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‘Surviving R. Kelly’: It takes a village to fail a child
Editor’s Note: This essay contains discussion of sexual violence against minors. I didn’t learn much new information from dream hampton’s Surviving R. Kelly Lifetime docuseries. I have been writing and writing about the singer’s crimes for some time now. I’ve poured over the timeline of his inappropriate behavior with teenage girls more than I would […]
After shooting threats, lawsuits, & many celebrities refusing to appear, Lifetime’s ‘Surviving R. Kelly’ premieres
The three-night docuseries Surviving R. Kelly chronicling the events in the life of the singer who has endured a 2008 child pornography case, a 1994 marriage to then 15-year old R&B starlet Aaliyah Haughton, and piles of other sexual abuse allegations has finally premiered Thursday night on Lifetime after lawsuits, a shooting threat and other drama. […]
R. Kelly explodes in first public interview after arrest
Gayle King, the host of the “CBS This Morning,” interviewed singer Robert Kelly on his sexual abuse allegations for the first time since his arrest last month in Chicago.
R. Kelly may soon be facing a new trial for sexually assaulting another 14-year-old girl
According to the New Yorker Magazine, an old videotape showing R.Kelly sexually assaulting an underage girl may soon land him in legal trouble.
What do we do with abusers like R. Kelly if we abolish prisons?
Editor’s Note: This essay contains discussions of childhood sexual violence I didn’t order that extra whiskey ginger last week. I went home when my body told me to, even though it was still early and my friends were still partying. I rested when I got sick, or as much as I possibly could without missing […]
R. Kelly’s ex, media personality Kitti Jones, details abusive relationship to Rolling Stone
Every other hour, it seems, devices light up with breaking news that someone came forward to accuse another high-profile man of sexual harassment and/or abuse. Longstanding sexual abuse accusations attached to Black entertainers, like Bill Cosby and R. Kelly, include mounting claims against Harvey Weinstein and trickle into fresh reports that political analyst Mark Halperin sexually […]
Separating art from the artist debate misses the mark
by Shae De Pass Content Warning: this article contains discussions of abuse and sexual assault The “separating art from the artist” debate – which is usually mentioned in light of celebrity wrongdoing – is nothing new. However, it seems to come up more often as we are constantly exposed to the intimate life details of celebrities. […]
My grandmother shows me what’s possible as a survivor of sexual violence
by J.A.O. Trigger and Content Warnings: This piece contains themes and descriptions of sexual and gender-based violence/r*pe, child abuse, death, and suicide. The most isolating of the identities I claim is my status as a survivor of both childhood sex abuse and of repeated rape in my adulthood. Sometimes, I find an incredible amount of […]
Black women have to keep pushing back against internalized misogynoir
by Josie Pickens dream hampton’s Lifetime documentary, Surviving R. Kelly, continues to make Black folks do some serious soul searching and unpacking around the kinds of sexual violence too many of us have experienced in our families and connected communities. For Black women especially, much of the mental and emotional heavy-lifting has involved recalling our […]
Cyntoia Brown’s clemency is a glimmer of hope for Black girls and the ones who protect them
This essay contains discussion of sex trafficking, r/pe, and sexual violence against minors. by Josie Pickens This past week has been especially difficult for Black girls, as we’ve been made to recount and witness so much trauma while maneuvering through public conversations about our collective and personal experiences with sexual, physical, mental and emotional violence. […]
Tennessee governor Bill Haslam grants Cyntoia Brown clemency after serving 15 years
The Tennessee governor’s office has just granted Cyntoia Brown clemency after serving a 15 year prison sentence for killing Johnny Mitchell Allen, who allegedly trafficked her for sex when she was 16 years old.