“Law & Order: SVU” plans to put its spin on a hot button issue as it preps an episode about domestic violence in the NFL. Producers for the crime drama love to rip their stories from the headlines, and its audience love to be at least a little messy. November sweeps this year is going […]
Before Ebony Canion knew what sex was, or how to say “no” to an advance that made her feel uncomfortable, she was molested by a close family member. In the eight grade she was raped in the bathroom of her aunt’s house — a traumatic occurrence she believes led to promiscuous behavior like sleeping with different […]
Columbus Short and Tanee McCall’s new short film “The End Again” so perfectly captures the range of emotions of a couple who are going through a breakup, that it would be easy to assume that the short film is about their own real-life relationship ups and downs. In the new 15-minute romantic drama, written by Felicia Pride, produced by Latisha Fortune and […]
A former NFL executive has confirmed what millions of have speculated for years: there has been a lot more abuse among players than we knew about. Chicago Bears former manager Jerry Angelo told USA Today that the NFL has covered up literally “hundreds and hundreds” of instances of domestic violence over the years. “I made […]
After Ray Rice was exposed as an abuser, his legal team stepped in and in order to avoid jail time, Rice was accepted to the pretrial intervention program, which allows first-time non-violent offenders to have charges against them dismissed after participating in the program and meeting certain conditions. Non-violent…interesting. Rice is certainly a violent […]
Domestic violence has been a “hot topic” in the wake of Ray Rice’s abuse scandal, but Queen Latifah reminded her TV audience that it’s a national conversation that’s long overdue…and one that she’s been speaking on for decades. “It’s sad to me that this problem is headline news because some football players are involved, because this is something […]
” ] Ne-Yo has a few mixed emotions about the fallout that Ray Rice has experienced since video of him knocking out his then-fiancée surfaced. The former Baltimore Ravens player has been hit hard in his domestic violence scandal. At first, he only receive a slap on the wrist with a two-game suspension and fine when […]
Kerry Washington is calling attention to an often overlooked form of domestic violence, and she’s doing something about it! When listening to the narratives of women who have survived abuse, there’s usually a point in their stories where they share how financially dependent they were on their abuser. These women often have to wait until […]
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell recently hired four women — Anna Isaacson, Lisa Friel, Jane Randel and Rita Smith to help create the league’s domestic violence and sexual assault policies. But, there’s one minor issue: all the women Goodell hired are White. One Black women’s group, The Black Women’s Roundtable called him out on it, saying they find it “unacceptable” […]
Ray Rice was fired from the Baltimore Ravens after a full video surfaced of him brutally beating his then-fiancee and now-wife, Janay Rice, unconscious in the elevator of the Revel Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City. The NFL didn’t fire Rice when they saw the tape, they fired him when we saw the tape. The […]
