What's Current: 50 shades of domestic abuse

After 25 year-old man secretly films having sex with his 17 year-old girlfriend and posts it Screen Shot 2015-02-05 at 2.17.08 PMto social media, she pours acid on his penis in retaliation.

100 rapes undeniably, directly facilitated by the porn industry.

Gail Dines’ Twitter campaign #50dollarsnot50shades is getting a lot of press.

Why you should talk to your kids about 50 Shades of Grey

Newly revealed ISIS manifesto details how women should be subservient to their “master husbands.” What a barbaric idea! Here in the Western World, we only practice sexy and empowering slave and master relationships.

A great resource for statistics on domestic violence in the US.

Everyone assumed Harper Lee was a man!

 

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Susan Cox is a feminist writer and academic living in the United States. She teaches in Philosophy.