Bleugh.

Kerry Washington had a great response to the whole Chris Brown-assaulting-Rihanna situation:

"If we talk about violence against women, my hope is we don’t talk about it as petty gossip but as a social illness that must end. So if that’s what’s going on, then we need to all be aware this is a problem that goes from the Congo to Hollywood and everywhere in between." (from People)

I guess I'm having a "depressed about the crazy amounts of misogyny that exist in our society" day. Here's an incredibly moving video about the realities of pornography and the sex trade. Rap can be such a powerful medium; it's too bad that all we hear on the radio is, well, crappy and misogynistic.




And because we need something a bit more uplifting after that, this video made me cry tears of joy rather than tears of hating the world. Heartbreaking, still, but beautiful. A late Valentine's Day treat?


"Fidelity": Don't Divorce... from Courage Campaign on Vimeo.

Oscar Grant

I know this is my third post today, but this is absolutely horrifying. A 22-year-old black man was shot in the back and killed for absolutely no reason (he and his friends were putting up no resistence) by a police officer in San Francisco - and it was all caught on cell phone camera.

Warning: the video is pretty graphic.



This site lists several ways you can help, including spreading the word so that the story is picked up by the national media.