People try to poke holes in the prison abolition movement by asking “what about rapists, do you want them just wandering around?” But they already are. TW/CW: mentions of sexual assault and details of r/pe. By Miriam Perez-Putnam It took me two years to tell anyone I had been raped. I won’t go into details...
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Stop Mourning Oppressors: Anti-Condolences For Karl Lagerfeld
The fashion industry continued to let this terrible person hold a place of high-esteem and reduced his commentary to Lagerfeld simply being a bit eccentric. Chanel’s creative director, Karl Lagerfeld, died at 85 on Tuesday in Paris. Lagerfeld, known for being “the King of Fashion” and a prolific designer who left his mark on the...
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The Romanticization of Ted Bundy—Or Why You’ve “Never Heard Of A Black Serial Killer”
The reason we don’t hear more about Black serial killers is not because they don’t exist. It’s because their victims are rarely newsworthy enough to get the same amount of coverage as white victims. This essay contains discussion of serial murder and r/pe. Please use discretion. Even the most depraved and gruesome of the white...
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I Stayed Silent Because Black Girls and Women Like Me Aren’t Listened To
Black and white women have different lived experiences even when we face the same violence on and off campus. [TW: this essay contains mentions of rape.] “The Senate confirms Judge Brett Kavanaugh.” My Uber driver read his CNN text alert aloud and made this unsolicited announcement as we sat in bumper to bumper traffic. My...
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There Is A Real #HimToo, And It Isn’t About False Rape Accusations.
There is no war on men, but there is a war on patriarchy and our lives depend on us winning it. [TW: mentions of groping, sexual harassment, sexual violence, rape and physical violence.] I remember growing up scared of many things: dirt, falling and scraping my skin on gravel, spiders, losing my parents in...
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Supporting Garbage People Like Johnny Depp Makes You A Misogynist
As long as our culture refuses to hold the Depps of the world accountable, there will always be women like Heard who will be tasked with watching their abusers prosper. [TW/CW: discussion of domestic violence, rape culture and mentions of sexual assault.] New York Magazine’s July 27th, 2015 cover is still as harrowing as it...
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Dishonor Roll: Campus Sexual Assaults Begin Before College
When engaging in conversations about campus assault awareness, we cannot limit it to higher education and college campuses. TW/CW: This essay contains extensive discussion of sexual violence involving minors, including mentions of r/pe. On June 10, a high school valedictorian had her mic cut off during her commencement ceremony speech. Lulabel Seitz tried to speak...
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Jeffrey Tambor is Trash: Talent and Genius Doesn’t Justify Abuse
There is no such art, no such glorious work of fiction, no such extraordinary performance, that excuses a real-life abuser. By Candice Frederick It’s been a mere eight months since women in Hollywood first brought Harvey Weinstein’s horrid history of sexual assault to the masses, and just as long since the #MeToo movement catapulted to...
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‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and the Reproductive Rights Movement’s White Supremacy Problem
White feminists identify so strongly with The Handmaid’s Tale because it is a show about white women in slavery. [CW/TW: This essay contains extensive discussion of reproductive violence and some mention of sexual violence.] Reproductive rights is a subject that is central to the politics of white feminism because it is the second most prominent fight...
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There is no Justice for Asifa Bano Without Freedom for Kashmir
To do justice by Asifa would be to recognize that in her tragedy lies the story of thousands of women and girls in Kashmir who have experienced the same crimes fueled by the same ideologies. [CW/TW: mention of r/pe or sexual assault, and murder.] By Manaal Farooqi When news of an abduction, rape and murder...