With everything going on in the world these days, it can be easy to feel upset and saddened by the news. Given the recent events in Libya, and across the Middle East and Africa, it is understandable that many Americans are upset and frustrated that their fellow countrymen are in harms way. But that never, […]
Read More [TW: Racism] Signal Boost: We Are All Harrisonburg[Trigger warning: discussion of violence against women, racism, pornography] On the whole, being anti-porn is a pretty unpopular position to take. In feminist circles, the anti-porn movement has a pretty bad rap, in no small part due to anti-porn activist Andrea Dworkin’s collusion with the religious right. Her strange bed-fellows and desire to ban porn made […]
Read More Mythbusting Monday: Being Anti-Porn Means You’re Anti-SexImage via WinterArtwork. [Trigger warning: Discussion of murder, racism, rape, and intimate partner violence]. On February 26 at 17-year-old Black teenager, Trayvon Martin, was shot and killed by the head of the neighborhood watch of the (predominantly white) community where his father lives. While George Zimmerman, the murderer, claims that he was acting in self-defense […]
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