4 posts tagged ‘sexual abuse’
Rachel Aviv on Alice Munro’s Family Secrets
The New Yorker,
Munro kept quiet about the sexual abuse of her daughter by her partner—but wrote about the family trauma in fiction.
Mariska Hargitay shares experience with sexual assault in emotional personal essay
AV Club,
Mariska Hargitay may have years of experience playing a detective who helps seek justice for survivors of rape and sexual assault on television, but until recently she had a hard time processing that part of her own identity. This revelation comes from a personal essay that the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit actor… Read more...
Jonathan Majors’ Trial Has Been Jarring. Domestic Violence Experts Have Seen It All Before.
Jezebel,
Over the last two weeks, Jonathan Majors’ ongoing domestic violence trial has unearthed a series of gutting revelations about his former relationship with Grace Jabbari, whom Majors is charged with assaulting one evening in March. After closing statements were made on Thursday, the jury began deliberating and returned… Read more...
Black Women Sue Kansas Police Department Alleging Rape & 'Government-Sanctioned Terrorism'
Five Black women filed a federal lawsuit on Friday accusing officers of the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department (KCKPD) of rape, intimidation, and using “government-sanctioned power and terrorism” to silence and intimidate them. The lawsuit names former police chiefs Thomas Dailey, James Swafford, and Ronald… Read more...