Posts Tagged ‘david vitter’

Sexual Assault or Lovers’ Quarrel?

Yesterday, I wrote about the Washington Examiner's characterization of Miss D.C. 2009 Jen Corey's sexual assault as a "bar fight." Actually, a man sexually assaulted Corey, and she defended herself physically in order to protect herself from further attack.
Today, Amanda Marcotte filed a helpful post identifying how media outlets routinely describe assaults against women in [...]

D.C. Madam Case Revealed In 600-Page Book of Awesomeness

Holy shit, former D.C. Madam defense lawyer Montgomery Blair Sibley wrote a 600-page self-published book about Deborah Jeane Palfrey's "judicial lynching." She ended up hanging herself, remember. Resonance!
The book is titled "Why Just Her." If this two-minute "book trailer" is any indication, it's going to be amazing.
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Oh man. See what he did there with the [...]