Woman accusing Andrew Tate of rape says she lost consciousness: 'I thought I was going to die' |
There is nothing novel or original about the misogynistic views which Andrew Tate espouses. It is the influencer's medium rather than his message which feels a little like unchartered territory historically. In propagating his chauvinistic views via pithy, easily digestible video clips, the social media personality has been able to push misogyny that is as old as the hills to a wide audience. After all, Tate was one of the most googled people on the globe in 2022. To poach textbook broadcaster lingo, the former kickboxing world champion turned "success coach" hit the headlines again this week. Speaking to me for an interview, a British woman who has accused Tate of raping her and strangling her until she lost consciousness says she feared the misogynistic influencer was going to kill her. "He put his hands around my throat and strangled me until I lost consciousness," the 30-year-old said. "Then when I came back around again, he was still having sex with me. It was very scary because he is obviously quite a big guy." The woman, who is planning to launch civil legal action against Tate, said the social media personality told her he owned her and wanted to kill her after they had sex. She is joining three other alleged victims who are represented by a UK law firm that announced in April it was planning to launch civil legal action against Tate. A spokesperson for Tate said the influencer "vehemently denies these accusations" and stressed "all sexual acts that Andrew has partaken in have been consensual". The British women, whose cases have been taken on by the law firm McCue Jury & Partners, accuse Tate of perpetrating violent sexual and physical assaults against them, claiming they endured injuries and psychiatric damage. They also accuse him of subjecting them to coercive and controlling behaviour. The full piece can be read here. |
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Period poverty forcing women to leave tampons in longer and risk their health |
I am including this story in my newsletter for anyone who may not know what toxic shock syndrome is and therefore may not understand the dangers that leaving a tampon in for too long can entail. Without sounding alarmist, toxic shock syndrome is a very dangerous condition. Although the syndrome causes very few deaths worldwide each year, it can cause serious, chronic and irreversible health problems including limb amputation. Keeping tampons in for longer than the recommended time raises the risk of women and other people who menstruate developing a rare condition called toxic shock syndrome.
A recent story of mine revealed period poverty is putting women's health at grave risk as financial struggles force them to leave tampons in for longer than advised. Damning new research carried out by prominent NGO ActionAid shows that around four in 10 of those who found it hard to afford period products in the past year were leaving period pads or tampons in place for longer. The researchers, who polled 2,060 adults, discovered that some 8 per cent of those who struggled to afford period products had reused throwaway one-use pads.
"Access to menstrual products, safe, hygienic spaces in which to use them, and the right to manage your period without shame or stigma, is essential for anyone who menstruates," Tasha Burgess, of ActionAid UK, said. "This is not the reality for millions of women and girls around the world. Our latest poll suggests a worrying trend. As the global cost of living crisis bites, period poverty continues to affect women, girls, and [other] people who menstruate, which is leading to dangerous methods of period management." |
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Are Pacino and De Niro being 'selfish' by choosing older parenthood? |
It feels like a bizarre joke or a silly mistake that in the world of medicine a geriatric pregnancy refers to one which takes place anytime a woman is older than 35. It feels especially ironic since the recent frenzy of discussion about Robert De Niro announcing he had become a father for the seventh time, at the illustrious age of 79, which was followed by the revelation Al Pacino was on his way to being a dad aged 83. Eloise Hendy has written a lengthy and considered piece, replete with interviews, about all this and much more.
"This begs the question, if nonagenarian men can biologically bear children, but women in their late thirties are classed as "geriatric" on their medical notes, what do these terms even mean?," Hendy writes. "At what point should someone be classed as "old", or even "too old"? Aside from confusion and dispute over terms, another reason why the lived experience of "older parents" seems to get left out of debates may be due to the fact so many people seem to have strong opinions about parenting later than "average" – even "parenting specialists" often seem to jump from questions of biology to questions of ethics at rapid speed." |
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Exclusive data from Karma Nirvana, which supports forced marriage victims, shows its helpline dealt with 42 per cent more cases between April 2022 and March 2023 than they did in the same period two years before |
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor on failures, big families and love: 'I've had it all taken away. It sucks. This is better' |
Sophie Ellis-Bexter's spectacularly catchy single 'Murder on the Dancefloor' was a firm favourite of mine as a little kid. The album Read My Lips - which features a black and white close-up portrait of the singer emblazoned with the words Sophie Ellis-Bexter scrawled in red lipstick - was a prized possession. Never tiring of 'Murder on the Dancefloor', again and again I would skip the CD to the song that continues to be enduringly popular.
But the musician's life hasn't been all disco balls and sequins - even if that is what she is arguably best known for. Speaking to Ellie Harrison, The Independent's TV editor, in a lengthy interview, Ellis-Bextor discussed her tough times. "Before then, she had been in an abusive relationship with an older man who was so controlling at his worst that he wouldn't allow her to walk down the street alone or look out of the car window," Harrison writes.
Discussing this, Ellis-Bextor tells Harrison: "It made me understand that anyone who says that they love you but also tries to clip your wings can't really be telling the truth about loving you. It just isn't what love looks like." |
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