The Saddest Hero Story You'll Ever Read
(image) This story is getting linked all over the place, mostly lauding the seven-year-old who saved her mother's life by throwing herself in front...
16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence
(image) Today begins the 16 Days Campaign against gender violence. This year's goals include: Demanding and securing adequate funding for work against...
Not Funny
(image) Charming little discussion on some listserv about a woman who slapped her boyfriend and found out to her surprise that that counts as domestic violence.
Domestic Violence and Pregnancy
(image) How timely; just as we were talking about domestic violence, a new study came out on the subject. Which I find is true. Especially once you have...
Abused? "Just Leave."
(image) Y'all may or may not have seen the video that's making the rounds of the feminist blogs (I think it started at Echidne's place).
Sexism Includes Homophobia
(image) The culture wars really are, sometimes. Like in this story about a Kos writer's daughter, whose death at the hands of her abusivve boyfriend...



