stop male violence

reblogged from Feminist Current with thanx

Early Sunday morning, Colin Kingston showed up at his ex-girlfriend’s house, angry and equipped with a large knife. He allegedly let himself in through a back door* and went up to 21-year-old Kelsey Annese’s room, where he found her and Matthew Hutchinson, 24. He and Annese had dated for three years until she broke up with him and moved on. Finding Annese in bed with what he presumed to be her new boyfriend, Kingston stabbed them both, then called his father, saying that he’d murdered his girlfriend and that he planned to also to kill himself. When the police showed up, all three were dead.

Why? Well, according to the media, he was heart-broken.

“We believe Mr Kingston was distraught over the breakup, which led to the events yesterday,”Officer Szczesniak told reporters at a media conference. Dozens of media outlets happily picked up on this angle. Continue reading “Men don’t kill women out of ‘love’: stop Femicide!”

We invite all civilians to join this march, as the eradication of male violence and violence against women is an issue that concerns the whole of society. # YoVoy7N.

Not one more femicide! We have had enough of male violence and inaction from Justice and Governments!

More than 60 women representing feminist organizations and platforms have been meeting in Madrid on Saturday to advance in the call for the March Against Violence sexist next 7N, from more than 150 groups, associations and groups of the 17 autonomous communities who acceded to the call of the Feminist Movement, which also has the support of political parties and unions. Continue reading “Smash Patriarchy: 150 feminist groups hold Mass Demo Sat 7th”