Disability & Sexual Assault: It Hurts Daily
Editors Note: This month I’ll be featuring a number of pieces about sexual assault written by authors with disabilities. If you or someone you know is willing to share their story or their perspective,...
View ArticleDisability & Sexual Assault: Breaking Down Internalized Sexual Silence
Editor’s Note: This is our second post in the series – I’m letting people self select, so some people aren’t going to tell a story about rape. But all sexual violence hurts people with disabilities, so...
View ArticleDeaf Girl Raped in India
http://deafyouvideo.blogspot.com/2013/04/deaf-girl-brutally-raped-in-india.html
View ArticlePro Choice Should NOT Mean Ableist
About a half an hour ago Representative Thompson from Texas spoke words that broke my heart. They weren’t words about how abortion shouldn’t be a choice. Hell, she was speaking FOR women who are...
View ArticleAre the Vagina Monologues Relevant?
When I was in college I attended a Jesuit University where the Vagina Monologues were banned. Yep. That’s right. Banned. I remember thinking how ridiculous it was that we were fighting for the right to...
View ArticleBoycotting Downton Abbey
As my husband and I were watching Downton Abbey last night, towards the beginning of the episode he remarked “I wonder how long they can keep this show going for. I mean, they’ll eventually have to...
View ArticleJe ne suis pas un idiot.
This past weekend I was at Geek Girl Con (YAY GEEK GIRL CON) and I’ll be writing about that tomorrow. Because that deserves its own post. But it was certainly ironic that this happened while on my way...
View ArticleThe Blame Game is Unacceptable
I have just read yet another article on how women are getting sexually assaulted on college campuses because they drink. The conversation around rape, and the prevention of rape, is a wide ranging and...
View ArticleDylan Farrow & the Future Survivors of America
I am so angry at the media right now. It’s actually a little hard to articulate my rage, or for that matter, my fear for the future, but I’m going to try. Actually, let me rephrase. I’m angry at...
View ArticleScare Quotes and Subtle Threats – Rape Culture in Games
Max Temkin, one of the creators of Cards Against Humanity (one of my favorite games ever) has been accused of rape. A woman has stepped forward and said “this happened to me.” As a survivor, I never...
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