You're not a rape victim unless the police say so. Trigger-y, as one might imagine.

The thing that blows my mind most is that the officer who decided to close out a rape victim's case over the phone without actually investigating or interviewing any of the witnesses was a 14-year veteran of the sex assault unit. What kind of training do they ( Read more... )

Linked by Feministe: Who's Afraid of Gardasil? I think it's a pretty good look at the potential benefits of mandating vaccination, as well as a number of different objections to mandating it and the facts behind them. Very informative.