All posts tagged "rape culture"
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, American Girlhood and the Confidence Gap
By Christiane Gannon My female students are discussing their relationship to criticism, gathered at the back of the room in two groups. On the left...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, 1 in 4
By Courtney Sylvester **Content Warning: sexual violence, rape** 1 in 4 finally gets invited to a party 1 in 4 gets ready for a party...
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Trauma and Infinities: How Math Sharpened My Feminism
By Jamie Zabinsky On one of my 90-minute train commutes this summer, I came across a post in my beloved ‘weird Facebook’ group that pulled...
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Thoughts on Discipline, Justice, Love and Accountability: Redefining Words to Reimagine Our Realities
That imagining, visioning and building is speculative fiction. What would our world look like without child sexual abuse/violence? What are the ways we are learning...
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Reflecting Upon Nate Parker and Deconstructing Rape Myths with Aaronette M. White, Ph.D. [VIDEO]
Many Black feminist rape survivors and anti-rape activists (myself included) have been counting down the days in high anticipation of The Birth Of A Nation,...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS, Room 133
By Journey McAndrews ~ for all the Thelmas “Something’s, like, crossed over in me and I can’t go back. I mean I just couldn’t...
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Request for Representation (or Why I Said “No” to Nightline)
By Charmaine Daboiku The email said “ABC News/Nightline Request for Info” in the subject line. I thought it was spam, and I almost deleted it....
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Waking Up to Rape Culture in Asheville
The first time I learned about rape culture was on the school bus. Soon after leaving the school parking lot, the boys in the row...
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Profiting from Rape: Sexual Violence and the Capitalist State
By Kelly Rose Pflug-Back Rape culture. Although a somewhat new term, it unveils a truth which countless women and girls have known on both an intellectual...
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ELEMENTARY FEMINISMS: The Lucky Ones [Trigger Warning: Discusses Sexual Abuse]
By Anonymous This is how her story...
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Don’t Get Caught Sleeping: Male Desire of Unconscious Women
We all argued and it was mostly about their insistence that I had called my godbrother a rapist. They made the most compelling arguments about...
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Feminists We Love: Wagatwe Wanjuki
Wagatwe Wanjuki is a feminist activist working and living in the New York City area. She uses new media tools to advance social justice. You can...
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The Future: Resistance Beyond Apathy
The lamenting of “today’s youth” and their so-called apathy, ignorance and self-indulgence is nothing new. Each successive generation is often dismissed by “adults” who publicly...
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I Knew what Rape was Before I Knew what Sex was
By Shivani Davé I knew what rape was before I knew what sex was. It wasn’t violent stranger rape that my mother told me about....
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: President Crow: Take A Stand Against Rape Culture at ASU
By Sun Devils Against Sexual Assault President Michael Crow, Last week, we learned Executive Vice President and Provost Betty Phillips will be leaving Arizona State...
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Love (self-, romantic, solidarity) SMASHES Patriarchy and Rape Culture
By Nicole Burres of SMASH Patriarchy and Rape Culture Nicole Burres, a member of SMASH Patriarchy and Rape Culture, asked a series of people about...
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The Military Rape Problem is Not About Women or Sex
By Kari O’Driscoll I may be just one more voice in the wind when it comes to this issue, but I just can’t stay quiet...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: We Live In A Rape Culture
By Mohadesa Najumi Many people object to the phrase “rape culture.” They don’t understand how a culture as civilized as ours can be defined by...
