This op-ed appeared in The Ottawa Citizen on May 25, 2015. In 2013, Kimberly Hall, Director of Women’s Ministry at All Saints Presbyterian Church, wrote an open letter to teen girls who, in her view, were tempting her sons into “impure thoughts” through social media. “If you are friends with a Hall boy on Facebook or
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Politics, Re-Spun: Budweiser Stops Pandering to Rapists?
Budweiser, the perfect beer for rapists: Being up for whatever happens [even with its own hashtag: #UpForWhatever] + an evening environment that doesn’t include no in its vocabulary + all within our still vibrant rape culture = a recipe for Budweiser to demonstrate how pathetic they are at understanding how
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Yes Means Yes: A Reading to Start Your Week
If you read anything about Yes Means Yes, this week, read this paragraph, then click the link to read it all. We all need to be talking about this around the water cooler this week. We’ve come a long way in our acceptance of all manner of sexual relationships and
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Do You Know What it Feels Like To Be A Target?
Sometimes while surfing the web you find passages that are so brutally eloquent that the only acceptable action is to replicate them. This from the Notes Against Humanity Blog. “I am targeted for rape and other types of sexual violence because I’m perceived as female. The only effective way
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The CBC Fires Jian Ghomeshi – Good Riddance Mr. Creeper.
***Let me preface this post with a handy disclaimer for clarification – When women say that have been abused – I believe them.*** Okay this story broke over the weekend and the major print media involved so far has been the Toronto Star. In the TS’s words here is
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Rapist Checklist – Courtesy of the Biting Beaver Archives
A post that deserves to be amplified. Thank you BB for your words and your insight. “However, you all would be amazed if you saw the sheer number of men who get ragingly pissed off by this post. For that reason alone I thought that it was worth reposting
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Trying to Be the Debby Downer – Social Contexts of Gamer Rape Culture
This is a post based on a personal experience. The general topic of the sexist nature of video game culture can be found here. As of late, I’ve been on a bit of League of Legends binge; a fact the Intransignet One can well attest. The problem with League
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: When Shaming Survivors is Not Enough: Police-State Motives Behind Sexual Assault Transit Ads
Photo credit Instagram: @the_noush. Permission to use granted. By Emily Griffiths The Transit Police got burned in the media recently, when rad feminist transit riders called them out publicly for their summer-line of sexual assault ads. These ads use language that shames the survivors of sexual assault, stating, “the real
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Pity the poor man-feelings
Anti-rape education is making poor frat-boys’ penises sad, according to this article at Bloomberg. …making out with a girl at a party. Things were going fine, the student said, when suddenly a vision of his school’s disciplinary board flew into his head. “‘I want to go to law school or
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: RPOJ – Neil Macdonald Fails at Understanding what Rape Culture is.
Today’s Red Pen of Justice edition is brought to you by the clueless parvanimity of Neil Macdonald. Mr. Macdonald has many important opinions on Rape Culture and, shockingly enough, they are completely out-to-fucking-lunch-brain-gone-fishing, wrong. “For people my age, the freedom to get drunk or high and then have sex with
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Slut Shaming, And Other Idiocy
Welcome to the cusp of spring-summer. Now that the weather is turning, the slut shaming and attacks on women’s clothing choices will ramp up. In Labrador, 28 girls were sent home from school because their clothing contravened the dress code. They also sent home two boys whose shirts bared their
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Feminist Battle against Male Entitlement and Rape Culture
An excerpt from The Feminist Battle After the Isla Vista Massacre by Rebecca Solnit: “Six years ago, when I sat down and wrote the essay “Men Explain Things to Me,” here’s what surprised me: though I began with a ridiculous example of being patronized by a man, I ended with
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Girls View Sexual Violence as Normal – AKA Rape Culture.
The really bestest-awesomest part of discussing rape culture with dudes (and select handmaidens of the patriarchy) is their abject denial of rape culture. Yet, objectively, the culture we live in is a rape culture and this study adds even more support to what many feminists have been saying
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Girls View Sexual Violence as Normal – AKA Rape Culture.
The really bestest-awesomest part of discussing rape culture with dudes (and select handmaidens of the patriarchy) is their abject denial of rape culture. Yet, objectively, the culture we live in is a rape culture and this study adds even more support to what many feminists have been saying
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: DWR PSA – For the Dudes – Schrödinger’s Rapist
“You want to say Hi to the cute girl on the subway. How will she react? Fortunately, I can tell you with some certainty, because she’s already sending messages to you. Looking out the window, reading a book, working on a computer, arms folded across chest, body away from you
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: DWR PSA – For the Dudes – Schrödinger’s Rapist
“You want to say Hi to the cute girl on the subway. How will she react? Fortunately, I can tell you with some certainty, because she’s already sending messages to you. Looking out the window, reading a book, working on a computer, arms folded across chest, body away from you
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Not Rape Epidemic – Latoya Peterson
Sometimes you just can’t pass up an opportunity to signal boost an important message. Trigger warnings for Rape, Sexual Abuse, Rape Culture Original Essay: The Not Rape Epidemic December 21, 2008 Latoya Peterson 1 Comment *Trigger Warning* Latoya’s Note: So, as promised, here’s the original version of the essay that
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Eight Measures Against University of Ottawa’s Burgeoning Rape Culture
by: Obert Madondo A student member of the University of Ottawa’s board of governors says the university’s response to recent report sexual violence against women is not enough. Anaïs Elboujdaini, a political science student who spearheads the Independent Initiative Against Rape Culture, proposes eight measures against rape culture on campus and
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Getting drunk will get you raped = How you should NOT interpret this data
… Now, I know a lot of people are going to interpret this data wrongly. You are going to be tempted to think, “Well, more reason to act like a proper lady and not get drunk at bars. If you don’t get drunk, you won’t be taken advantage of.” This
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: The Pandemic of Rape Culture
Speaking out against rape culture can create some serious backlash, which reflects our culture of rape. At UBC the dean of the business school muses about firing all the students who took part in the chant that celebrates rape, which was also sung at Saint Mary’s in Halifax. And the
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