Rihanna Letting Chris Brown Off the Hook

So Rihanna doesn’t know if she wants to pursue charges against Chris Brown for beating her up and is suffering from depression and conflicting emotions after watching the implosion of his career over the last few days.

Hopefully her wavering demonstrates, for the world to see, how tough it is for a woman in domestic abuse situations. And that we really view those women who do testify against those that have battered them as brave and heroic. Because in most cases they aren’t doing it for themselves they’re doing it for their families, their sons and daughters.

I hope the world sees what strength and will it takes for a partner to pursue charges against a ‘loved one’ even if that loved one has physically hurt or brutally assaulted (emotonally, physically and sexually) them for years.

Because if Rihanna a single women with almost everything in the world who has access to all of life’s greatest pleasures and luxuries is having her doubts imagine how difficult it is for women who with less- a lot less to pursue charges or obtain an order of protection? The Rihanna case also shows why the US’s conviction rates for domestic violence is only 37%!!

And according to some Caribbean scholars if her battering had happened in the Caribbean (Rihanna is Barbadian) her domestic violence case, if brought to the police would probably, simply disappear!

I don’t know if many consider Rihanna a role model or more importantly if she considers herself to be one but I do hope that if she chooses NOT TO pursue charges against him other women DO NOT follow her example.

She may be able to overlook his shortcomings but I doubt the general public will be as forgiving

SOURCE: blackliberal.wordpress.com

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Lindsay Lohan Caught on video doing Coke!

Lindsay Lohan has allegedly been photographed snorting cocaine and shoving it up her friend’s nose as she and two mates crammed into a club toilet during a wild night on the town. The News of the World says, “Lohan was caught on a secret tape allegedly taking the drug at the exclusive Teddy’s nightclub in Hollywood’s Roosevelt Hotel.“ The video reportedly shows the 21-year-old arriving at 11pm and hanging around the bathrooms before creeping inside a toilet cubicle. The paper said that once inside the loo with two friends, Lohan pulled out a small bag from her jeans pocket. She dipped her finger in and shoved the substance up her friend’s nose before snorting some up her own. A friend of Lohan’s who supplied the newspaper with the secret tape said the Mean Girls star had snorted 20 lines of cocaine in one night alone. She said she was worried the troubled actress, who has already been in and out of rehab, was spiralling out of control.

“That’s why I’m showing this video,” she said. “So the world can know what Lindsay has been doing and she can’t lie about it to herself or anyone else.” “Lindsay does not care who sees her do coke and where she does it.” “I remember looking at her and thinking how pathetic she looked and how out of control she had become. “When she is on coke, which is most of the time, all the attention has to be on her. “I have lost count of the number of times I have watched as she stripped naked in front of everyone. “Then she loves to check herself out in the mirror as she parades around with her boobs hanging out. “One night we had gone back to her place and, as always, as soon as she walked through the door she stripped down to her thong, bent down and snorted cocaine off her coffee table and then off her toilet seat.”

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Pussycats having Problems?

It appears Asia -- the reality show contestant who won a spot with the Pussycat Dolls -- won't be purring with the girls after all. No kitty, no!PCD held a concert in Atlanta last night, and diva-in-training Asia was not in the scantily clad lineup. As reported last week, sources say Asia, who won CW's "The Search for the Next Doll," isn't "the best match" for the group, but at the time, we were told by Warner Bros. that Asia "is absolutely a member ... and will tour with the group and record for the Dolls' second album." So what gives?

Calls to the group were not returned, but things aren't looking so hot for Asia -- the reality show has been green-lit for another season and TMZ spotted Robin Antin, the creator of the group, dancing with the runners-up on the series, Chelsea and Melissa, last night at the Stoli Hotel in Hollywood.

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