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Watch: Like Simone Biles, How Many More Will Say #MeToo?
If there’s one fact I’ve learned over and over again in my 26 years on this planet, it’s that as a woman, I’m never safe, and the world could not give a damn about changing that. In the past few months, droves of women have bravely come forward to detail their experiences of sexual assault.…
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Former USA Gymnastics Doctor Pleads Guilty to Multiple Counts of Sexual Misconduct
The former USA Gymnastics team doctor at the center of a sexual assault scandal pleaded guilty Wednesday to multiple counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct in a Michigan court. According to CNN, of the seven charges against Larry Nassar, three applied to victims under age 13, and three applied to victims 13 to 15 years…
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Gabby Douglas Says She Too Was Sexually Assaulted by USA Gymnastics Team Doctor
Sometimes people speak out against the suffering of others because they don’t know how to deal with their own hurt, pain and suffering. I am going to assume that is the case with U.S. gymnast Gabby Douglas, who engaged in a bit of victim-blaming Friday when she said that a woman dressing “in a provocative/sexual…
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Gabby Douglas Apologizes for Victim-Blaming Teammate; Social Media Declares She’s ‘Canceled’
On Friday morning, gymnast Aly Raisman shared a message about victim-blaming, on the heels of her coming forward and stating that she was sexually abused by a former USA Gymnastics team doctor. The gold-medal-winning gymnast reminded people that it doesn’t matter what women wear when it comes to sexual abuse and that the finger-pointing directed…
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Simone Biles Continues Gold Streak, Wins Women's Vault
Simone Biles, the world’s best gymnast, walked away Sunday from the women’s vault event with her third gold medal in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the Huffington Post reports. Biles led the U.S. women’s team, dubbed the “Final Five,” to a team gold Wednesday before snagging the all-around gold by a 2-point margin. Her win…
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From Mike Brown To Simone Biles: How Yesterday Exemplified Black America’s Complicated Relationship With America
“Complicated” has become a convenient catch-all to describe romantic relationships that seem to defy explanation. So much so that “it’s complicated” has become a popular way to synopsize them completely; distilling months, even years of context down to two words. It’s also frequently misused, as many — and perhaps even most — of the relationships…
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Gabby Douglas Cannot Advance to All-Around Finals in Gymnastics Because of '2 per Country' Rule
Pretty much everyone who is sane is all about the U.S. women’s gymnastics team, which is currently completely killing the game and owned the Olympic qualifiers Sunday. Unfortunately, as Cosmopolitan reports, Gabby Douglas, who wowed crowds in the 2012 Summer Olympics, taking home the gold in the individual and team all-around competitions, will not be…