Wealthy white man receives Internet death threats over show about cars. Best of UK police force immediately stops what they’re doing to protect him and investigate perpetrators.
Eight-year-old Yemini child dies of internal injuries on wedding night at the hands of 40-year-old husband.
Man acquitted of raping 13-year-old girl in Sweden because she looked “well-developed.”
Sarah Ditum on why rape suspects should not remain anonymous.
Meghan Murphy: There’s nothing “safe” about silencing dissent. On safe-spaces, the Block Bot and new McCarthyism.
Socialist Resistance commissioned two articles on either side of the genderism debate. The feminist article, written by Victoria Smith, discussed the oppression women face on the basis of their biological sex. Socialist Resistance was careful to emphasize that her piece did not reflect the opinions of their organization. However, after some ire was raised over it, Socialist Resistance added a trigger-warning to the article’s preface. You can read Smith’s original piece and response to the action here.
Susan Cox is a feminist writer and erstwhile academic in Philosophy. Follow her @Blasfemmey.