Rihanna was recently victimized, both by her boyfriend and then by the press, and now she's sporting permanent guns, an overt symbol of power and violence.
Deborah King | Posted 04.20.2009 | Entertainment
We think we've come a long way, baby. Not! Today's teens have shown that we're still living out patriarchal myths dating back at least five thousand y...
Shawn Amos | Posted 04.19.2009 | Entertainment
While Rihanna and Chris are getting their heads on straight, here's a list of troubled relationships for them to study.
Abby L. Ferber | Posted 04.19.2009 | Living
This incident provides us with an opportunity to engage in a broader discussion about violence against women.
Lola Adesioye | Posted 04.16.2009 | Entertainment
If Brown is to make changes, it may help him to see the public fallout of his behaviour. Unlike many other mollycoddled stars, he may be realizing that actions come with consequences.
Mike Alvear | Posted 04.16.2009 | Entertainment
At the risk of blaming the victim, I have to voice a bit of collective anger about Rihanna's decision to go back to Chris Brown.
Leighann Lord | Posted 04.16.2009 | Comedy
The Chorus is angry that Rihanna would go back to Chris, but studies show domestic violence victims find it difficult to leave their abusers. Just look at how many of us stayed in America during the Bush years.
Mona Gable | Posted 04.12.2009 | Entertainment
This is supposed to be one of those golden "teachable" moments for parents, when you sit them down and say, if a boy ever hits you, run like hell and tell someone.
Peter Dreier | Posted 04.10.2009 | Living
Every day, week, and month that the current recession continues, and even deepens, more people die, get seriously injured physically, and suffer emotional hardships that can scar them for life.
Wajahat Ali | Posted 04.09.2009 | World
The brutal murder of our sister, Aasiya Zubair Hassan, finally forced a community of believers to unearth our heads from the sand and confront head-on the insidious epidemic of domestic violence.
Cheryl Saban | Posted 04.08.2009 | Living
March 8th is recognized as International Women's Day. Did you know that girls aged 15 to 19 years old account for 50% of victims of sexual abuse worldwide?
Patrick Kampert | Posted 04.03.2009 | Living
These issues of abortion came to mind recently as I met with Jane, a successful white businesswoman in her mid-30s who has had five abortions.
Naazish YarKhan | Posted 04.03.2009 | World
Aasiya Hassan's murder is horrific, but perhaps her story will give our community reason for pause and encourage countless other women to journey out of violence.
Matthew Weiner | Posted 04.02.2009 | World
If a Jew or Christian commits domestic violence, will the media report it as a religious act? Yet when domestic violence occurs between Muslims, there is strong condemnation by their leadership.
Smita Satiani | Posted 03.29.2009 | Entertainment
This is hardly the first time a victim's identity has been revealed and her actions questioned by the media, and unfortunately, I doubt it will be the last.
Mike Alvear | Posted 03.28.2009 | Entertainment
If Brown's anything like the 40% to 70% of batterers who were themselves beaten as children or witnessed physical violence as discipline, he probably doesn't 'get' that he did something wrong.
Disgrasian | Posted 03.27.2009 | Entertainment
I physically cringed when one of the members of Quest Crew (whom I adore) -- in reference to Chris Brown's MJ-esque footwork -- said, quite innocently, "No one does it like Chris Brown."
GlobalPost.com | Nichole Sobecki | Posted 03.23.2009 | World
ISTANBUL -- A woman in the studio audience stands up and, with the spotlight highlighting her covered head, announces to the crowd that her husband ...
Deborah King | Posted 03.22.2009 | Entertainment
All the facts have yet to come out, but it's clear that Chris is as much a product of the beliefs he absorbed in childhood as is Rihanna.
Michelle Renee | Posted 03.21.2009 | Entertainment
The thing that gets me the most about the recent Chris Brown and Rhianna incident is that it actually has taken this type of public situation to get people talking about domestic violence
Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 03.14.2009 | Living
I'm no celebrity and I'm certainly not a lawyer -- but I have been a victim of dating violence. And I did what only about 5 percent of victims do: I pressed charges and took my boyfriend to court.
Becky Lee | Posted 03.13.2009 | Entertainment
Domestic violence is a universal problem blind to income, age, race, status, religion, and physical appearance.
Elizabeth Lower-Basch | Posted 02.14.2009 | Living
Astonishingly enough, what the government often does is give breaks to everyone except the people who need them the most. Less than 40 percent of unemployed workers receive UI benefits.
Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 02.12.2009 | Living
Jessica Gonzales is a domestic violence survivor. Ms. Gonzales filed suit, alleging violation of her civil rights, but after the Supreme Court rejected her claims, what options remained?
Lee Stranahan | Posted 02.11.2009 | Media
Will Republican Governor Charlie Crist act quickly to solve the dangerous situation that GOP hearthrob Coulter and the state of Florida seem to have put abused women in?
Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 04.27.2009 | Home