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Jesse Williams Is Sorry You Were Offended by His Artistic Expression
Just a day after he caught all types of hell on Twitter because he decided it was a good idea to make a meme of Mamie Till-Mobley using the new Nike slogan from the Colin Kaepernick campaign, Jesse Williams showed up on the social media platform to apologize. Sort of. Williams made the memes on…
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In Honor of #NationalOneHitWonderDay, Here’s a List of Our Favorite One-Hit Wonders
Who knew there was an actual day set aside to celebrate those who came, dropped their one interesting hit on us and then faded back into obscurity—never to be heard from again. There are some one-hit wonders who have managed to rise back up again for an encore, but for the most part, they bless…
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Bill Cosby Will Likely Only Get a 3-Year Sentence For Drugging and Sexually Assaulting Andrea Constand
Bill Cosby’s sentencing hearing for the drugging and sexual assault of Andrea Constand began in a Pennsylvania courtroom Monday. Cosby was facing a maximum of 30 years in prison, but the judge in his case said he will likely be imprisoned for less than three years. Despite a psychologist from Pennsylvania’s Sexual Offenders Assessment Board…
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Brett Kavanaugh Thinks Being a Virgin Means You Can’t Sexually Assault Anyone
If you were up for an appointment to the United States Supreme Court and a woman you knew as a teen in high school came forward to accuse you of sexual assault, would you dodge the very idea of an FBI investigation? And if after the first investigation you thought you didn’t need, would you…
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Dear Jesse Williams: Oh No, Baby! What Is You Doing?
Remember when we all thought Jesse Williams was our new light-skinned, light-eyed, social justice warrior bae? Remember when he gave that fire speech at the BET awards, and we were drawn even further into his light-skint web? Remember when we found out the details of his divorce from his black wife and learned he was…
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Amber Guyger, the Dallas Officer Who Killed Botham Jean, Has Been Fired But It’s Not Enough
Amber Guyger—the 30-year-old police officer who shot and killed 26-year-old Botham Shem Jean as he sat in his own apartment minding his own business—has been fired from her job with the Dallas Police Department. The department announced Guyger’s termination via a post on Twitter, saying the officer had been terminated during a hearing that took…
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Cosby Accusers May Not Testify at Sentencing Hearing, Judge Says
On Monday, Bill Cosby is set to be sentenced in the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas for drugging and sexually assaulting former Temple University administrator Andrea Constand in 2004. Prosecutors were hoping to have additional women who have accused Cosby of sexual misconduct to testify at his sentencing hearing, but the judge in the…
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#WhyIDidntReport: A List of Reasons for Every Time It Happened
There are a lot of reasons why a woman may not report when she has been sexually assaulted. It does not go without notice that most of these reasons would be completely misunderstood by most men, but totally reasonable to a woman. If you are a man, you should understand that a lot of the…
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President Rape Culture Has Spoken: Kavanaugh Is Totally Innocent
Donald Trump continued his streak of defending accused abusers while simultaneously attacking alleged victims this morning. Just before 9 a.m., Trump took to Twitter to speak his mind about Christine Blasey Ford’s request that the Federal Bureau of Investigations look into her claims that Judge Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were both high…
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The Way Kavanaugh Defenders and Republican Senators Are Handling the Christine Blasey Ford Accusation Is Disgusting
Ever since Christine Blasey Ford’s accusation of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh became public knowledge, there has been a scramble by Kavanaugh supporters—including Donald Trump—and Republican senators to try and cast Kavanaugh in a positive light and a simultaneous attempt to keep his confirmation moving forward unimpeded. Kavanaugh has the unfortunate luck…
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