On the hit show Louie, aside from a token, comedic clip of fantasy in each episode, realism rules the roost. Louie C.K.’s dedication to portraying the struggles of a single-father and stand-up comedian in NYC in a realistic fashion leaves the show, much like real life, somewhere between a comedy and a drama.
Categories: Fritz Tucker, ZiLL • Tags: art, books, crime, ethics, film, gender, lit, literature, love, New York City, rape, sexual assault, sexuality
In 2012, one of my best friends from college, Angel Perez, was illegally detained by members of the Chicago Police Department (CPD), taken to their ‘black site’ in Homan Square, and sexually assaulted with a pistol, at which point he agreed to help carry out a sting operation on a drug dealer. For years, Angel has repeatedly turned down millions of dollars in settlement money in order to avoid a gag order, in order to tell his story to the […]
Categories: Fritz Tucker, ZiLL • Tags: civil rights, crime, ethics, History, Homan Square, law, politics, rape, sexual assault, social justice, technology
It’s popular for leftists this time of year to point out the (debatable) fact that International Women’s Day was originally known as International Working Women’s Day. I’m all for intersectional studies, and believe that the world would benefit from examining a different intersection of oppression every day. Insofar as there is going to be a Labor Day, a Black History Month, and an International Day of Persons with Disabilities, however, I’m glad that there’s no “Working” qualifier in International Women’s Day anymore. Women of […]
Categories: Fritz Tucker, ZiLL • Tags: capitalism, civil rights, gender, History, politics, pornography, rape, sexual assault, sexuality, technology, women
By Theana Kastens and William Eaton {Click for pdf} At times book reviewers receive books that should not be reviewed at all because even bad publicity may prove “better” than no publicity. A reviewer might return such a book, largely unread, to the editor, saying, “Send me another. Leave this one alone.” But sometimes the reading is done, the writing begun; editors want their copy. What to do? Having read an enticing blurb in a highly reputable publication, Zeteo […]
Categories: Review • Tags: Frederick Douglass, oppression, Oscar Wilde, rape, Review
The night started, as so many college nights do, with a red cup pressed into a hand. Ubiquitous at tail gates and parties, those bright plastic cups are a harbinger of carnival, of unleashing. The hand around the cup was mine. So begins New York Times writer Susan Dominus’ chronicle of her own experience with an unwanted sexual interaction at a college party, the sort that is so pervasive in the news of late. Her essay, Getting to ‘No’, describes […]
Categories: Caterina Gironda, ZiR • Tags: rape, sexual assault, women
[print_link] [email_link] Last week I attended a lecture at Duke’s Women’s Center on Sexual Assault on College Campuses. It featured Dr. Kimberly Theidon, a former Harvard professor who was recently denied tenure and is suing the institution under the premise that her department did a complete u-turn on her viability for tenure after she began to speak out on behalf of students claiming they were sexually assaulted on campus. Theidon’s story brought to light the absence of […]
Categories: Caterina Gironda, ZiR • Tags: rape, sexual assault, women
For those of us who grew up with the Disney characters, artist Saint Hoax’s “Princest Diaries” series might be extremely off-putting. In an effort to create sexual assault awareness (or else, to re-write history based on visual lies), the Middle Eastern artist shows Disney’s princesses being forced to kiss their fathers. The disturbing images use the corruption of a somewhat common childhood fantasy—being a princess—to bring light to the true horror of domestic sexual abuse: a majority of child victims are assaulted by family […]
Categories: Alexia Raynal, ZiR • Tags: art, childhood, children, rape, sexuality
Today I was going to highlight the most recent development in the saga of student’s trying to hold universities accountable for their handling of sexual assault cases, as 23 Students File Complaint Against Columbia for Mishandling Rape. But every now and then this topic becomes too sobering to continuously discuss. Instead, today, I present you with this little gem from the BBC Magazine section: A 13-Year-Old Eagle Huntress in Mongolia. Of course there are so many things that could be controversial about this […]
Categories: Caterina Gironda, ZiR • Tags: rape, sexual assault
On my last trip down south I was gifted Jimmy Carter’s latest book, A Call To Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power. I must admit I began reading with hesitation and scrutiny, confident that this anti-choice, Southern Baptist, ex-President could not possibly be critiquing the role of religion in the oppression of and overall inequality of women. Sure enough! That and so much more. I am still only moments into the book, and certainly going in with low expectations can often […]
Categories: Caterina Gironda, ZiR • Tags: Jimmy Carter, New York Times, rape, women, women's rights
