Last night, survivors and allies of sexual assault gathered at James Madison University to “take back the night.” Throughout the month of April, which is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the annual event takes place in communities and campuses around the world. The goal is to draw awareness to the prevalence of sexual assault, de-stigmatize it, […]
Read More Take Back the NightTRIGGER WARNING: Discussion of rape/ sexual assault. In my last post, I explained that the way a person dresses doesn’t indicate anyone’s right to touch them, and why this notion is so instrumental in contributing to rape culture. As the second post in my series about rape culture, I wanted to explore the concept of […]
Read More Rape Culture: Who’s Laughing Now?This week, I wanted to depart from my normal series and talk about something I consider to be really important on multiple levels. If you checked this week’s Link Round-up, you may have noticed that my link was to Jezebel’s Friday post about the backlash received by Victoria’s Secret in regard to their new “Bright […]
Read More Media Sensationalism, Victoria’s Secret, and YouMost people know what March Madness is, but if you don’t know, its when the colleges plays in single-elimination Division I college basketball tournaments. Now I really don’t know a lot about basketball, the only reason I know a little bit is from watching the JMU Dukes men’s basketball team making it into the NCAA tournament […]
Read More March Madness: Don’t forget the women!When did the word feminist come with so many negative connotations? When I asked my roommates what they thought of when they heard the word feminist they stated almost immediately ‘bitch’ and ‘opinionated’, one of them even went on to say, ‘as strange as this is, I even think white’. I had always been […]
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