February 2012
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Why I Will Always Side With Rape Accusers Before... →
[TW: Rape culture]
14kgoldnyc:safercampus:
Yesterday, prosecutors decided that they won’t press charges against Greg Kelly, son of police commissioner Ray Kelly. He was accused of raping a woman—I wrote about it here. I sounded pretty sure I believed he was guilty. As far as the courts are concerned, there wasn’t enough evidence to indict him. Am I sorry? No.
And I’m not sorry about calling...
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Uganda's anti-gay bill back in action →
gaywrites:
Homosexuality may soon be punishable by death in Uganda, where an anti-gay bill first introduced in 2009 has been revived for another round of consideration.
David Bahati’s “anti-homosexuality” bill proposes the death penalty for certain “homosexual acts.” Originally introduced in October 2009, it drew worldwide criticism, including threats from countries to cut foreign aid, and was...
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“Of course, this is one of the profound ways in which oppression works—to mire us...”
– Eli Clare, “Stolen Bodies, Reclaimed Bodies” (via thenewwomensmovement)
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[TW: assault, rape culture, racism]
kelsium:
There are two major stories crossing my Dashboard today, both involving YouTube. The first, of course, is the Jezebel travesty. The second is a video depicting a woman defending herself against her male attacker. Other people probably have said better things about this already, but it is no coincidence that both videos being passed around today depict violence against women of color....
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Feminist Jokes
Knock knock
Who's there?
Jezebel.com
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“We do not do trigger warnings. Ever. As a rule. I don’t believe in them, period.”
– Jessica Coen, Editor in Chief of Jezebel.
Trigger warnings are icky! Unlike photos of women being raped, of course. Those are totally OK and can actually drive your entire “feminist light” business model.
I might have to re-write my motto: My feminism will be rape culture friendly! And you know,...
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The grammar of assault: Salisbury paper learns why... →
[Trigger Warning: Rape]
safercampus:
Salisbury Post Editor Elizabeth Cook felt compelled Wednesday to change the headline and lead of a story about an 11-year-old girl who was sexually assaulted.
The headline originally read, “Mother finds daughter performing sex act on man staying in home.” The same language was used in the lead, making it seem as though the man had not committed a crime....
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Swedes' anti-gay flyers not free speech: court →
Sweden’s Supreme Court (Högsta domstolen) was right to convict four men of hate crimes for distributing homophobic flyers at a school, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled.
[Read more]
Ha!
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[TW rape culture] Games Women Play: We “Don’t Want... →
stfurapeculture:
This article was sent my way by unicornemma. First, let me say, if you’re running a website about sex and relationships, and you have a section called ‘games women play,’ congratulations: you’re perpetuating sexist and misogynist stereotypes! Fucking ridiculous.
As for this specific article, it reeks of rape culture. People, if you follow these tips, you are going to sexually...
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Watchstfusexists:unamusedblackgirl:queeniman:
BYU Students on African Americans
This is sad.
For everyone’s lack of amusement.
So BYU is a bunch of ignorant racists, including the fucking white dude that decided to dress up in blackface like it is nineteen fucking twenty and ask people about BHM.
Why the hell did anyone think this would be MORE effective than just being white and asking...
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“In Syria today, wounded patients and doctors are pursued, and risk torture and...”
– Marie-Pierre Allié, MSF president, on the Syrian regime’s campaign of unrelenting repression against people wounded in demonstrations and the medical workers trying to treat them. (via doctorswithoutborders)
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