May 2013
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“They look just like everybody else.
It’s not an easy thing to keep in your...”
– Invasion Of The Bodysnatchers |
“For readers interested in learning more about how not to be labeled as...”
– “CNN reports on the ‘promising future’ of the Steubenville rapists, who are ‘very good students’ “, by Mallory Ortberg, Gawker (via realfandomness)
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“I think understanding of sexual consent—what it is, why it matters—is sorely...”
– Yes, yes, yes, a thowsund teims YESSSSS. Cliff over at The Pervocracy nails it again. (via evaporites)
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“If you assume that ambiguity means no, the worst that can happen is that you...”
– NEWS FLASH: Women aren’t the mysterious creatures that Nice Guys ™ — and predators— like to pretend that they are by David Futrelle (via ninja-suffragette)
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April 2013
27 posts
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“A consent-based educational model isn’t just about responding to rape...”
– Teaching Consent: A Better Sex-Ed (via loveyourrebellion)
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“the first word I teach my daughter will be “no”
she will sing it to me and...”
– The First Word I Teach My Daughter (via alonesomes)
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How Parents Talk To Children About Consent →
annadempz:
Last week I was sitting in my car outside of Starbucks listening to ”Talk of the nation” and couldn’t move because I was so immersed in their conversation. I wanted to know more and share everything I learned with my friends and family.
Neil Conhen’s guest was mom, blogger, Huff Post contributor and author Shannon Colleary-Bradley. Last year she wrote a post called “It Happened to...
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“Rape is not simply acting upon sexual urges. Rape is about dominance and power...”
– The greatest contributor to rape culture (via a-muppet-of-a-melody)
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“[TW: rape, partner consent issues] What people don’t understand is when we say...”
– Kalitena on Facebook (via oldloveinyoungbodies)
This.
So often, people have a very narrow definition of what rape is. They don’t realize a lack of no doesn’t mean yes. They don’t realize that we can revoke consent at any given time. They don’t understand that they’re not entitled to a person’s...
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“When I was in college, a teacher once said that all women live by a ‘rape...”
– Jessica Valenti (via chinkymau)
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On Rehtaeh Parsons, Jane Doe, and rape.
bigfatfeminist:
On Sunday, Rehtaeh Parsons’ family took her off life support.
Rehtaeh Parsons hanged herself in her bathroom four days before that, because Rehtaeah Parsons was gang-raped by four boys a year ago.
They took pictures.
It took weeks for the police to even talk to them.
The atrocity they committed was dismissed — lack of evidence, they couldn’t prove who’d taken the picture.
...
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Who failed Rehtaeh Parsons? →
stfueverything:
Rehtaeh Parsons had a goofy sense of humour and loved playing with her little sisters. She wore glasses, had long, dark hair and was a straight-A student whose favourite subject was science.
On Sunday night, the 17-year-old’s family took her off life-support.
Three days earlier, on Thursday night, she hanged herself in the bathroom.
It was 17 months before that when “the...
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Let's talk about self care.
rapesurvivorproblems:
Self care is important.
Self care, in regard to your emotional needs comes in a variety of ways.
Journaling / blogging / vlogging / arting
Whether you write your feelings or thoughts down, or express them through your blog or through a vlog or maybe you art your heart out. Every emotion you have is valid. If you have a lack of emotional response to your rape, that’s...
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DON’T FORGET- Registration is OPEN for the Race Against Sexual Assault 5K but time is running out! The 5K will take place on April 20 2013, runners will begin at 7:45 am at the UT Gardens in Knoxville, TN.
All proceeds will benefit The Sexual Assault Center of East Tennessee. There is an entry fee of $20, all participants registered before April 1st will receive a race t-shirt. For...
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I’m asking for you not to assume only women can be victimized.
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Sexual Assault Center of East TN: V‑DAY KNOXVILLE... →
sacet:
V-Day Knoxville 2013
Presents a Benefit Reading of
A MEMORY, A MONOLOGUE, A RANT AND A PRAYER: Writings To Stop Violence Against Women and Girls
WITH
The Sexual Assault Center of East Tennessee
And
UT’s Theatre Departments Masters of Fine Art…
March 2013
20 posts
“When I asked a male friend of mine what he thought about Hard To Get, he told...”
– Rachel Kay Albers, Why I Never Play Hard To Get on Feminspire.com (via feminspire)
dear anyone who talks about the friend zone, thinks it exists, or thinks that they are stuck in it:
No means No. No does not mean convince me. No does not mean I’m playing hard to get. Your being nice to me does not...
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“The fact that you’re struggling doesn’t make you a burden. It doesn’t make you...”
– Daniell Koepke (via loveyourchaos)
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“But so often, “creating drama” is a phrase that people use when they want...”
– #393: My friends keep inviting my abusive ex and me to the same parties, despite being asked directly not to. (via slutwalkseattle)
Fuck such “friends”.
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“Now I’m going to talk about sex. I know you know “how it works” because we’ve...”
– A letter from a mother to her young sons about rape. Other than the gendered roles in rape, this is how you do it.
Read the whole letter here.
(via agentive)
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V‑DAY KNOXVILLE JOINS GLOBAL EFFORT TO STOP...
V-Day Knoxville 2013
Presents a Benefit Reading of
A MEMORY, A MONOLOGUE, A RANT AND A PRAYER: Writings To Stop Violence Against Women and Girls
WITH
The Sexual Assault Center of East Tennessee
And
UT’s Theatre Departments Masters of Fine Art Students
Join us as we raise funds and awareness to end violence against women and girls
Who: Sexual Assault...
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“What I do want to tell you is that you need to stop using the “wives, sisters,...”
– I Am Not Your Wife, Sister or Daughter. I Am A Person. | The Belle Jar
This is interesting.
(via sereinement)
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“Of course, when the verdict came down, they cried. They are teenage boys and,...”
– The Steubenville Rape Verdict And Why You Should Hate CNN (via sendificator)
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A MEMORY, A MONOLOGUE, A RANT AND A PRAYER
University of Tennessee’s Carousel Theatre
Monday April 29th 7:30PM
A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant, and A Prayer is a groundbreaking collection of monologues by world-renowned authors and playwrights, edited by Eve Ensler and Mollie Doyle. These diverse voices rise up in a collective roar to break open, expose, and examine the insidiousness of violence against women at all levels: brutality,...
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“[TW: rape] For readers interested in learning more about how not to be labeled...”
– Mallory Ortberg of Gawker, critiquing CNN’s disgusting response to the Stuebenville rape trial verdicts. (via albinwonderland)
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“What people don’t understand is when we say “Teach men not to rape,” we’re not...”
– Kalitena on Facebook (via oldloveinyoungbodies)
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Everything You Need To Know About The Steubenville... →
