Here’s what’s on our radar today:
• Do we need laws specifically against street harassment? Four smart people debate the idea. [New York Times]
• California is weighing an important prison-reduction law, Prop 47, which would reduce sentencing for tens of thousands of non-violent offenders annually and shift savings to schools, victim services, and mental health and drug treatment. [Colorlines]
• A little history for your Monday: suffragist satire from 1915. [Sociological Images]
• Right-wing bloggers are accusing Lena Dunham of sexually abusing her sister, based on her candid description of her childhood sexuality. [Salon]
• Philadelphia just passed an important hate crime law. [Advocate]
• A women-centric vampire film set in Iran? Yes, please. New movie A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night opens this month and looks great. [Slate]
Did we miss anything? Let us know in the comments!
5 Comments Have Been Posted
Lena Dunham's childhood
Elowwole replied on
Lena Dunham's childhood sexuality isn't the problem. The problem is the way in which she acted it out on her sibling. Did you read the text the right wing nutjob refers to? Would you find this defensible if it were anyone other than a "feminist" darling? Say perhaps a man.
Agreed, I'm *really*
laura m replied on
Agreed, I'm *really* disappointed to see Bitch passing along Salon's apologist piece. What Lena did to her sister is abuse, full stop, and it's not ok just because she's a woman.
Very much agreed. To be
morgan323 replied on
Very much agreed. To be taken seriously as a people for tackling sexual abuse, we have to make it clear that Lena's piece is not ok. So, so not ok.
I was under the impression
It Jana replied on
I was under the impression that they misquoted her writing. Like said 'pried open' vs 'reached between' and changed her age from 17 to 7 when discussing all to make it more sinister than it perhaps was? I haven't read the book though.
I believe that she was 7 when
Mary Mcginnis replied on
I believe that she was 7 when a specific event occurred but described events that happened over the course of the next ~10 years. I was also disappointed with Bitch including this story.
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