a bunch more misogynist ones. And then Anonymous released the name and information of...
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There Are Bigger Issues At Stake Than Petraeus
Everyone seems to be following the Gen. David Petraeus affair in I-can’t-tear-myself-away fashion. But are we getting caught up with what is appearing to be a run of the mill affair that got...
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Are We Being Too Harsh on Women Execs Like Mayer and Sandberg?
So Marissa Mayer gets attacked for taking a 2-week maternity leave and building a nursery next to her office, yet a short while back Anne-Marie Slaughter was getting taken to task for leaving her...
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