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CultureMap Dallas Launches With Victim-Blaming “Crime News” Story And Self-Righteous Response To Criticism
Anyone who follows me on Twitter will note that I occasionally rag on CultureMap Austin, a publication I actually wrote one piece for back when it launched in 2011. (Relive the memories!) CultureMap–there’s a Houston, Austin and now, Dallas, version–is … Continue reading
Posted in crime, Dallas, legal issues, media, news, rape culture, sexual assault
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North Texas Pharmacy Refuses To Sell E.C. To Grown Ass Man
Anna Merlan at the Dallas Observer brings us this ridiculous tale of ridiculous ridonkbaggery: a North Texas man trying to buy emergency contraception for his wife was denied the pill by the pharmacist because, uh, he is a legal person over … Continue reading
Posted in abortion, crime, Dallas, duders, health care, legal issues, news, politics, pregnancy, reproductive health, we can't even.
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Chelsea Richardson To Escape Death Row
I’ve written before on HayLadies! about Chelsea Richardson, the first woman in Tarrant County ever to be sentenced to death. I’ve written about her because she was the girlfriend of a man named Andrew Wamsley, who I attended school with … Continue reading
Posted in crime, Dallas, death penalty, incarceration, legal issues
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Monday Roundup Y’all
Relevant to your interests: Dallasite Nancy Upton went on the Today show and balled it up talking about American Apparel. There’s video! Why is everyone just now coming around to this Wayne Christian quote admitting anti-choicers are not just against … Continue reading
The Good Doctor No More
If you live in Houston, you’ve heard a little bit about the Brown criminal trial. Many Houstonians know (Dr.) Michael Brown from the many billboards that tote the Brown Hand Center, or the commercials in which Michael Brown promises to … Continue reading
Posted in crime, domestic violence, duders, houston, legal issues, news
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Texas Sex and Gender News Roundup
It’s Tuesday. And you know what that means. Don’t you? Because I don’t. Someone please tell me. Biggish news: the Silsbee, TX cheerleader who was forced to cheer on her rapist and then pay the school district’s court fees, may … Continue reading
Three Rapes Reported In Nine Days At TCU
When three rapes are reported in nine days at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, y’all know it’s time to bring out the big victim-blaming guns. First, the straight story from the Star-Telegram: On Aug. 18, campus police received a … Continue reading
Posted in activism, crime, education, rape culture, relationships, sexual assault, TCU
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Texas Sex And Gender News Roundup
Let’s kick off Monday with something that, if you missed on Friday, will make your heart squeal with joy. And then on to the rest of the sad. Always the sad. Dallasite Nancy Upton balls it the fuck up with … Continue reading
Posted in activism, body image, crime, domestic violence, education, food, health care, LGBTQ, media, politics, religion, reproductive health
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Texas Sex And Gender News Roundup
Is it michelada:30 yet? No? It’s not even 10:00 a.m.? Ugh. How the Texas health care system is “withering” under Rick Perry. A serial child rapist from Saginaw has been sentenced to life in prison, plus twenty years. Gov. Perry … Continue reading
Posted in abortion, art, austin, crime, Dallas, health care, HIV/AIDS, incarceration, news, politics, rape culture, reproductive health, Rick Perry, sexual assault
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Texas Sex and Gender News Roundup
Who watched the GOP debate last night? I didn’t. I ate fish sticks and watched the Tudors instead. I like my douchey despots dressed in old-timey clothes. Here’s the news: Warren Jeffs, child rapist, wants a new trial. Rick Perry … Continue reading
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