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rape
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“Un violador en tu camino” (“A rapist in your way”)
Read more: “Un violador en tu camino” (“A rapist in your way”)Last month, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, dozens of women gathered outside the supreme court building in Santiago, Chile—a country now beset by popular uprisings against inequality—for a feminist flash mob. Organized by a…
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Cabaret Con-Sensual
Read more: Cabaret Con-Sensual“Cabaret Con-Sensual is an effort comprised of actors, dancers, comedians, producers, writers, and other artists who strive to champion consent and discuss rape-culture through the subversive, yet expressive medium of the performing arts.” The show was created by Bitsy La…
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Bloody Bridal Gown Protest
Read more: Bloody Bridal Gown ProtestWomen took to the streets of Beirut wearing blood-stained wedding dresses with signs that said “A white dress does not cover up rape. Undress 522,” referring to the number of the penal article in question. The demonstration was an act…
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UCT Students Strip Down to Highlight Concerns Over Rape Culture
Read more: UCT Students Strip Down to Highlight Concerns Over Rape CultureStudents have accused university management of having a lack of concern about the issue. CAPE TOWN – University of Cape Town (UCT) students have stripped to their underwear to highlight their concerns over rape culture on campus. Dozens of students…
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Carry that Weight
Read more: Carry that WeightIn a Mattress, A Lever for Art and Political Protest by Roberta Smith You can, for the moment, call Emma Sulkowicz a typically messianic artist, and she won’t object. I used the phrase, sitting in her tiny studio at Columbia…
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The Monument Quilt
Read more: The Monument QuiltThe Monument Quilt is an on-going collection of stories of survivors of rape and abuse. By stitching our stories together, we are creating and demanding public space to heal. We are building a new culture where survivors are publicly supported…
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The Monument Quilt
Read more: The Monument QuiltThe Monument Quilt: a public healing space by and for survivors of rape and abuse. The Monument Quilt is a crowd-sourced collection of thousands of stories from survivors of rape and abuse. By stitching our stories together, we are creating…
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PINK Loves Consent
Read more: PINK Loves ConsentThe satirical website was launched at noon on Monday, December 3. According to the site, “PINK loves CONSENT is our newest collection of flirty, sexy and powerful statements that remind people to practice CONSENT. CONSENT is a verbal agreement about…
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Party with Playboy
Read more: Party with Playboy“Every year Playboy releases the ultimate guide to campus life: our infamous party school list. Over the years, it has been brought to our attention that some of our long-standing party picks have a not-so-toast-worthy, rape-ridden side to their campus…
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“Playboy’s” Top 10 Party Commandments
Read more: “Playboy’s” Top 10 Party CommandmentsForce: Upsetting Rape Culture is a group of creative activists who seek to raise awareness about rape culture and promote consensual sex. They “create art actions to generate attention and get millions of people talking,” in hopes that sex can…