On Monday, Nov. 29, lawyers will begin opening arguments for the much-anticipated trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, the 59-year-old former girlfriend and alleged procurer for Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced billionaire who died by suicide in prison in 2019 after being arrested on multiple sex-trafficking charges. Maxwell is charged with six counts …
Read More »How the Media Turned Child Rape Into a 'Tryst' for Mary Kay Letourneau
In 1998, Mary Kay Letourneau appeared on the cover ofPeople magazine with her first child, Audrey. Bathed in warm light, with her blond hair softly curling and her brown eyes doleful, Letourneau could easily have been confused with the subject of a generic Sears portrait, if you didn’t read the …
Read More »Brittany Smith Loses 'Stand Your Ground' Hearing After Shooting Her Alleged Rapist
Alabama woman Brittany Smith lost her Stand Your Ground hearing on Monday after shooting and killing a man she said raped her and attacked her brother in January 2018. According to The New Yorker, she now faces life in prison. “I was prepared for a no, but I just feel …
Read More »Tinder App to Add Panic Button For Extremely Bad Dates
Tinder is introducing new safety features, including a panic button, to better protect users if a date starts to turn dangerous,The Wall Street Journal reports. The new features are expected to arrive at the end of January and they will be provided by the security app Noonlight, which Tinder’s parent …
Read More »A #MeToo Installation at Art Basel Raises Questions About Consent
Andrea Bowers is an artist best known for her socially conscious art works and installations, much of which explores women’s issues — her work has touched on such topics as the Steubenville rape case and reproductive-rights activism in the era before Roe v. Wade. So it was somewhat surprising on …
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