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"Men's Rights" Groups Have Become Frighteningly Effective

They’re changing custody rights and domestic violence laws.

At the end of October, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, members of the men’s movement group RADAR (Respecting Accuracy in Domestic Abuse Reporting) gathered on the steps of Congress to lobby against what they say are the suppressed truths about domestic violence: that false allegations are rampant, that a feminist-run court system fraudulently separates innocent fathers from children, that battered women’s shelters are running a racket that funnels federal dollars to feminists, that domestic-violence laws give cover to cage

Tags: bernard chapin, civil rights, glenn sacks, men’s rights. RADAR

Kathryn Joyce is a freelance writer based in New York City and the author of Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement

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Julia Roberts

By: P Starling | Tue, 08/04/2009 - 10:29

Wasn't there a shot of Julia Roberts in bed with Clive Owen in Duplicity? I was struck with the way that movie held no hint that Roberts was past her prime or anything other than the most desirable woman to ever stand in front of a camera. The news articles around it flogged the age thing, but the movie itself made her look like a goddess. Now, this could just be because Roberts IS a goddess, or at least has sold her soul to the Devil for eternal good looks, but it is heartening.

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