George Sodini

Psychopaths, Not Psychotics

Robert David Jaffee | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living


Robert David Jaffee

When TV pundits misuse the word 'psychotic' they unintentionally malign a group of people who share six letters with but couldn't be more different from psychopaths.

Code Red for Women and Girls

Irasema Garza | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics


Irasema Garza

In a five year study, women whose male partners experience two or more periods of unemployment are almost three times as likely to be victims of intimate partner violence.

Hell Hath No Fury: The Sodini Murder/Suicide

Ruth Bettelheim | Posted 09.10.2009 | Living


Ruth Bettelheim

In Mr. Sodini's blog, he says repeatedly, "I have nothing to lose." He had nothing to lose because he (apparently) had no strong, affectionate bonds with anyone and never had.

George Sodini: Police Questioned LA Fitness Shooter, Let Him Go

AP | JOE MANDAK | Posted 09.10.2009 | Home


PITTSBURGH — The man who carried out a massacre in a women's aerobics class had been questioned a week earlier by police because he matched the ...

Woman-Hating and the LA Fitness Massacre: Hate Crimes Against Women

Louise Marie Roth | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics


Louise Marie Roth

This was a hate crime against women. Don't fall into the trap of thinking that Sodini was just a lone psychopath: his hatred of women was based on his sense of masculine entitlement.

Pennsylvania Gunman Used Same Gun Store As Virginia Tech Shooter

AP | MICHAEL RUBINKAM | Posted 09.07.2009 | Home


PITTSBURGH — The lonelyhearted man who killed three women in a shooting rampage at a health club knew the book "How to Date Young Women: For Men...

Pittsburgh Attack: Sixth Mass Shooting by a Concealed Handgun Licensee in Just Over Two Years

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics


Josh Sugarmann

Concealed handgun permit holders want what they want. Period. And there's no number of mass shootings, dead policeman, or innocent victims that will ever change their minds.

You Are Pretty and I Like You, and I Want to Have Sex with You

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 09.07.2009 | Living


Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

It's time to acknowledge those who endure rape and sexualized violence/ A villain's life becomes all the people he touches/ A rock exploding a thousand grains of sand

George Sodini VIDEOS: LA Fitness Gym Killer Talks Young Women, Shows His House

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 09.06.2009 | Home


BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. - The gunman who fatally shot three women at a Pittsburgh-area gym is shown in two Internet videos discussing his desire to "emotiona...

Shooter Read Sexist Christian Author's Book Before Female Aerobics Class Massacre

Bruce Wilson | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics


Bruce Wilson

Media analysis has so far ignored or glossed over Sodini's religious affiliations. Some of his readings included a book by Texas evangelist who claims that husbands own their wives, as literal property.

George Sodini, Health Club Gunman, Went On Rampage Over Sexual Rejection

AP | JOE MANDAK and BEN DOBBIN | Posted 09.06.2009 | Home


PITTSBURGH — Before opening fire on an aerobics class, George Sodini wrote about feeling lonely and rejected – yet those very characterist...

George Sodini, Alleged LA Fitness Gunman, Detailed Sexual Frustrations, Shooting Plans On Website

AP | MICHAEL RUBINKAM | Posted 09.05.2009 | Home


BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. — George Sodini seethed with anger and frustration toward women. He couldn't understand why they ignored him, despite his best ...