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Growing Up with Domestic Violence: Patrick Stewart and Me

Jake — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:00:24 +0000

I got a fundraising e-mail from Amnesty International the other day. It was from a celebrity, as so many non-profit fundraising e-mails are. But this one really made me stop and look. It was from actor Patrick Stewart and it was about supporting Amnesty International's campaign concerning violence against women. He wrote:

I know too much [...]

Should You Perfume Your Vagina to Get Ahead at Work? Let Summer’s Eve Know What You Think.

Jake — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:37:49 +0000

There is a very good post over at Owning Pink – it had me at the title: Want a Raise? Wash Your Vagina. The post is about a full page ad in Women's Day magazine for Summer's Eve Feminine Cleansing Cloths. In that ad (a scan of which is on the blog post), there are [...]

Could Your Six Year Old Be Arrested, Handcuffed and Shackled in School?

Jake — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:36:37 +0000

According to a class action lawsuit filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) , a six year old boy was arrested and chained because he did not move when his teacher told him to move . No one was being hurt, no one was in danger, no crime was being committed. Little J.W. simply [...]

Another Intoxication Allegation So Rescind Alcohol Treatment Option??

Jake — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:06:21 +0000

Stacey Anvarinia, the North Dakota women who pled guilty to child neglect for allegedly breastfeeding her infant daughter while intoxicated, has been arrested again. According to the Grand Forks Herald, within hours of Anvarinia's sentencing to 18 months imprisonment, all but six months suspended and with an option to serve part of the six months [...]

Jury Back in Drunken Breastfeeder case … Oh, Wait, She Didn’t Get a Jury

Jake — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:22:23 +0000

As promised, here is an update on Stacey Anvarinia, the North Dakota women who pled guilty to child neglect for allegedly breastfeeding her six-week-old daughter while drunk. For more on what appears to be a startling lack of evidence, see my post here. My suspicion that Anvarinia pled guilty as part of a deal for [...]

The “Drunken Breastfeeder” Case: Will the Real Felon Please Stand up?

Jake — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:56:17 +0000

When I read the Associated Press story this past June about the guilty plea for "child abuse or neglect" by a North Dakota woman alleged to have breastfed her child while intoxicated, a few things leapt off the screen at me. I wondered why this mother had pled guilty. As a lawyer I know that [...]

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Jake — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:35:44 +0000

I woke up this morning shaking from a nightmare. My jaw hurt from grinding my teeth. My palms were sore from clenching my fists.

I knew immediately that it had been a bad dream but it has been difficult to shake off. In it, I was in a hotel room in a foreign city with my [...]