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Wella's JournalL.A Times Reporter Matt Pearce hit in head by rock in Ferguson
SOUTH ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) – L.A Times Reporter Matt Pearce was injured during protests in south St. Louis Sunday night.
News 4 crews say Pearce was hit in the head at Vandeventer and 44 after citizens were seen throwing rocks. It is unclear why rocks were being thrown or if Pearce was the target.
Pearce later tweeted out that a Gateway Region Action Medic assisted him and that he was fine.
Read more: http://www.kmov.com/news/talkers/LA-Times-reporter-injured-while-covering-protests-in-south-St-Louis-283653611.html#ixzz3Jx7G2tlq
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Why a 17-year-old might not report a rape (even if it's not Bill Cosby)
There has been a lot of discussion about why Cosby's accusers didn't report the rapes or report them right away. Some of the alleged victims are very young--at least two were underage (15 and 17). (That's statutory rape even in the unlikely event that the sexual activity was consensual.)
As of yet, there has not been a criminal case against Cosby, and the civil case from 2006 was settled financially. A financial settlement does not necessarily mean guilt, since stars often settle "nuisance" suits to make people go away. On the other hand, over a dozen women were represented in that suit.
In the meantime, let's take the Barbara Bowman case: Bowman was 17 at the time of the alleged rapes, which, according to Bowman, involved her being drugged by Cosby. She was uncertain at first what had happened. But even after you're certain, why might you not report it? (Remember Bowman did go to a lawyer and they laughed at her).
An Open Letter to Whoopi Goldberg
Here’s why women often don’t immediately report sexual assault, let alone get rape kits.
http://www.phillymag.com/news/2014/11/18/open-letter-whoopi-goldberg/
Why don’t we tell, Whoopi? Because our skin burns with shame. I thought my body would never get clean, not only from him but from my own stupidity and weakness. The minute after it ended I felt like I was being torn into pieces, like I was on fire, and I just wanted to shower. I felt crazy, confused, angry, beaten, lost, like I had a zipper running from throat to naval. I felt more alone than I’ve ever felt before or since. I felt like the severed pieces of my body were floating in darkness. I felt savaged. I felt terrified.
Here’s what I did not feel: capable of calmly picking up the phone. Capable of walking to the hospital and talking to one functionary after another. Capable of filling out paperwork. Capable of being touched by another person without exploding into flames. Capable of functioning at all like a human being because I wasn’t a human being. I felt like if I even went outside of my room my organs would explode out of my body. How would I explain that to the cops?
Ultimately, I told one person who I swore to secrecy. Had I allowed him to tell others, my rapist would perhaps be serving time rather than serving sandwiches in a vegetarian restaurant in the Bronx where, last I heard, he was a manager*. But I believed I was to blame.
Months passed before I told someone else, but they did not take appropriate action, and he remained free. Years passed before I went into detail about it — in a cover story for a newspaper, no less — and I didn't use his name. Even now I allow him to have a family, a business, a good life, from what I hear, because I think to myself: Well, he was young. Maybe he’s changed. We contain multitudes. It’s complicated.
Why don't I tell? Deep down, I still feel like that terrible girl who made something bad happen. I think about confronting him, sure. But I do nothing. I will do nothing. If he were a celebrity, however, you bet your fucking ass I’d tell my story.
Read more at http://www.phillymag.com/news/2014/11/18/open-letter-whoopi-goldberg/#2UIWkBAg9djbEiUG.99
Is there a thread for the President's speech?
I'm watching on
http://www.scpr.org/events/2014/11/20/1625/immigration-action-watch-president-obamas-speech/
OMG! Selling ignorance as science??
A friend of mine in the sciences is very concerned about this upcoming "documentary." This is far worse than thinking humans left out food bowls for dinosaurs 6000 years ago. I'm just speechless.
Chris Hedges - Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
"Why I didn’t vote in the midterm elections" (GW student)
Why I didn’t vote in the midterm electionshttp://blogs.gwhatchet.com/theforum/2014/11/06/why-i-didnt-vote-in-the-midterm-elections/
In 2012, I made sure to vote because I was jazzed to help guarantee President Barack Obama a second term in office. Truth be told, I mailed my absentee ballot the morning of Election Day and I’m not even sure it counted, in the end. But I didn’t care, because to me, it was largely symbolic, and I was satisfied.
I’m registered to vote in Michigan, but only because that’s where my family lives. I grew up overseas, so I’m not really invested in Michigan politics and can’t even name our senators. (But I do know my mom curses at Terri Lynn Land every time she sees a lawn sign with her name on it, so I know we’re happy about that particular race, I guess?)
Sure, maybe I should have registered in D.C. I’ve at least followed the mayoral election here, though mostly because I’m a Hatchet staffer. But when I saw Muriel Bowser, the Democratic nominee for mayor and eventual victor, speak on campus last semester, I found myself not really liking her as a person. (Sorry, Muriel.) So a desire to vote for her didn’t drive me to the polls, either.
So shame me all you want, but I stand by my decision. When you talk about getting out the vote, it’s not me you’re talking about.
When a Student Confides a Rape, Should a Professor Have to Report It?
In California, K-12 teachers are mandatory reporters of all kinds of abuse, including sexual abuse. Many colleges are extended this responsibility (though not a legal obligation) to college professors.
When a Student Confides a Rape, Should a Professor Have to Report It?
http://chronicle.com/article/When-a-Student-Confides-a/149855/
While a faculty member’s primary roles may be teaching and research, it isn’t unusual for students to use professors as a sounding board for personal problems, even serious ones like rape. New rules on many campuses, however, now mean that if students confide in faculty members about a sexual assault, the professors are required to report the information to college officials.
That change in the way campuses are interpreting faculty responsibilities under the gender-equity law known as Title IX makes some professors uneasy. They say they are often on the front lines when it comes to students' venting about both their academic struggles and their private lives. In some cases, students even write about deeply personal issues as part of course assignments...
"Sexual assault on our campuses is a problem, and there is a lot that faculty can do to help—through lending a compassionate ear, being informed about resources, being empowered to use their best judgment," says Don Eron, who retired last academic year as a senior instructor of writing and rhetoric at the University of Colorado’s Boulder campus.
But Mr. Eron, who is a member of the Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure of the American Association of University Professors, says institutions should not use professors as the eyes and ears of the campus police or university lawyers.
"With Title IX," he says, "we've already seen how universities are more driven by fear of litigation or penalty than concern for victims."
For people interested in California
http://vote.sos.ca.gov/11% of the vote in:
http://vote.sos.ca.gov/returns/superintendent-of-public-instruction/
Tom Torlakson 879,761
52.7%
Marshall Tuck 789,168
47.3%
Bernie Sanders on Democracy Now
Commenting on the election.
http://www.democracynow.org/live/election_night_2014_with_democracy_now
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