Sexual Abuse Archives

Undocumented Woman Claims ICE Agent Raped Her For Years

Araceli CruzOctober 24, 2019July 26, 2020

by Araceli CruzOctober 24, 2019July 26, 202001051

There’s no denying abuse happens inside immigration detention centers. It also occurs on the outside too. A startling lawsuit alleges that an immigration agent raped an undocumented woman for years by using deportation threats against her and her family. This...

News and Entertainment

Is ‘Surviving R. Kelly: The Impact’ Triggering Enough Change?

kamariMay 7, 2019August 6, 2020

by kamariMay 7, 2019August 6, 202001937

On Saturday evening, Lifetime aired another installment of its game-changing exposé series on the singer R.Kelly and the allegations of sexual violence against him. Surviving R. Kelly: The Impact, hosted by award-winning journalist Soledad O’Brien reviewed the immediate outcomes of...

News and Entertainment

Lady Gaga Taking This Long To Disavow R. Kelly Speaks to the Bigger Problem Surrounding Sexual Abuse

HipLatinaJanuary 11, 2019August 18, 2020

by HipLatinaJanuary 11, 2019August 18, 20200909

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, chances are you’ve heard about Lifetime’s Surviving R. Kelly, a three-part documentary series profiling the women who have survived sexual abuse and violence from Robert “R. Kelly” Kelly. The series which was produced...

News and Entertainment

6 Questions We Are All Asking After Watching ‘Surviving R. Kelly’

HipLatinaJanuary 8, 2019August 18, 2020

by HipLatinaJanuary 8, 2019August 18, 202003909

When major cultural catastrophes occur, the Internet can feel like one of the most cathartic places to go. We rely on our digital community to develop our collective memory, debate and react, and even enforce social change. In the wake...

News and Entertainment

5 Horrifying Truths We Learned From Lifetime’s “Surviving R. Kelly”

kamariJanuary 4, 2019August 17, 2020

by kamariJanuary 4, 2019August 17, 202004019

The full weight of the #MeToo movement fell upon the music industry last night — right on R. Kelly’s deserving head. The world tuned in as Lifetime aired the first installment of a three-part documentary series on women who have...

Culture Family

How To Talk About Sexual Harassment With Tweens and Teens

HipLatinaNovember 17, 2018August 26, 2020

by HipLatinaNovember 17, 2018August 26, 202001112

Groping. Grabbing. Lewd talk. These are not words any parent wants their kids to associate with sex. But tweens and teens are getting an earful and not from the 6 o’clock news where you know what they’re seeing and hearing. Instead they head to...

News and Entertainment

Dominican Music Artist and Activist Roxiny Honors Survivors of Sexual Abuse in New Video For “Golden Prophet”

HipLatinaOctober 12, 2018August 27, 2020

by HipLatinaOctober 12, 2018August 27, 202001102

On Thursday, October 11th (International Day of the Girl), Dominican singer, artist and activist, Roxiny released the video for her powerful song “Golden Prophet,” which touches on the current conversation surrounding sexual assault and violence against women. The song was...

News and Entertainment

#MeToo Founder Tarana Burke Responds To Asia Argento Report

Johanna FerreiraAugust 21, 2018September 15, 2020

by Johanna FerreiraAugust 21, 2018September 15, 20200764

You’ve probably heard by now about the New York Times report regarding Italian actress Asia Argento that has gone viral. According to the report, Argento who has become one of the leading voices in the #MeToo movement, had arranged to...

Culture

Horrifying Report Reveals 300 Priests Sexually Abused More Than 1000 Victims

Araceli CruzAugust 15, 2018September 14, 2020

by Araceli CruzAugust 15, 2018September 14, 202002494

The Catholic Church has a very huge problem on their shoulders — one that has always existed but never stopped. The issue of sexual abuse has plagued the Church for decades but only recently have the cases against priests hit...

News and Entertainment

Rosie Rivera Opens Up About How She Healed From Sexual Abuse

Johanna FerreiraJune 25, 2018September 30, 2020

by Johanna FerreiraJune 25, 2018September 30, 2020070686

Before the Harvey Weinstein allegations, before celebrities were coming out with their sexual harassment and sexual assault stories and way before the #MeToo movement, the late Jenni Rivera’s younger sister, Rosie Rivera had been sharing her own traumatic sexual assault...

Lifestyle

Jada Pinkett Smith Banned Son Jaden From Sleepovers To Protect Him From Violation

Johanna FerreiraJune 13, 2018September 29, 2020

by Johanna FerreiraJune 13, 2018September 29, 202004482

If you grew up in a strict Latino household, chances are you weren’t allowed to sleep over anyone’s house and that included even relatives. It was something I never really understood until I got older, which is why Jada Pinkett...

Culture

Why We Need To Start Seriously Addressing Toxic Masculinity & Machismo

Johanna FerreiraMay 10, 2018October 5, 2020

by Johanna FerreiraMay 10, 2018October 5, 2020117555

Recent sexual misconduct allegations made against acclaimed Dominican-American writer, Junot Díaz has had me thinking a lot about toxic masculinity, machismo, and what society has conditioned us to believe defines manhood. This might seem like a radical theory to some, but...