The madness doesn’t seem like it’s stopping. First, the Steubenville Rape and now three Chicago teenagers face sex assault charges after they raped a 12-year-old girl at gunpoint and posted a video of the December attacks on Facebook, prosecutors said. According to the Chicago Tribune: Scandale Fritz, 16, Kenneth Brown, 15, and Justin Applewhite, 16, were all ordered held…
A former Philadelphia police officer once hailed as a hero and given a seat next to the first lady at a speech by President Obama has been arrested and charged with rape and other crimes. Authorities allege that former officer Richard DeCoatsworth left a party with two women early Thursday and took them to another…
Three Morehouse College athletes have been accused of rape and other charges after an 18-year-old Spelman student accused them of raping her. Chukwudi Ndudikwa and Malcolm Frank face rape and aggravated sodomy charges. Tevin Mgbo is looking at charges of aggravated sodomy, kidnapping and reckless conduct. According to court documents the incident involving those three suspects happened…
College campuses have served as a hotbed for protests against rape culture, racism, homophobia and other ills in recent weeks. Some Dartmouth College students capitalized on the momentum, protesting against the school’s disregard for victim-shaming policies, racist incidents and other intolerant behavior. More than a dozen student activists invaded an annual welcome show for new…
In 2010, an incident occurred at Forest Hills Central High School in Michigan that sounds quite familiar to the high school rape story from Steubenville, Ohio. A student was sexually assaulted by a star player on the school’s basketball team in a soundproof band room. The student informed a teacher about the incident and in return, the teacher notified the…
When Rick Ross’ well-worded third apology for his rape lyrics hit the internet last week, not many people were willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. It turns out those skeptics were right in believing Ross’ sudden expression of remorse wasn’t genuine. Less than a week after being dropped from Reebok, it appears…
After Reebok dropped Rick Ross and criticized his prior apology saying: “We are very disappointed he has yet to display an understanding of the seriousness of this issue or an appropriate level of remorse,” the rapper has come forth with another, more profound statement of regret. He released the below to the press today: “Before…
Rick Ross is learning you can’t rap about raping a woman without taking responsibility for it. On “U.O.E.N.O.” he rapped “Put molly all in her champagne, she ain’t even know it/I took her home and I enjoyed that, she ain’t even know it.” The outcry against his lyrics have reached a fever pitch with petitions and a protest….
Three engineering students in India are fighting back against rape culture in an innovative way. They are creating undergarments that will help protect women against sexual harassment and attacks called “Society Harnessing Equipment (SHE).” The undergarments contain pressure sensors and an “electric-shock circuit board,” which can send up to 82 electric shocks when it detects…
Usually movies like Tyler Perry’s “Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor” are right up my alley. You don’t see a Tyler Perry film because you’re under any illusions it will be good. At their best, Perry movies excel at hitting the sweet spot of terrible, the kind of bad movie you can’t wait to pick…
