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...last years of her life, her mother remembers, author Iris Chang wanted to make a movie. Chang's 1997 best seller, The Rape of Nanking, had shone a spotlight on an infamous 1937 atrocity. This was the massacre of an estimated 260,000 people, and the rape of as many as 20,000 women, by Japanese troops occupying Nanjing (formerly Nanking), then the Chinese capital. The book spent 10 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list and made the 29-year-old a literary star. But Chang wanted to do more. "She firmly believed that a movie...
...setup by China" based on an "erroneous understanding of history." Flanked by politicians and journalists, he announced that he'd produce his own film, provisionally entitled The Truth about Nanking, to refute it. "There was a war, and thousands of Japanese soldiers and guerillas died. But an organized rape and massacre of civilians did not happen," Mizushima insisted to TIME. The subject also receives more than its share of official whitewash. In 2005, Japan's Ministry of Education sparked outrage in China by approving a high school textbook that referred to the massacre merely as an "incident...
Extremists on both sides of the abortion debate make the issue confusing and difficult [Feb. 26]. I was born out of wedlock, the product of a date rape. We should remember that there are lives involved. Both fetuses and mothers can grow up to be productive members of society. Abortion is too often treated like an avoidance option instead of a last resort. I for one am glad I was not aborted...
...statement written by J. Daniel Silverman, his attorney. Silverman filed a Motion for a Required Finding of Not Guilty on February 23 on Purdy’s behalf. According to Lerner, Purdy is also scheduled for another trial on April 19 on “charges of rape and indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or over.” A pretrial conference in connection with these charges will also be held on March 13. Neither Purdy nor Silverman could be reached for comment. —Staff writer Yelena S. Mironova can be reached at mironova@fas.harvard.edu...
...violence prevention educator drew his attention to the violence and sexism in an art form he loves. The film screening elicited strong reactions from last night’s audience. Many sections were greeted with applause; a clip of an aspiring rapper vowing to “get my rape on,” however, drew loud murmurs. At the same time, Hurt linked the aggressive masculinity he finds in hip-hop music to what he sees as a broader phenomenon in American society. “I started thinking about the larger culture of violence. If George Bush were...