Guys, Fox News gets it wrong again. Not that we’re surprised. Feedback from a now-viral video of actress Shoshana B. Roberts walking through New York City and enduring 100-plus catcalls unearthed a misogynistic public that didn’t quite understand the dangers of street harassment. The hosts of The Five joined right in, mocking the video and adding […]
For those who have never endured the demeaning experience of catcalling, this video is for you. Hollaback, an anti-street harassment organization, teamed up with videographer Rob Bliss to show what it’s like to endure street harassment as a woman. In the short video, 24-year-old actress Shoshana B. Roberts took part in the social experiment as she walked the streets of New York […]
Rapper Maino was arrested Thursday morning for allegedly beating up a porn star in New York City, Page Six reports. The incident occurred outside a Meatpacking District nightclub early Tuesday. Maino, real name Jermaine Coleman, was arrested for misdemeanor assault after turning himself into authorities around 9:30 a.m. From Page Six: The altercation began when […]
Elizabeth Pena, the actress famous for her roles in Modern Family, The Incredibles, and La Bamba, died from complications from alcohol abuse. A death certificate confirms Pena suffered from cirrhosis of the liver “due to alcohol.” Pena fell ill months before her death on October 14. Read about it here…[TMZ] Halloween was forever ruined for a woman […]
Hey, Halloween offenders. We forgot to tell you something. Through all the berating about blackface, other culturally insensitive costumes, the stupid Ebola hazmat suit, and all the costumes that suggest women can only dress up like sexy kittens, we can’t believe we forgot this super important offense. Please don’t dress up as an ex-Baltimore Raven who knocked […]
A female passenger on a flight to Japan from Hawaii was sexually assaulted by another passenger in the plane’s bathroom. The woman, who remains unidentified, went to use the bathroom an hour and 45 minutes into the flight when Michael Tanouye followed her. Tanouye pulled down his pants in an attempt to rape her. As the […]
Police in New York City are searching for four men who are accused of making anti-gay comments and brutally attacking a transgender woman in the Bushwick area of Brooklyn. The attack, which occurred on Sunday just before 11:30 p.m., has left the victim in critical condition. From CBS Local: Police said the four men walked […]
In a tragic incident that highlights how street harassment can take a deadly turn, a 27-year-old mother in Detroit is dead after she was shot for refusing to give a man her phone number. Mary “Unique” Spears was attending the funeral of a family member on Detroit’s east side on the day the shooting occurred. The family continued to […]
Feminist writer, director, and actress Lena Dunham recently revealed she was date raped in college. In her latest book, Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s “Learned,” Dunham got candid about her experience. During an interview with NPR, the GIRLS writer/star told Terry Gross it wasn’t easy to share her story. “The chapter about […]
California Gov. Jerry Brown announced Sunday that the state became the first nation to define when “yes means yes” and adopt requirements for colleges to follow during sexual assault investigations. Bill SB967 was approved last month by Kevin de Leon, (D-Los Angeles) in response to the crackdown on universities to change how they handle reports of […]
An Oklahoma man decapitated a coworker and stabbed another at their Vaughan Foods, Inc. workplace on Thursday. Officers responding to the scene found two women stabbed and a man shot inside the factory in what they are describing as workplace violence. According to NewsOK: Alton Nolen, 30, was identified as the man who was shot, […]
There were tears, there were cheers, and all the feels on Thursday during New York Yankee Derek Jeter‘s final home game. From the NY Times: With one out in the bottom of the ninth, Jeter stroked the winning hit and ended his Yankee Stadium career the way he had ended so many games — with both […]
