- 1. The violence of money in marriage: after 2 years, I finally recognized and then escaped financial abuse inflicted by my husband
- (Living)
- ... even there. I called creditor after creditor, but his bankruptcy was a get-out-of-jail-free card. The credit card companies didn’t care about the paperwork I offered to send them proving that Dax had been ...
- Created on 05 August 2022
- 2. "Legends of Drag" Pays Homage To Drag Icons "Of A Certain Age" Who Paved The Way For The Queens of Today ...
- (Books)
- ... to wear two articles of men’s clothing under your drag or you’d go to jail immediately, or in Hawaii, where it was required “that men performing in drag had to wear a sign that said, ‘I am a boy.’” If ...
- Created on 21 June 2022
- 3. Sam Jay Continues To Explore Tough Topics, Like Losing Her Mother Young On Season 2 Of Her Late-Night Show PAUSE With Sam Jay
- (TV)
- ... not just on the show, but with her career as a whole. “I talk about my brother going to jail, my fear of death, and losing my mother young,” she says of her new, ongoing mission to share more of herself ...
- Created on 09 June 2022
- 4. Fiona Apple Is Using Her Star Power For An Urgent Legal Cause—And She Wants Your Help
- (Feminism)
- ... own run-in with the law not too long ago. In 2012, Border patrol agents in Texas arrested Apple after finding marijuana and hashish on her tour bus. The whole ordeal got her a night in jail. Luckily, she ...
- Created on 18 March 2022
- 5. The Freeform Network Scores Big With Simone Finch's New Series "Single Drunk Female," A Show Focused On Starting Over And Getting Sob
- (TV)
- ... Suddenly, Sam's most pressing issue is avoiding jail time, which she seems to serendipitously sidestep a few times. A feat her snarky probation officer Gail (Madison Shepard) likes to remind her of. The ...
- Created on 28 January 2022
- 6. Alice Sebold apologizes to man she wrongfully accused of rape after he spent 16 years in prison
- (Feminism)
- ... But now Broadwater has been exonerated. Although he was released after 16 years in jail, he remained on the sex offenders register until his recent exoneration. Sebold has apologized for her mistake, ...
- Created on 08 December 2021
- 7. Child Marriage in America: How Courtney Stodden and Other Girls Are Being Forced To Marry Their Rapists
- (Feminism)
- ... every year from age 11 to 17; a baby for every year she was forced to stay married. And even to this day, her rapist has never been in jail. “They didn’t handcuff him, they handcuffed me by marriage. I ...
- Created on 12 November 2021
- 8. "Mi cuerpo, mi opcion": Mexico supports the decriminalization of abortion in Supreme Court vot
- (Feminism)
- ... abortions is unconstitutional, thus decriminalizing abortion procedures across the country. Up until now, many Mexican states could mandate jailtime for people who got abortions, and the ruling, which ...
- Created on 10 September 2021
- 9. Lil Nas X twerks to end cash bail in hot-as-hell video for "Industry Baby
- (Music)
- ... have a system of wealth-based incarceration in which people with money can pay to be let out of jail during their legal proceedings, while people who cannot afford their bail must stay in prison. This ...
- Created on 23 July 2021
- 10. Britney Spears Calls For An End To Her Conservatorship, Says She Isn't Allowed To Marry And Have Kid
- (Feminism)
- ... her dad as we all do. She knows he sucks. She even said he should go to jail. “My dad and anyone who played a role in this conservatorship, and my management who played a huge role in punishing me when ...
- Created on 24 June 2021
- 11. Nicole Riegel's Debut Film "Holler" Is An Uncompromising Portrayal Of Working Class Women: BUST Revi
- (Movies)
- ... sullen teen who starts stealing scrap metal when her older brother Blaze (Gus Halper) loses his job at the local factory. With their mom Rhonda (Pamela Adlon) in jail and detoxing, Blaze and Ruth are barely ...
- Created on 03 June 2021
- 12. Texas High School Valedictorian Tosses Prepared Graduation Speech, Delivers Passionate Pro-Choice Talk Instead
- (Feminism)
- ... incest and In addition, people can sue the patient and a doctor who performs an abortion. "The claimant can earn up to $10,000 if they win the case," the bill reads. The doctor and patient can face jail ...
- Created on 03 June 2021
- 13. Lindsay Lohan Returns to Acting, Starring in Upcoming Netflix Christmas Movie in 2022
- (Entertainment)
- ... film after film. Lohan slowly started fading out of the limelight due to her “substance abuse, driving-offense convictions, probation violations, jail time and spells in rehab,” The Guardian reported. ...
- Created on 26 May 2021
- 14. This Mother's Day, Honor Mamas Everywhere By Supporting The National Bail Ou
- (Feminism)
- Once again this year, the National Bail Out collective is raising funds to bail Black mamas out of jail in time for them to spend Mother’s Day with their families. Describing itself as “a Black-led ...
- Created on 07 May 2021
- 15. Another Black Trans Woman Was Murdered. Here Are 10 Black Trans-Led Organizations To Support Right Now.
- (Feminism)
- ... and gender variant/non-conforming people in prisons, jails, and detention centers. They provide both legal service work and peer legal advocacy programs to work towards fighting against police violence, ...
- Created on 15 April 2021
- 16. Two Women Were Charged With Murder After Delivering Stillborn Babies, Sparking Outrage Among Women's Rights Group
- (Feminism)
- ... organizations have argued that drug-addicted mothers should be sent to a safe facility for treatment, not jail. The ACLU previously won the releases of three women with similar cases to those of Becker ...
- Created on 05 April 2021
- 17. Lysol's Horrifying History Of Marketing Cleaning Products As Birth Contro
- (Living)
- ... books, jailed suffragists, and elected himself the head of the morality police when he founded the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice: a group responsible for imprisoning people who wrote anything ...
- Created on 25 March 2021
- 18. On International Women's Day, Women in Mexico Marched To Protest The Country's Ongoing Crisis of Gender-Based Violen
- (Feminism)
- ... week. While Quesada’s daughter remains in the hospital, authorities have stated the perpetrator may soon be allowed to walk out of jail due to a supposed lack of evidence. “I’m here so my voice is heard, ...
- Created on 10 March 2021
- 19. The Parole Preparation Project helps incarcerated people envision a better tomorrow
- (Living)
- ... Chrystul Kizer, A Teenager Sentenced For Killing Her Alleged Trafficker, Is Out Of Jail On A $400,000 Bond Don’t Understand #DefundThePolice? Here Are 8 Online Activists And Resources That Might Help ...
- Created on 13 January 2021
- 20. Jane Fonda: A Rebel With a Cause. Exclusive BUST Interview
- (Feminism)
- ... three more times, even spending a night in jail. She planned her fifth arrest for the Fire Drill Friday being held the day before her birthday. “I’d been warned by my lawyer, ‘If you do it again, then ...
- Created on 07 January 2021
