Tidbits-Oct. 8: Reader Comments: Rape Culture and the Cornell Seven; Dilemmas of Socialist Governance of a Capitalist State; Statement From Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani on the Third Anniversary of October 7; Hands Off Cuba – Let Cuba Live Virtual Event

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Reader Comments: Rape Culture and the Cornell Seven; Dilemmas of Socialist Governance of a Capitalist State; Measles; Statement From Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani on the Third Anniversary of October 7; Hands Off Cuba - Let Cuba Live Virtual Event; more

Carrying That Weight—Again – the Rape of Young Women

Jessica Valenti Abortion, Every Day
It's not just those tasked to protect young women who fail them. It's all of us. Doe told Cornell’s student newspaper that in the aftermath of her rape, she was disappointed by the lack of support she got from the student community.

Tidbits-Oct. 1: Reader Comments: Stopping Sexual Violence; So Many Privileged and Protected Kids; Leftist Party Hopes To Turn Back Germany’s Fascist Wave; Mark Carney Taking Aim at Canada’s Labor Movement; Israel’s Elimination Project; Announcements

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Reader Comments: Stopping Sexual Violence; So many privileged and protected kids; Rising Leftist Party Hopes To Turn Back Germany’s Fascist Wave; Mark Carney Is Taking Aim at Canada’s Labor Movement; Israel’s Elimination Project; Announcements;

The Platner Pattern – Are We Really Doing This Again?

Jessica Valenti Abortion, Every Day
The hatred of women is serious - and the left's inability to accept or grapple with that fact is no small problem. In a country where men are perpetually protected, women talking about assault is the real act of violence.

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'Women Talking’ Review: Sarah Polley’s Electric Drama Is an Urgent Vision of How To Remake Our World

David Ehrlich IndieWire
For God knows how long, the women of an isolated religious community have been drugged with cow tranquilizer and raped on a regular basis during the night. The women had been told they were being violated by ghosts, demons, or even Satan himself — punishment for their own improprieties. They believed that lie until two young girls saw one of the rapists as he left one night. The women of the colony, have 48 hours to decide what their future will be like. Will they leave or stay?
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