Stories of sexual violence, punctuated by the words “RAPE IS RAPE,” were projected onto the U.S. Capitol building last night in Washington, D.C. Activist groups Luminous Intervention and FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture organized the action with the intent of drawing attention to the discourse around rape culture, noting that “American culture is uncomfortable to the […]
“Slut”Walk: Can’t we just be “people”?
Part 2 of 2: These two blog posts provide two different reactions to Rebecca Traister’s New York Times piece, “Ladies We Have a Problem“, about the anti-victim-blaming rallies in Canada & the US known as SlutWalks. If you’ve heard any of the public discourse surrounding SlutWalks – from local TV stations, to blogs, personal Facebook […]
SlutWalk: Big Ups to Toronto
Part 1 of 2: These two blog posts provide two different reactions to Rebecca Traister’s New York Times piece, “Ladies We Have a Problem,” about the anti-victim-blaming rallies in Canada & the US known as SlutWalks. If you’ve heard any of the public discourse surrounding SlutWalks – from local TV stations, to blogs, personal Facebook […]
NYPD: Shame on you
So, former NYPD officer Kenneth Moreno would like the world to feel bad for having to travel the “rough road” of the past two and half years since he was indicted for raping an intoxicated woman after escorting her to her apartment. Last Thursday, Moreno was found not guilty, as was former officer Franklin Mata […]