Article Link: https://womensenews.org/2021/09/no-justice-no-freedom-medical-abuse-in-private-prisons/ In the article “No Justice, No Freedom: Medical Abuse in Private Prisons”, the author talks about how it has been a year since some of the victims of medical abuse in U.S. private prisons have spoke out about how doctors preformed gynecological procedures on them without knowing what exactly they were doing. … Read more
Russian authorities look into video footage leaked on Gulagu.net. In the video there were four men. A prisoner and 3 officials and someone recording. With such graphic video/ images prisoners were raped on video recording. Five Russian prison officials were fired and authorities opened many criminal investigations into alleged torture and sexual assaults at a … Read more
A now-infamous interview between Jimmy Kimmel, host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and Megan Fox, actor, resurfaced in 2020. In the 2009 interview, Megan Fox tells Jimmy Kimmel how at only 15 she was an extra in Bad Boy 2 film. Fox tells Kimmel that she was dressed in a red cowboy hat and a 4th … Read more
We’ve heard the term “shadow pandemic” apply to many co-occurring ongoing adverse events during the COVID-19 pandemic since lockdown began in winter/spring of 2020. This term has been applied to rising rates of domestic violence, depression, suicide (especially in young teen girls), anxiety, insomnia, and other mental health issues, and the silent killer of addiction. During … Read more
The R. Kelly case has been on the lookout for several years, and it’s still being investigated to this day. He has been targeted by the media and different people nationwide about the sexual assault cases he has been accused of taking effect in. Mainly he is being targeted because he is a black man … Read more
Have you ever heard of “the male gaze”? This is phrase is used to describe a situation where something is seen the the eyes of a man, in a way that either objectifies or devalues a woman or their actions. The male gaze is a newly popularized phrase that shows us a warped view on … Read more
Link: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/lockdown-anniversary-women-domestic-abuse-b1819278.html This article talks about the issues that women dealt with during, and right after of, the pandemic. I think it sad to see that one of the main things brought up was unplanned pregnancies and a large increase in domestic abuse. It also talks about how women were more likely to lose their jobs … Read more
On September 20th 2021, 70 students and faculty members gathered and took a stand against sexual and gender based violence on their campus. A couple days later thousands students at Western University walked out of class in protest of “Culture of misogyny” on campus. Fanshawe held a rally that was way smaller in London, Ontario. … Read more
This article discusses the fact that at least 710 (mostly female) indigenous people were reported missing in Wyoming from 2011-2020. It also talks about the Gabby Petito case and how the news media and people on social media responded to the case. The difference in the response when an Indigenous woman is missing compared to … Read more
For this blog post, I chose an article about a new support group for sexual assault survivors at the University of Kansas. I chose this article because I feel it is important for sexual assault survivors to be heard by people that have experienced the same thing as them. The article mentions a sexual assault … Read more