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Without Media Focus, Would Steubenville's Rapists Have Been Found Guilty?

Media post by Sarah Mirk on March 18, 2013 - 1:47pm; tagged rape, Steubenville, The Onion.

chart showing that only 46 percent of rapes are reported

Today we finally have something to applaud in Steubenville: A guilty verdict. Many people were holding their breath in the high-profile rape case, expecting that despite clear evidence of the two defendants’ guilt, our legal system would fail the victim. We thought we’d once again be talking about how a star athlete escaped prosecution.

It’s sad, but finding these rapists guilty is exceptional. According to depressing statistics, only nine percent of rapes in America result in prosecution. Though incarceration is clearly not the sole solution to rape, the fact that these two small-town stars will spend at least a year in a juvenile detention facility sends an important message that people regardless of social status can be held accountable for committing sexual violence.

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Let Me Explain Why The Onion's Quvenzhané Wallis Tweet Was so Hurtful.

Media post by T.F. Charlton on February 26, 2013 - 6:05pm; tagged Beasts of the Southern Wild, Oscars, Quvenzhané Wallis, The Onion, Twitter.

Beasts of the Southern Wild is the only film I’ve seen of this year’s Best Picture Nominees. As someone who was once a little black girl who loved fantasy, I had to see it.

When Quvenzhané Wallis started filming her starring role as Hushpuppy, she was only five years old, just a year older than my daughter is now. About 15 minutes into the movie, I commented to my husband that Hushpuppy reminded me so much of our daughter. Like Hushpuppy, our girl has a fabulous head of curls and a penchant for running around without pants (we keep that indoors, don’t worry). And like Hushpuppy and Quvenzhané herself, she’s independent, determined, and brimming with energy and confidence.

So it broke my heart when I saw The Onion’s “joke” calling Quvenzhané Wallis one of the most hateful words you can call a girl or a woman in the English language. On top of being sad and appalled for Wallis and her family, I also couldn’t help but think of my daughter and the inevitable day that she will hear that word directed at her for the first time.

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The Onion on "Ladyboy" Halloween Costumes

Comedy post by Kelsey Wallace on October 30, 2009 - 11:48am; tagged costumes, femininity, halloween, masculinity, parenting, The Onion.
Happy All Hallow's Eve Eve! Here is a video from The Onion to get you in the spirit. Warning: It paints a pretty stereotypical portrait of "effeminate" boys, but more than that it parodies parents' fear that their sons aren't (gasp!) manly enough:


How To Find A Masculine Halloween Costume For Your Effeminate Son
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PETA Gets the Onion Treatment

DigiBitch post by Kelsey Wallace on August 13, 2009 - 12:06pm; tagged animal rights, PETA, satire, The Onion, video, women's rights.
Check out this video from the The Onion News Network (you may have to click through or choose "fullscreen" to see the whole picture):


Advocacy Group Decries PETA's Inhumane Treatment Of Women
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