http://www.pbs.org/itvs/globalvoices/ - An unforgettable look at young girls in Bombay whose lives are shattered by the child sex trade.

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i have nothing in common with this song, yet it brings me to my knees just singing along to it.

Vicious attack in Bangladesh leaves UBC student blind; husband arrested

JILL MAHONEY and STEPHANIE NOLEN
Globe and Mail Update
Published Wednesday, Jun. 22, 2011 9:33AM EDT
Last updated Wednesday, Jun. 22, 2011 2:10PM EDT


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“...We don’t have that world yet, of course. But the reason has nothing to do with biology: it has to do with our crushingly low expectations of men’s capacity to reconcile lust and humanity. In order for our daughters and little sisters and nieces to be safer, we must demand better of ourselves as men. And one way to start is to challenge the very ( Read more... )

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Arcade Fire - "My Body is a Cage"

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Peter Gabriel cover

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why does this make me feel like my heart is breaking?

"It was around 11 p.m. on a Friday in Gugulethu - a township on the edge of Cape Town - and Millicent Gaika, 30, was almost home when a man she recognized stopped her and asked for a cigarette. Gaika obliged. The man then pushed her into a nearby shack and beat and raped her for five hours. Gaika later told police that throughout the assault, ( Read more... )

By Chinese betrothal custom, the groom presents his bride's family with a whole, celebratory suckling pig. The pork, a culinary symbol of the girl's virginity, is roasted patiently to a crackling ruddy brown. But at a recent engagement party in Hong Kong, the food came quickly, turned out by restaurant workers at the pace of the city stirring ( Read more... )