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After a battle in Congress over reauthorization, the updated Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was signed into law by President Barack Obama this afternoon. Originally passed in 1994, VAWA helps fund programs aimed at preventing and prosecuting sex crimes against women and intimate partner violence. More
“Keep Calm and Hit Her.” “Keep Calm and Rape A Lot.” Sayings that look great underneath a crown on a snazzy t-shirt, right? Oh wait. Unless you’re a total asshole, these are probably not messages you’d want  emblazoned on your chest—not to mention on your website. That’s why Amazon, one of the biggest online retailers in the world, is under fire: consumers in the UK noticed these wildly-offensive and incredibly sexist t-shirts on the site. More
Oscar Pistorius was charged with premeditated murder for shooting Reeva Steenkamp, his 29-year-old girlfriend, through a closed bathroom door on Valentine’s Day. The world is scrambling to make sense of how the double-amputee Paralympic and Olympic athlete could have done something so horrendous, and South Africa is trying to make sense of how Steenkamp’s murder fits into its serious problem with domestic violence, rape, and violence against women. In the process of dredging up old dirt that hints at Oscar Pistorius’ domestic violence history, and contemplating what his motives might have been for such a violent act, another issue is uncomfortably rising to the surface: All the myths and misconceptions we have about disability. More
Via NPR, another way in which Washington legislators refusing to play nice with one another is undermining the health and safety of the American people. It seems political gridlock is partly to blame for Congress failuring to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act for the first time since 1994. More
Ugh. So anti- this proposal from European women’s groups calling for a prostitution ban spanning the European Union. The aim is to combat gender inequality and violence against women by making selling or paying for sex illegal, a campaign spokeswoman said. But further criminalizing female sex workers, making it impossible for them to earn a living or forcing them into deeper underground avenues seems like kind of a jackass way of helping, no? More
Domestic violence victims in the United States lose 8 million paid work days every year, and apparently, those who hold jobs have a bigger chance of being abused in the first place. More
A terrifying number of women in Italy have been murdered this year alone by their past or present partners. In a culture where aggressive overzealousness is seen as acceptable and even “romantic,” how can we change this? More
More domestic violence in sports, this time involving former WNBA and University of Tennessee basketball star Chamique Holdsclaw. Holdsclaw was arrested on domestic violence charges for an incident involving ex-girlfriend Jennifer Lacy – reminding us that domestic violence isn’t just a man on woman problem and partner violence is a problem in lesbian relationships, too. More
We’re entering some serious Rihanna-and-Chris-Brown WTF territory here: Just hours after Hope Solo’s fiance was released from jail (a place he’d been spending time on assault charges) yesterday, Solo married the dude. More
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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month–an epidemic that one in four women will experience in her lifetime and as many as 1.3 million women experience this year. According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV), this abuse is defined as ”the willful intimidation, physical assault, battery, sexual assault, and/or other abusive behavior perpetrated by an intimate partner against another.” It happens to ages, economic statuses, religions and races, and both women and men are often good at covering it up. That’s why it’s important to know the warning signs to help a friend or relative who may be dealing with this at home. More
Famed beauty blogger Lauren Luke posted a makeup tutorial on how to cover up bruises caused by domestic violence on YouTube. It’s disturbing, but  is actually a subversive (and genius) PSA calling for abused women to stand up against their partners. This is one of the best PSA’s we’ve seen all year, but not just because it’s attention-grabbing—it forces viewers to consider the day-to-day realities of living with the after-effects of domestic violence. More
Rihanna‘s relationship with her dad, Ronald Fenty, is famously tenuous; given the jaw-droppingly awful interview he gave with Heat magazine, it’s not hard to imagine why. Not only did he say she looked “fat” the last time he saw her, but he also pardoned Chris Brown for beating his daughter in 2009, saying he’d be fine if the two were to rekindle their romance. All I can say is I really hope that she has enough positive influences around her to balance out his incredibly shitty fathering capabilities. More
Everyone from Jay-Z to country singer Miranda Lambert to half the blogosphere has an opinion on what the heck Rihanna is doing collaborating (and possibly more) with her abusive ex-boyfriend Chris Brown on two new songs. But why are so few talking about Rihanna and Brown’s family histories of domestic violence? More
