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The Best Halloween Movies For Every Mood
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(Movies)
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Halloween is usually filled with children prancing around the neighborhood before dusk and 35-year old men in Jim from The Office costumes lumbering around drunkenly. But, this year we won’t have to ...
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Created on 21 October 2020
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Alarming Stats Reveal Increasing Murder Rates of Women and Girls in Guatemala During COVID
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(Feminism)
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... led to an increase in domestic violence rates worldwide.
Header image of protesters courtesy of RICIG via Twitter.
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A Day Without Women: Mexico's Nationwide Stand Against Femicide ...
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Created on 12 October 2020
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A Mexican Feminist Collective Takes Over A Human Rights Office And Converts Into a Women's Shelter
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(Feminism)
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... or on her website.
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Why Is Poland Getting Rid of Protections Against Domestic Violence
Who Are Belarus' "Women in White"
Violence Against Women Act ...
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Created on 09 September 2020
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Drake Bell Accused Of Abuse By Ex-Girlfriend
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(Feminism)
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... D'Elia Accused Of Harassing Teenage Girls
Former Employees Say Producers On "The Ellen Show" Engaged In Sexual Misconduct
Why Is Poland Getting Rid Of Protections Against Domestic Violence? ...
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Created on 13 August 2020
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The Internet is Raising Eyebrows at Joe Biden's New VP Kamala Harris
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(Feminism)
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... pe you will take this moment to push to defund the police domestically, fight for the dignity of working people, and speak against the increasing violence, bigotry, and ongoing arrest of dissident voi ...
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Created on 12 August 2020
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An FDA-Approved Nasal Spray Could Help Treat Depression
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(Living)
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... 800-656-HOPE (4673)
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233. If unable to speak safely, text LOVEIS to 22522.
National Institute on Drug Abuse Hotline: 800-662-4357
The Gay, Lesbian, ...
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Created on 10 August 2020
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Why Is Poland Getting Rid of Protections Against Domestic Violence? ...
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(Feminism)
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... government's plans to withdraw from a pan-European convention tackling violence against women. “The aim is to legalize domestic violence,” said Marta Lempart, one of the protest organizers said at a marc ...
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Created on 03 August 2020
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Hey 19: The Wild True Story Of America's First Women-Led Terrorist Group
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(General)
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... M19, believed to be the first—and to date only—domestic terrorist group founded and led by women. And until that botched heist, they had managed to stay completely beneath the Bureau’s radar.
M19—short ...
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Created on 30 July 2020
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Your Feminism Isn't Intersectional If It Doesn't Include Prison Abolition
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(Feminism)
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Trigger warning: this story includes discussions of sexual assault, domestic violence, violence against womxn.
Since the murders of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Tony McDade, and a number of other ...
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Created on 16 July 2020
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Chrystul Kizer, A Teenager Sentenced For Killing Her Alleged Trafficker, Is Out Of Jail On A $400,000 Bond
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(General)
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... ey to create a national fund for survivors of domestic and sexual violence who are facing charges after her case ends.
"Far too often, survivors of violence -- especially Black women and girls -- are puni ...
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Created on 26 June 2020
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The UK’s New Bill Will Ban the “Rough Sex Gone Wrong” Defense
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(Feminism)
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...
— sianushka (@sianushka) June 16, 2020
The defense will be outlawed by the forthcoming Domestic Abuse Bill, which endows the courts with new powers to protect victims of sexual violence and imposes ...
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Created on 18 June 2020
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In "I Was Lorena Bobbitt," Dani Montalvo Sheds Light on Modern Day Domestic Abuse During Quarantine: BUST Interview ...
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(Movies)
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... ome. I mean, I hadn't heard anything about her story. So when I researched all of it, I did learn about what domestic violence victims go through, or survivors what they go through, and that this is an a ...
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Created on 27 May 2020
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Here Are The Women Winners Of The 2020 Pulitzer Prizes
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(Books)
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... in theater and film.
7. Melinda Henneberger for Editorial Writing
Henneberger of The Kansas City Star became a finalist for the Editorial Writing Prize for editorials on sexual assault, domestic violence ...
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Created on 06 May 2020
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U.N. Reports That COVID-19 Quarantines Has Led to Increase in Domestic Violence Worldwide ...
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(Feminism)
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The United Nations, specifically Secretary-General António Guterres, are expressing concerns about the reports of alarming increases in domestic violence. As the world remains shut down due to the coronavirus ...
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Created on 20 April 2020
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I Support The Girls: This Organization Reminds Us That ‘Periods Don’t Stop For Pandemics’
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(Feminism)
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... for learning about local need and collecting and distributing the products. So far, 8,850,000 bras and menstrual products have been collected and distributed to homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters, ...
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Created on 20 April 2020
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Sleazy Landlords Request “Sexual Favors” Instead of Rent During COVID-19 Pandemic
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(Feminism)
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Government officials in Hawaii have noticed an increase in the number of women reporting landlords asking for sexual favors in exchange for rent. This suggests that landlords are using the COVID-19 ...
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Created on 13 April 2020
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4 Ways COVID-19 Disproportionately Affects Women
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(Living)
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... months. Sadly, they remain more vulnerable, both physically and economically, in several ways. Here’s how the current outbreak disproportionately impacts women.
1. Domestic Violence Victims Have Few ...
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Created on 10 April 2020
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During A Pandemic, The Malaysian Government Recommended Misogyny
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(Feminism)
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... g discipline and a routine while working from home, the focus on LOOKS, DRESS, and MAKEUP is absolutely unnecessary. Stop this sexist messaging @KPWKM and focus on #domesticviolence survivors who are ...
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Created on 03 April 2020
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How France Is Helping Survivors Of Domestic Violence During The Pandemic ...
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(Feminism)
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... around the world who don't see home as a place of solace, but a personal hell. Cases of domestic violence during this pandemic have risen as are partners stuck inside through this stressful time, livin ...
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Created on 02 April 2020
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5 Ways To Help Women, LGBTQ People, and Vulnerable Members of Society Right Now
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(Blog)
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... resources for those in precarious living situations. One of those is a largely shared post of a domestic abuse hotline because for some people self-isolating at home isn’t a safer option. Women are at ...
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Created on 18 March 2020
