Host Kimberlé Crenshaw: “It wasn’t the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution nor the Stars and Stripes that gave birth to America; it was the Black vagina that laid the golden egg.”
View MoreTag: Violence Against Women
Black women punished for self-defense must be freed from their cages | The Guardian
Black women have always been vulnerable to violence in the US. We have to address the systemic and cultural issues that contribute to this
View More
Anita Hill: Kavanaugh confirmation hearing ‘disservice to the American public’ | The Guardian
Professor said Senate committee response to Christine Blasey Ford mirrored her experience testifying against Clarence Thomas
View More
Cosby Prosecutor Kristen Gibbons Feden Explains Why Justice Was Served With His Prison Sentence | Bustle
“It didn’t appear to me that he thought this day would ever come, and you know what? It came,”
View More
Professor and television host Melissa Harris Perry reveals she was raped in 2016 | The Grio
Wednesday, while Twitter was abuzz about the Brett Kavanaugh allegations, writer, professor and television host, Melissa Harris Perry joined in on the conversation by revealing very personal details of her own experience as a victim of rape and shed light on why victims wait so long to come forward.
View More
This Is How a Black Woman Unravels | The Root
“Nah, he can’t be talking to me.”
View More
#MuteRKelly Co-Founder Discusses Campaign’s Success, Backlash | Colorlines
“This has never been about censoring his music. It’s about his behavior.”
View More
After years of domestic violence, a gun changed everything | The Philadelphia Tribune
After one beating, Norris Jones went to her father’s house and shared what she was going through. “He looked at me and said, ‘What did you think marriage was?’”
View More
Memories of FGM: ‘I was screaming in pain and fear’ | Al Jazeera
Assita Kanko, a politician in Brussels, recalls when she underwent female genital mutilation as a child in Burkina Faso.
View More
‘Boyfriend loophole’: backlash after Oregon joins 23 states in curbing guns | The Guardian
The new law makes it harder for convicted domestic abusers to buy guns, but gun advocates say it will only breed confusion.
View More