Queer Lit CatsOct 23, 2023
Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: This New Essay Collection Reminds Us Abusers Can Be Real Charmers https://jezebel.com/this-new-essay-collection-reminds-us-abusers-can-be-rea-1850925691 #Jezebel #violenceagainstwomen #tommyjessemartinez #violenceagainstmen #crimesagainstwomen #williamburroughs #domesticviolence #jeanninecummins #sexualviolence #sophietorres #socialissues #myriamgurba #alicesebold #joanvollmer #nicolebrown #joandidion #ojsimpson #femicide #desiree #crimes #creep
This New Essay Collection Reminds Us Abusers Can Be Real Charmers

Myriam Gurba, the author of the critically acclaimed new essay collection Creep, talked to Jezebel about her creep—and the creeps lurking all around us.

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Queer Lit CatsOct 19, 2023
Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: Ohio Might Finally Make It Illegal to Rape Your Spouse https://jezebel.com/ohio-might-finally-make-it-illegal-to-rape-your-spouse-1850942181 #Jezebel #maritalrapelawsbycountry #crimesagainstwomen #violenceagainstmen #sexualconsentinlaw #lawsregardingrape #sexualharassment #kaseyholderbaum #jessicamiranda #sexualethics #socialissues #maritalrape #billseitz #sexcrimes #lawcrime #jones #rape
Ohio Might Finally Make It Illegal to Rape Your Spouse

One woman testified about being turned away by police when she reported her husband raped her: “Why should him being my husband have any difference?”

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Queer Lit CatsSep 21, 2023
Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: The Problems With Ashton Kutcher’s Anti-Child Sex Trafficking Organization Are Bigger Than Him https://jezebel.com/ashton-kutcher-thorn-sex-workers-1850852760 #Jezebel #humantraffickingintheunitedstates #violenceagainstwomen #violenceagainstmen #humantrafficking #sextrafficking #migrantsexwork #dannymasterson #yvestongnguyen #ashtonkutcher #socialissues #juliecordua #tongnguyen #violetblue #peterthiel #fostasesta #oliviasnow #demimoore #milakunis
The Problems With Ashton Kutcher’s Anti-Child Sex Trafficking Organization Are Bigger Than Him

Thorn's “exaggerated” claims of protecting children can be used as a backdoor to monitor and endanger sex workers, one sex worker and researcher told Jezebel.

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Queer Lit CatsSep 18, 2023
Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: 'Sound of Freedom' Anti-Trafficking Activist Tim Ballard Investigated for Sexual Misconduct, Per Report https://jezebel.com/tim-ballard-sexual-misconduct-investigation-1850850990 #Jezebel #nonprofitorganizationsbasedincalifornia #operationundergroundrailroad #violenceagainstwomen #violenceagainstmen #humantrafficking #mrussellballard #soundoffreedom #sextrafficking #timballard #mittromney #sexcrimes #ballard #qanon #our
'Sound of Freedom' Anti-Trafficking Activist Tim Ballard Investigated for Sexual Misconduct, Per Report

A reported 7 women were involved in claims of misconduct at Operation Underground Railroad, which include coercing women to share a bed and shower with Ballard.

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Queer Lit CatsSep 1, 2023
Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: Nick Carter Is Accused of Sexually Assaulting a Teenager on a Bus and a Yacht https://jezebel.com/nick-carter-is-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-a-teenage-1850796887?utm_source=regular #Jezebel #violenceagainstchildren #violenceagainstwomen #violenceagainstmen #backstreetboys #melissaschuman #margaretmabie #sexualassault #shannonruth #dalehayesjr #sexualabuse #nickcarter #sexcrimes #lawcrime #carters #rape #ar #rs
Nick Carter Is Accused of Sexually Assaulting a Teenager on a Bus and a Yacht

A third woman has alleged Carter sexually assaulted her on two separate occasions in 2003, when he was 23 and she was just 15.

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Queer Lit CatsAug 31, 2023
Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: Andrew Tate’s 'Generals' Victimized at Least 45 Women, Per Horrific Leaked Texts https://jezebel.com/andrew-tate-s-generals-victimized-at-least-45-women-pe-1850791549?utm_source=regular #Jezebel #violenceagainstwomen #violenceagainstmen #humantrafficking #milessonkin #andrewtate #joelampton #sexcrimes #tristan
Andrew Tate’s 'Generals' Victimized at Least 45 Women, Per Horrific Leaked Texts

One of Tate's 400+ 'War Room' devotees boasted about hitting a woman over the head with a keyboard and forcing her into seven hours of sex work without a break.

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Queer Lit CatsAug 30, 2023
Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: 3 States Just Banned Nonconsensual Pelvic Exams https://jezebel.com/3-states-just-banned-nonconsensual-pelvic-exams-1850789351?utm_source=regular #Jezebel #usnationalpractitionerdatabank #reproductivejustice #healthmedicalpharma #violenceagainstmen #pelvicexamination #informedconsent #sexualviolence #sexualconsent #sexualassault #medicalethics #ceshiaelmore #sexcrimes #consent #rape
3 States Just Banned Nonconsensual Pelvic Exams

New laws in Missouri, Montana, and Colorado ban medical staff from performing pelvic exams on unconscious or sedated patients without prior consent.

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Queer Lit CatsAug 22, 2023
Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: Powerful Amicus Brief Asks SCOTUS to Block Domestic Abusers From Owning Guns https://jezebel.com/powerful-amicus-brief-asks-scotus-to-block-domestic-abu-1850762611 #Jezebel #intimatepartnerviolence #everytownforgunsafety #unitedstatesvrahimi #gloriaaguileraterry #crimesagainstwomen #violenceagainstmen #domesticviolence #restrainingorder #zackeyrahimi #socialissues #gunviolence #kalashnikov #violence #lawcrime #crimes #abuse #crime
Powerful Amicus Brief Asks SCOTUS to Block Domestic Abusers From Owning Guns

A coalition of anti-domestic violence groups compiled dozens of real victims' stories to convey to the high court that "nothing less is at stake than lives."

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Queer Lit CatsAug 16, 2023
Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: Family of 13-Year-Old Mother Is Moving After Police Failed to Respond to Her Rape https://jezebel.com/family-of-13-year-old-new-mother-is-moving-after-police-1850743242 #Jezebel #violenceagainstwomen #crimesagainstwomen #violenceagainstmen #sexualabuse #sexcrimes #ashley #regina #rape
Family of 13-Year-Old Mother Is Moving After Police Failed to Respond to Her Rape

The Mississippi teen, referred to as Ashley (a pseudonym), became pregnant from the rape and was unable to get an abortion due to the state’s sweeping ban.

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Queer Lit CatsAug 15, 2023
Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: Abusers Commit Political Violence When They Control Partners' Access to Voting https://jezebel.com/abusers-commit-political-violence-when-they-control-par-1850740046 #Jezebel #violenceagainstmen #domesticviolence #tawnimaisonneuve #tonishapinckney #physicalabuse #atlanticbooks #socialissues #kyliecheung #violence #bullying #crimes #jeffr #abuse
Abusers Commit Political Violence When They Control Partners' Access to Voting

In her new book on domestic abuse, Kylie Cheung quotes one survivor who said, "I felt if I didn’t vote the way he did...it would really be a physical issue."

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