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An Increasing Number of Women in the UK Have Reported Being Pricked or "Spiked" With Drug-Filled Syringe Needles While Out in Public. Activists Are Calling For Safer Nightclub Condition
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(Feminism)
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"Needle Spiking” : A New Sexual Assault tactic Worries Many Women in The UK, A Call For Action Has Been Made.
As if the past few months in the UK weren’t already filled with numerous stories about ...
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Created on 02 November 2021
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Can "Mindful Masturbation" Help You Heal From Rape and Sexual Trauma
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(Sex)
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... to have sex, I was now terrified of the prospect. For nearly 2 years, I remained untouched; I’d freak out and cry during near-sexual experiences, or when a guy held my body in a certain way or got aroused ...
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Created on 15 September 2021
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Mutual Aid To The Rescue: Check Out These Seven Pro-Choice Organizations Providing Resources in the Midst of Texas' Near-Total Abortion Ban
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(Feminism)
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... weekly group session for post-abortion victims of domestic/sexual abuse. The website offers a Google form that potential participants can fill out before virtual meetings. Exhale offers a free text line, ...
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Created on 09 September 2021
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CEO and Poet Kanchan Singh Illustrates The Ugly Truth Behind Healing From Trauma In Her Newest Book "Dear Me, I Love You": BUST Interview ...
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(Books)
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... in truth. So much came up in therapy, because as a child, I was bullied, physically and sexually abused, sexually assaulted, and I was like, “Woah." Up until starting therapy, people would ask me, “What’s ...
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Created on 20 May 2021
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TikTok's "#April 24th" Trend Is a Hoax, but Not a Jok
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(Feminism)
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Trigger warning: rape/sexual assault
The date of April 24th has been trending on social media platforms over the past couple of weeks. Users claim there is a video that originated on TikTok of six ...
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Created on 23 April 2021
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8 AAPI Organizations To Support Right Now
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(Feminism)
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... against their communities. They also work with other communities of color and tackle issues such as sexual violence, racial discrimination, war, and immigration. Donate here.
7. The Asian American Legal ...
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Created on 24 March 2021
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Greta Thunberg, Rihanna, Disha Ravi and Nodeep Kaur: The Indian Farming Protests and The Women Speaking Out
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(Feminism)
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... in a farmers’ protest outside of a factory on the outskirts of Delhi. Kaur’s imprisonment—and the sexual assault and torture she allegedly faced in police custody—sparked global outrage.
“This isn’t ...
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Created on 17 February 2021
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“Promising Young Woman” Is Exactly What It Needs To Be
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(Movies)
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... it’s not real until someone dies? Of course not. The whole movie is precedented around the wildfire trauma of sexual assault in Cassie’s life and the devasting lack of awareness and culpability that she’s ...
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Created on 13 February 2021
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FKA Twigs Sues Shia LaBeouf For Abusive Behavior, And The Internet Has Something To Say About It
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(Music)
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... Angeles Superior Court lawsuit, Barnett alleges that LaBeouf committed sexual battery, assault, and infliction of emotional distress, and also accused him of knowingly giving her an STD. One of the events ...
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Created on 14 December 2020
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#IAmVanessaGuillen Calls Out The Military's Issue With Wome
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(Feminism)
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... Guillen’s family alleges that Guillen was planning on filing a sexual harassment complaint against Robinson before she died, which could have been a motivation for him to kill her, according to CNN.
Sexual ...
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Created on 08 July 2020
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Betsy DeVos' New Title IX Rules Just Gave More Rights To Those Accused of Sexual Assault
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(Feminism)
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... to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.” Title IX is also the amendment that covers sexual harassment and sexual violence at educational institutions, ...
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Created on 08 May 2020
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Delhi Women Host “Period Fest” to End the Stigma Against Menstruation
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(Feminism)
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... kitchen.
The last few months, there have been a staggering number of cases of violence against women. On February 6, a group of men entered Gargi College and sexually assaulted and molested the students ...
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Created on 24 February 2020
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20 Moments from the 2020 Women's March You Might Have Missed If Your Feminism Isn't Intersection
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(Feminism)
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... on Native-owned land. . Moreover, 84% of Native women have experienced violence in their lifetime, and 56% of Native women are survivors of sexual violence, according to the DOJ. 96% of victims of rape ...
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Created on 21 January 2020
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The Women of Bollywood Are Having Their Own #MeToo Moment
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(Feminism)
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Tarana Burke founded the Me Too movement in 2006, in order to aide victims and survivors of sexual abuse, specifically for women of colour and those in areas of lower-income. It wasn't until 2017, however, ...
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Created on 04 December 2019
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How To Teach Children About Consent
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(Living)
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...
More from BUST
Consent Isn’t Just For The Bedroom, And This Book Shows Why
Sexual Assault Survivors Are Caught Between A Rock And A Hard Place
Cornflake Christians: Women Are Being Subjected ...
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Created on 15 October 2019
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Netflix's "Unbelievable" Is Worth The Wat
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(TV)
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... were to happen again,” and Marie answers that she’d just lie even earlier on, because the truth is inconvenient.
Social psychologist Ines Hercovich, who studies sexual violence against women, examines ...
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Created on 04 October 2019
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Native Women's Equal Pay Day Raises Awareness About More Than Just Pay Inequit
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(Feminism)
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... sexual violence. These women also continue to endure the highest rate of sexual assault and are murdered at 10 times the national rate. Indigenous Americans born today have a shorter life expectancy than ...
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Created on 23 September 2019
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In Honor Of Suicide Prevention Week, Here Are Resources for LGBTQ+ Women in NYC
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(Living)
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... the second leading cause of death among young people ages 10 to 24, and lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth are almost five times more likely to attempt suicide than their heterosexual peers. Also, the Human ...
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Created on 12 September 2019
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Stanford Sexual Assault Survivor Chanel Miller Wants You To Know Her Name
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(Feminism)
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... down to Turner by Judge Aaron Persky. Despite being found guilty of three counts of sexual assault with a maximum sentence of 14 years, Turner only ended up serving three months out of his six month sentence. ...
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Created on 04 September 2019
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Why Some Male Politicians Won’t Be Alone With Women — And Why That’s F*cked Up
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(Feminism)
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According to two out of the three Republicans running for Mississippi governor, women are, first and foremost, sexual objects. So, naturally, they refuse to be in a room alone with them.
State Representative ...
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Created on 19 July 2019
