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It's unbelievable to hear that news. In front of a...

2010-01-08T02:21:50.836-05:00

It's unbelievable to hear that news. In front of an audience she was raped. what did the other people do just watching her they did not help her or call a police. That's really unimaginable.

Pretty gross, huh? Thank you for sharing (though ...

2009-11-01T20:19:14.988-05:00

Pretty gross, huh? Thank you for sharing (though sometimes ingnorance is nicer, it isn't always good).

And thanks for following!

Ditto Amy! I may be back from my blog break, but ...

2009-11-01T16:46:54.733-05:00

Ditto Amy! I may be back from my blog break, but I'm still getting back into the swing of things, I would have probably missed that article about television violence had you not been so on the ball!
Thanks so much! I will definitely be including it in my presentation.

welcome back, Mommy B! We've all missed you! So mu...

2009-11-01T02:39:32.070-05:00

welcome back, Mommy B! We've all missed you! So much to catch up on, I'll send updates on what's cookin' asap, but meanwhile...

Living in the Bay Area and having this horror broadcast 24/7 makes me compelled and comment pronto & add to your study & links for your talk...and yes it HAS been hard to confront with girls locally in dialog openly, esp. being Halloween night & the whole costume/toxic cues too for both genders too! (PimpCostumes.com will raise your blood pressure for sure)Anyway, I twittered a couple of 'em recently:

This one from Reuters: "Violence against women, female teens, surges on TV" http://bit.ly/38VYEk and this quote from one of the teachers in Richmond who summed it well, ""Women are portrayed on TV & music as pieces of meat; when are we going 2 take the challenge & step up & chg this?"

Also tweeted Jess Weiner's classic comment, "Why did we pay more attention to what Kanye did to Taylor than we are on what rapists and bystanders did to a 15 y.o. girl?!"

So in short, yes, I think it IS 'open season' in terms of the media corollaries and desensitization and we need to bring this madness to a screeching halt.

Way behind on everything (inc. your posts on S.Y.) but will get up to speed soon for Nov.

As we enter the month of Thanksgiving, I'll be the first to say, I feel thankful to have colleagues like you along in this battle. You, my friend, are 'well named' ;-) Thx for a great post, ttys, a.

Yes, it is so unimaginable and sickening. My heart...

2009-10-28T15:57:04.608-04:00

Yes, it is so unimaginable and sickening. My heart goes out to the girl and her family as well. How do we even beging to warn our daughters about something like this? It's insane.

Every day the news around this story gets worse. Now they're saying that people came and went during the rape, watched and did nothing.

I haven't been able to read the story. I know I ne...

2009-10-28T00:59:23.507-04:00

I haven't been able to read the story. I know I need to, to be informed, but I just can't. That poor girl and her family.

I can't even finish reading this blog post or read...

2009-10-27T16:02:26.490-04:00

I can't even finish reading this blog post or read into that article. Just the first sentence of it makes me sick to my stomach. How very very sad and so so horrible. :(