domestic violence
If You Want to Protect Black Women, Start with Megan Thee Stallion
“Protect Black women” is floating around social media, but there’s a more powerful sentiment that Black women are undeserving of being shielded from violence.
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Many Deaf Women Aren’t Safer at Home
48 million deaf or hard of hearing people in the United States at risk of domestic violence during the lockdown.
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All Victims Can Be Perpetrators
Our society has not yet accepted that women can inflict horrible wounds and still be horribly wounded themselves.
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“What Kind of Girl” Flips the Teen Domestic Violence YA Narrative on Its Head
High school is still high school and teenagers still struggle to understand how abuse happens.
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In the Muck: With “In the Dream House,” Carmen Machado Archives Queer Women’s Pain
“Our culture does not have an investment in helping queer folks understand what their experiences mean.”
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From Lovable Brute to Aggressor: How “Stranger Things” Turned Jim Hopper Into an Abuser
The issue with Stranger Things is that its depiction of abuse seems unconscious and uncritical. A series that doesn’t recognize abuse only normalizes... Read more »
Scream On: “Big Little Lies” Shows That Abuse Doesn’t Always Die with the Abuser
Big Little Lies never lets us forget that it’s a show about the inextricable hold that domestic violence has on those who experience it, witness it, and survive it.
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Invisible Signs: What We’re Still Missing When We Talk about Domestic Violence
No Visible Bruises will raise awareness and save lives.
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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: #TransRightsAreHumanRights
This is not the first time the Trump administration has attempted to narrow trans rights.
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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: Dear “Good Men”
We must demand that men do more than just listen.
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