Virginia Tech, Gendered Violence, & Mainstream Media

Another school shooting, and the mainstream media compounds the damage by continuing to ignore women.The shooter had a past of terrorizing women. This current gunman had a history of stalking women. Of taking "illicit pictures" of them with his cellphone under desks. Of writing about rape for class. Who reportedly (but this is rarely included in the news stories) riled against women in his "suicide note." Who went to kill a woman he was either involved or obsessed with. She died first.

We call these events "unimaginable," "unthinkable," and "unspeakable."

As such horrors happen time and again, it's time to start imagining, thinking and speaking why these things are happening -- or they will continue to.

My most pained sympathies to everyone at Virginia Tech.

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