I am thrilled to hear the latest news about Nicole Kidman, just in time for Valentine’s Day! In case you missed the news, I’ll give you some hints about what the star told the people attending Germany’s Cinema For Peace ceremony last night. 1) Nicole is feeling some maternal instincts, 2) is going to be delivering something precious some time within the next 9 months, and 3) is looking forward to watching that something grow. Did you figure it out yet? Of course, I’m talking about Nicole’s announcement that she’s expecting– expecting people from all around the world to Say No to Violence Against Women!

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I really like The L Magazine (a cool freebie mag about arts, events, etc in NYC) so it made me sad to see this post on Feministing today regarding this L Magazine headline:

It’s suppose to be a funny title for a piece about a ladies night event, but many will agree it’s not very hilarious.

When I followed the link Feministing provided to the L magazine article in question, the link was broken so it seems L took back the “joke” and removed the story. That’s at least a step in the right direction.

To learn about rape awareness visit http://www.raap.org/

A judge Down Under is down right shameful.

According to the Guardian Unlimited “A judge in Australia was facing calls to step down today after she failed to jail a group of nine males who admitted gang-raping a 10-year-old girl in an Aboriginal community, saying the young victim “probably agreed” to have sex with them.

Instead of jailing the three adults, aged 17 to 26, one of whom was a repeat sex offender, and giving custodial sentences to the six juveniles aged 14 to 16, Queensland District Court judge Sarah Bradley handed out suspended sentences and probation orders.”

And in case you missed it, the judge is a she!

For ways that you can help rape victims and increase awareness visit http://www.raap.org/

And writers, check out the call for submissions for the book “Yes Means Yes” a collection of essays about female sexual empowerment at http://feministing.com/archives/008218.html#more

By Giulia Rozzi

A woman in Saudi Arabia accused seven men of rape and she is the one who is punished!?

The woman, known there only as “the Qatif girl, ” was initially subjected to 90 lashes for being alone with a man to whom she was not married.
Outraged,her human rights lawyer appealed the sentence which only doubled the woman’s sentence and stripped her lawyer of his license to practice.

Wait, a minute are we living in 2007? What? How? Why?! Not only has this woman been violated by these alleged rapists but she is being violated by her own country!

Now the case is being appealed to the Kingdom’s highest court and activists are demanding that the judiciary system be examined.

For more on human rights campaigns around the world visit www.hrw.org

By Giulia Rozzi

The good peeps at Jezebel have pointed their cyber fingers at gossip bloggers who type without thinking. The culprits include Drunken Stepfather, What Would Tyler Durden Do, and a gaggle of other rude writers who remind us that any douchebag with half a brain can buy a URL and spread the good garbagey word.

I wonder what their mom’s think of these boy’s blogs?