Directing attention to these two series on Racialicious, both written by Latoya Peterson:
Debunking Myths about Statutory Rape, Race and Class:
Part One/Part Two/Part Three
This series does a great job challenging the stereotypes that young girls who dress in a ’slutty’ manner deserve to be sexually harassed and abused; that men have an overwhelming ‘biological preference’ for [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘sexual abuse’
March 1, 2008
Two great series on Racialicious.
February 23, 2008
In Defense of JT LeRoy
Everyone reading this blog probably already knows the story: a 15-year-old boy named J.T. LeRoy who has suffered a life of physical and sexual abuse, been neglected and deprived, worked as a prostitute, and been on and off drugs, emerges into intense fame after the publication of his collections of short stories, all popularly considered [...]
