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How Chessy Prout Stood Up For Herself and All Victims of Rape
A 17-year-old girl named Chessy Prout is a teenage superhero. Two years ago, when she was a freshman in high school, Chessy accepted a date with a senior, an 18-year-old athlete named Owen Labrie, who was headed to Harvard in the fall. Both Labrie and Chessy Prout were students at the prestigious New England boarding…
No-Mush Mother’s Day
On Mothers Day, one of my closest friends from summer camp left me a voicemail message. This woman has witnessed my ugliest, most vulnerable, childish stages over a 30 year stretch and therefore can share her own hellish moments with me with impunity.
Where Do You Draw The Line Between Discipline And Assault?
Most people are ashamed of family violence. Ashamed that it happens in our communities, ashamed to be victims, ashamed to be perpetrators. So naturally, with all this shame silencing everyone, its hard to know what family violence really is.
Nicole Kidman Talks Women's Rights
Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman and Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Fund for Women AKA UNIFEM spoke in Washington, D.C., everyone was intrigued to hear her story, the rights of women are definitely in good hands. Kidman strongly believes in the power of the media and all the negativity it portrays especially towards women. “I can’t be responsible for all of Hollywood but I can certainly be responsible for my own career,” said …