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Melissa Fong: So you’re tired of hearing about "rape culture"?
Reblogged from Rant Against the Random: TRIGGER WARNING: The following includes descriptions, photos, and video that may serve as a trigger for victims of sexual violence. Please be advised. Someone asked me today, “What is ‘rape culture’ anyway? I’m tired of hearing about it.” Yeah, I hear ya. I’m tired
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Human Rights Watch report confirms sexist and racist violence endured by Aboriginal women
By Canadian Association of Sexual Assault Centres | Feb. 18, 2013: “This (Human Rights Watch) report confirms frontline evidence of sexist and racist violence endured by Aboriginal women. Frontline centers have recorded and protested this violence over many years,” says Lee Lakeman for CASAC. Since 2001 CASAC has been focusing particular attention on
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: In Canada, Indigenous youth fight for rights of women (VIDEO)
by Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive, Feb. 3, 2013: Andrea Landry, a member of the Anishinaable people and Youth Executive of the National Association of Friendship Centre in Canada, recently attended a meeting for Indigenous youth at the UN Headquarters in New York. In this interview with UNTV Multimedia Producer, Mary Ferreira,
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: MiningWatch Canada: Rape Victims Must Sign Away Rights to Get Remedy From Barrick Gold
by Mining Watch Canada | Jan. 30, 2013 Ottawa – Washington, D.C. – Oxford – Following years of denial, Barrick Gold is implementing a remedy program for victims of rape by employees of its Porgera Joint Venture (PJV) mine in Papua New Guinea (PNG). In order to receive a remedy
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: DWR PSA Saturday – Men should be offended.
Filed under: Feminism Tagged: DWR PSA Satruday, Men, Rape, Violence
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Tell me again about Just War Theory
There are no just wars. The death, the depravity, and destruction should never have any pretense of being a noble endeavour. War is like being dragged face first through fifteen kilometres of shit, nobility and honour be damned. We’re going to look at a “bad” war, that is a
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Unhappy Statistical News Brief of the Day – Rape.
Oh hey there. Nothing like rape statistics to darken your day. However if you don’t know, you can’t fix it. So read up and get cracking to make your little part of the world safer for everyone. Women 1 out of every 6 American women has been the victim of
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Rape Culture: We’re In It
It doesn’t get made any simpler than this. Yes these are US stats, but do you think it’s really all that different here in Canada? Ya, neither did I. This information is put together by Laura Bassett at The Enliven Project. Data was pulled by the FBI. Go over to
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Dudely Wisdom cirra 1975 – Susan Brownmiller
I’m finishing Brownmiller’s book, Against our Will. Funny how the arguments really have not changed and are still regularly trotted out by ‘feminist allies’ and critics here in 2012. As Brownmilla concludes, she thoroughly brings the noise and lays it all down on the table with bon mots like
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Gang Rape – Women’s Fear – Everyone’s Fear
The fear women live with everyday manifested itself in one of the most horrific ways in New Dehli. “The woman and a male friend, who have not been identified, were on a bus in New Delhi after watching a film on the evening of Dec. 16 when they were
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Against Our Will – Susan Brownmiller – Quote of the Day
“Against Our Will” is an important book, I suggest that everyone read it as soon as possible. “A world without rapists would be a world in which women moved freely without fear of men. That some men rape provides a sufficient threat to keep all women in a constant state of intimidation, forever conscious of […]
Dead Wild Roses: GOP and Rape – Devaluing Women Since the 90′s
If you are a woman how do you vote Republican with stuff like this going on in the party? Just sayn’. Found this on The Dancing Professor, go there for a fantastic read/rant as well. Filed under: Politics Tagged: American Politics, Feminism, Rape, Republican War on Women
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: The Rape-Happy States of America
I stumbled upon this in the comments section of another blog, did a bit of searching, and found out it is true – in more than half of the American states, a rapist can sue for custody or visitation rights. 31 in fact. In the wake of Todd Akin’s comments
Continue readingSong of the Watermelon: The Persistence of Misogyny
It has been fashionable for as long as I can remember for bitter males, along with a few reactionary female allies, to claim that the feminist movement not only succeeded in eliminating the traditional gender power structure, but inverted it. Women, they complain, are now on top, occupying the positions
Continue readingCanadian ProgressiveCanadian Progressive: The Invisible War: Rape, Sexual Assault Epidemic in U.S. Military (VIDEO)
Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman unpacks ”The Invisible War” a new documentary that examines the epidemic of rape of soldiers within the U.S. military. She speaks to Trina McDonald and Kori Cioca, two subjects of the film, and the film’s Academy Award-nominated director, Kirby Dick. A recent military survey shows that
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Who Says Shit Like This? Oh yeah, …Republicans – Again
“Some Girls Rape Easy” Wisconsin state representative Roger Rivard says his pappy taught him to be wary of “consensual” sex because “some girls rape easy.” “He told the Journal Sentinel that his father had advised him not to have premarital sex, and he took that seriously. ‘He also told me
Continue readingFive of Five: "Feminist blogger calls iconic World War II kissing photo ‘sexual assault’"
A feminist blogger is taking serious heat for suggesting that Alfred Eisenstaedt’s famed photograph V-J Day in Times Square depicts anything but a jubilant embrace.
Last week, the London-based blogger known only as “Leopard” wrote the post “The Kissing Sailor, or ‘The Selective Blindness of Rape Culture.’”
Alternate post title: The Globe & Mail blows their
Continue readingFive of Five: "Feminist blogger calls iconic World War II kissing photo ‘sexual assault’"
A feminist blogger is taking serious heat for suggesting that Alfred Eisenstaedt’s famed photograph V-J Day in Times Square depicts anything but a jubilant embrace. Last week, the London-based blogger known only as “Leopard” wrote the post “The Kissing Sailor, or ‘The Selective Blindness of Rape Culture.’” Alternate post title: The Globe
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Rape Prevention Tips
This from Can you Relate, a helpful guide to Rape Prevention. Ten rape prevention tips: 1. Don’t put drugs in women’s drinks. 2. When you see a woman walking by herself, leave her alone. 3. If you pull over to help a woman whose car has broken down, remember
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