Salman Abedi, a 23-year-old British man, suicide bombs an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester. Prime Minister Theresa May says that the attack, which killed 22 people, “targeted some of the youngest people in our society with cold calculation.” May left out the fact that it wasn’t just young “people” who were targeted. Considering Grande’s overwhelmingly female fan base, this was a calculated attack on young women and girls.
“After attacks like this, there are always calls for the public not to be afraid. This is right, and logical—the purpose of acts of terrorism is to spread fear, so it’s correct that officials entreat citizens to resist that fear … But the Manchester bombing delivers another message, too. It reminds girls and young women that there will always be people who hate them simply because they were born female.”
Millionaire pleads guilty to sexually assaulting a black maid in a DC hotel on inauguration weekend, is ordered to pay just $50 into victim compensation fund.
Texas Republicans pass a frightening bill that forces burial or cremation of fetal tissue after abortion and effectively bans abortion after 13 weeks.
The president of South Africa declares the recent spike in men raping and murdering women and girls a national “crisis.” Lesbians have been particularly targeted. Hundreds gathered in South Africa’s capital to protest the scourge of sexual violence and femicide.
Eighty two kidnapped Chibok girls have been reunited with their families after more than three years.