tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20789953.post8065900973868790768..comments2023-11-17T02:39:57.616-08:00Comments on politickybitch: Game Interruptionnunyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08833886980442919570noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20789953.post-90282489682525691582016-11-25T04:14:50.523-08:002016-11-25T04:14:50.523-08:00Submitted to Huffington Post under "typos and...Submitted to Huffington Post under "typos and corrections":<br /><br />Referring to the victims of child rape as "prostitutes."<br /><br />Surely the Huffington Post does not condone the idea that paying an adult to let you rape a child makes that child a "prostitute."<br /><br />Especially in our own country where these exploited and traumatized victims are more likely to end up with a criminal record for prostitution than the rapists, who are unlikely to even be charged with soliciting a prostitute, let alone raping a a child.<br /><br />Words matter. Now more than ever. If the Huffington Post has any journalistic integrity at all, it will issue a full retraction for every instance it has ever printed the words "child" and "prostitute" in the same sentence and make and immediate policy change regarding this intolerable phrase.<br /><br />Thank you in advance for your attention to this matter.HeatherAnnastasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09530912409272235668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20789953.post-66167952649213087492016-11-25T03:51:09.846-08:002016-11-25T03:51:09.846-08:00Good collection of stories, thank you!
The Esquir...Good collection of stories, thank you!<br /><br />The Esquire piece by the soldier was very well written. It reminds me of something I read by a war journalist about the sort of addiction of war and even though they hate it, everyday life can seem so bland and meaningless afterward.<br /><br />On the use of the term "child prostitute" in the other article: Can we agree that it's ok to punch someone in the face for saying "child prostitute"? And then can we just walk away and not even tell them why we punched them in the face? Do you think they'll start to make a connection? Do you think at some point they might realize that paying an adult to give you a child to rape does not make that child a prostitute?HeatherAnnastasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09530912409272235668noreply@blogger.com