Ha ha ha. I was just talking in a different comment about myths about domestic violence. And here is yet another one: “Men beat up women because they’re hurting on the inside.” Right. That’s why domestic abuse correlates with depression, mental illness and disenfranchisement. Except that it DOESN’T.

They sound exactly like the women who are my coworkers at my part time job. All of them work two jobs but, because of the inflated cost of living where we are, would never be able to make rent if they weren’t sharing their homes with family. When you’re in that situation you just have to hope that your family is kind…

Why does Watchmen get hate? I understand being frustrated that the directors cut is better than the theatrical release. But is there anything else?

In the eighties and nineties especially, when there was even less legitimate research into abuse in intimate relationships, most people did say that a woman’s choice of an abusive partner or partners reflected something about HER. Of course now we know that’s bullshit. But I think we heard it so much for so long that…

“But DuBose’s death is not an isolated incident where the University of Cincinnati police are concerned. Two other black men have died in encounters with the university force’s officers. As the Times reports, “Kelly Brinson, 45, a psychiatric patient, and Everette Howard, 18, a student, died in 2010 and 2011 after…