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Tue Oct 7

• Women set themselves on fire - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com: Self-inflicted violence is increasing among Iraqi women. CNN's Arwa Damon investigates.

Mon Oct 6

• McCain's humor often backfires - Ben Smith - Politico.com

Sun Oct 5

• Man charged over Girls Aloud 'porn murder blog' - Crime, UK - The Independent
• Persecuted in Senegal for Being Gay, an Entertainer Finds Refuge in New York - NYTimes.com
• The Times - SA men the world's most violent

Fri Oct 3

• Literature Online - Criticism & Reference: Full Text: journal article, 2003, in Signs, by Shalhoub-Kevor kian on femicide that argues for an expanded definition beyond merely looking at the act of killing women and girls to also look at how this is embedded within the sexism of society. Palestine as a case.

Thu Oct 2

• Mean boys (Globe and Mail): "while boys continue to outpace girls in their use of physical aggression, they are also just as likely as girls to use social and emotional taunting"
• Ladies' Man: The backslapping, bloviating hero of women's rights. In January 2000, when the Supreme Court assembled to hear oral arguments attacking a pivotal section of the Violence Against Women Act, Joseph Biden was front and center. VAWA legally protects women from domestic abuse and gender-based violence, and Biden has proclaimed it the "most important legislative accomplishment " of his Senate career. But, long before the law had reached a congressional vote, Chief Justice William Rehnquist had attacked the "Civil Rights for Women" section, with which Biden sought to define gender-motivat ed crimes as bias or hate crimes. As Rehnquist prepared to open the morning's first argument, Biden did not sit somberly. Rather, the senator swiveled in his seat (conspicuous to most of us in the court's press section), smiling cheerily and talking with nearby allies, including numerous female attorneys who had helped him shape the bill. Although Biden had no official role, he sought to signal that--in what
• Byron Hurt: Director of Hip-Hop:Beyond Beats and Rhymes

Wed Oct 1

• The White Ribbon Campaign - The Campaign

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