**TRIGGER WARNING** – Subject of rape and it’s discourse in politics (specifically in India) As I write this, I’m sick to my stomach. This is mostly because I thoroughly did my research on this blog- topic, and I’m sad to say I really can’t stomach any more. In terms of why I did this horrific […]
Read More The Indian Politician Who Blames Female Victims for Rape …is a woman?*TRIGGER WARNING* Imagine a world without the option of rape. Men and women are educated from an early age that forcing someone to have sex without consent is very wrong, and should never happen. Everyone abides by all aspects of this rule, including the least known: intoxicated consent is not consent. I’m also imagining a […]
Read More AR Underwear or Chastity Belt?I recently found this picture about comedian Mark Anderko (@ComedianMark) whose joke goes along these lines, “So I buy this girl a drink at the bar and you know what she does? She says ‘thanks’ and hands it to her boyfriend…normally that would piss me off but it was fucking hilarious watching him drink that […]
Read More You’re Not Funny Pt. 1Horror of Maryville Pt.1 While perusing the Internet between classes the other day, I noticed two startling articles on both Buzzfeed and Jezebel that centered on a horrific event in Maryville, Missouri last year. Bearing a strikingly creepy resemblance to the Steubenville case of last year, Maryville sheds additional light on the growing problem of […]
Read More Horror of Maryville Pt.1I wrote a while ago about my own past and struggle as I grew up, the victim of a sexual assault, with the societal pressures of gender roles that are so prominent today. I thought that before we went any deeper, it would be beneficial to look at Feminism’s role in the public opinion about […]
Read More From Purity to IndependenceEvidently, I am a masochist because I decided to start out this week with some of the most depressing and upsetting material (after I also read about http://sideeffectsofxarelto.org/xareltos-original-study-comparing-the-drug-to-warfarin-appears-to-have-been-skewed/). To make the Monday morning blues even bluer I decided to go and watch The Invisible War at Grafton with a friend of mine. Probably the best […]
Read More The Invisible WarTRIGGER 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?TRIGGER WARNING: Discussion of rape/ sexual assault. Due to the recent publicity of the Steubenville rape case (and the horrific way it has been handled in the media), I have decided to write a blog series about rape culture to better explain how it is upsetting yet unsurprising that this rape happened, and that it […]
Read More Rape Culture and the Way Women Dress“I was always interested in social change but never actually did anything about it.” ~ Ben Rattray I’m returning for one last installment of the Millennium trilogy posts. Again without spoilers, I will explore author Stieg Larsson’s explosive series with The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest. In the final installment, we find Lisbeth Salander […]
Read More The Millennium Trilogy: The Man Who’s Fight Lives OnWith the recent publicity regarding the UNC student who has spoken out about her sexual assault, there has been a spotlight on the way that the University has handled her attack, and the consequent discussion that she had led about it. Because she hasn’t used the name of her attacker in her public outcry, it […]
Read More What’s in a Name? Why the Word “Rape” is Important
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