Rapes Make Victims of Us All

A scream escapes the next room.
Again.
And again.
You trace it back to a crowd surrounding a pinball machine. They are riveted, cheering. Your eyes follow theirs and as they settle, even you’re transfixed. A girl is pinned down to the machine, and three guys are taking turns raping her. Everyone is at a standstill. 
Until Oct. 24, that scenario was fictional, a scene from the Jodie Foster-movie, “The Accused.” 
Then, a [...]

In Case You Were Saving the World Before Dinnertime

Here are links to stuff (stories, photos, videos, etc.) I found interesting over the past few days:
• Fun facts — Harper’s
RT @harpers Tons of mud a Mongolian girl has eaten since ‘94, because she finds it “delicious”: 1.7
RT @harpers Price, at a Reykjavík restaurant, of a whale kebab called “Moby Dick on a Stick”: $9
• Rwanda had [...]