...WTF.

Mar. 27th, 2011 10:27 pm
ladycallie: (Aeryn "Nightmares")
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Originally posted by [livejournal.com profile] lavenderfrost at ...WTF.


NYTimes, the bastion of quality reporting, reported on the gang-rape of an 11 year-old girl in Texas  that's led to charges against 18 high-school boys so far - all well and good so far, right?  Shit like this NEEDS publicity to raise awareness. 

Only problem is, they repeated - without refutation or critical commentary - the claims that the girl brought the rape on herself because of the way she was dressed.

Choice Quotes: Cut for triggering material. )

THIS IS RAPE CULTURE, PEOPLE.

Now, what's being said and done in this community is bad enough, but the NY Times should be fucking ashamed of themselves right now.

Here's how to contact NYT: )

Date: 2011-03-28 11:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gabriel-le.livejournal.com
http://news.change.org/stories/success-new-york-times-public-editor-says-child-rape-story-lacked-balance

But it seems like this petition is a second one on the matter - asking for a better reaction than a comment in an online blog.

And in my frantic petition signing (I like signing petitions) I seemed to have done so already.

Date: 2011-03-28 06:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ladycallie.livejournal.com
The article was disgusting, but what bothered me more was that it was the first I've heard of the story. I'm not close to Cleveland Texas (it's over 4 hours away), but I try to keep on top of the news and something this appalling should have made headlines. But judging from the tone of the NYT article, I bet it was maybe a side bar if anything.

Date: 2011-03-28 07:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gabriel-le.livejournal.com
riiight - I forget sometimes where members of my online community actually come from irl.

I'm sorry. That is horrific.

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