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Posts Tagged ‘violence’
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged violence on June 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »
MEN WHO RAPE (i.e. longest post ever and what’s more is that it’s littered with discussion questions)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged men, rape, violence, violence against women on March 5, 2010 | 11 Comments »
this is hardly a news flash but jaxiefriend shared it with me and i wanted to refresh our collective memory… Lisak started with a simple observation. Most of what we know about men who commit rape comes from studying the ones who are in prison. But most rapes are never reported or prosecuted. So Lisak, [...]
Anti-trans violence
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged transgender, violence on September 24, 2009 | 12 Comments »
Violence against transgendered/transsexual people is all too common. This morning, I woke up to find a flyer with the following information on it. I’m horrified and I feel unsafe and I hate what Public Safety and the Police did to Ruby. September 24, 2009 Dear Member of Mount Holyoke College and Resident of the Pioneer [...]
A Conversation About George Sodini
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged sex, violence, violence against women on August 17, 2009 | 13 Comments »
I just had a debate with a friend about George Sodini. It was prompted by an article he linked to his profile, with a caption saying “you might find this disturbing. or thought-provoking.” It was a short but good conversation and I hope you’ll give your take on it, and on the George Sodini incident [...]
The reality of “male-bashing”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged education, language, men, violence on August 9, 2009 | 12 Comments »
Here, a blogger talks about his experiences teaching women’s studies at a university. This particular post, and the comments on it, remind me of people using the phrase “No offense…but”, when they actually do mean to be offensive, but they’re also trying to get off the hook.
Vagina Horriblogues
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged eve ensler, feminism, identity, imperialism, motherhood, patriarchy, pornography, power, racism, rape, sexism, sexualization, Speciesism, V Day, Vagina Monologues, violence on February 14, 2009 | 11 Comments »
So I just watched, for the first time, Mount Holyoke College’s production of The Vagina Monologues last night. (Find script here) I was expecting to feel encouraged and heartened by the play. But throughout the whole damn thing, I wanted to get up and leave. It was just awful. I hate this play. I’m feeling [...]
