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Murder or Tragic Accident? The Mysterious Death of Elisa Lam

February 25, 2014

“The ‘uncanny’ … arouses dread and horror;” – Sigmund Freud Occasionally, there are cases so eerie that they give us chills and provoke feelings of the uncanny. In the mysterious case of Elisa Lam, a conundrum of strange and familiar occurances makes us believe in something sinister. Sigmund Freud stated that we see the effect of […]

Fembots, Flesh Dresses and the (Anti-)Fetishization of Jodi Arias

February 18, 2014

In a sensationalist plot where consumerism meets science fiction meets true crime, Jodi Arias emerges as the perfect fembot (or flesh dress) who obediently shaved her parts, donned superhero briefs and bent over tirelessly for her man. Their perverse game met a brutal end when Arias murdered lover Travis Alexander. As Arias awaits sentencing, her […]

The Ghomeshi Effect

A documentary dance-theatre performance on sexual violence and the legal system in Canada

Crime Website

Dr. Kathleen Young: Treating Trauma in Tucson

Clinical Psychologist Specializing in the Treatment of Trauma and its Aftermath

"And from those roots the rest of us move up, somehow, and on."

thoughts on sex and life

The WordPress.com Blog

The latest news on WordPress.com and the WordPress community.

Justice for Willie Manning

Social Action 2014

http://www.scoop.it/t/one-child-at-a-time

The Honest Courtesan

Frank commentary from a semi-retired call girl

Creative Exploration in Words and Pictures

Spotlight on law

The Jodi Arias Murder Trial (The other side of the story)

The Creation of Anne Boleyn

Susan Bordo discusses her book, The Creation of Anne Boleyn

Back to Basics

Brad Cooper Case

Discussion of the official misconduct

Laura McNaughton

Joy, Meaning, Beauty

JAMES KING BLOG

Arts and Humanities, Travel and Photography articles

Reflections on the flotsam and jetsam of modern life. And other stuff.

Lawyers on Strike

Because the System is Broken

Dancing With The Red String

Random confessions, musings, ramblings and rants