January 2011
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the.capital.g: Why Are Politicians Attempting To... →
thecapitalg:
“The NoTaxpayer Funding For Abortion Act” redefines “real” rape as only that which is “forcible” and has been co-sponsored by 173 mostly Republican legislators and was called a “top priority” by Speaker of the House John Boehner. Likely knowing that fully criminalizing abortion is impossible,…
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No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act
yoshilover19:
That’s the official name.
Come on, people, we’ve got to stop this. Make phone calls, write letters, send emails. Tell everyone you know to get in touch with their representatives.
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"Rape Redefinition" bill
Yes, we know it won’t pass. Obama might not be all he said he would, but at least he’s sane. And it has to go through Congress and everything.
What’s upsetting is someone had the idea of redefining rape, found enough people to support it, and it might become a bill.
These “non-forcible” rapists, they already rarely get reported, charged, or convicted—is the...
How is any kind of rape NOT forcible rape?
the-princes-tale:
You’re making someone do something they don’t want to do. How is that not force?
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“Am I arguing that girls and women shouldn’t be held responsible for their...”
– Emily Maguire, Princesses & Pornstars: Sex, Power, Identity. (via starsgowaltzing)
this.
(via sexisbeautiful)
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BY THE WAY,
I have met people who were raped.
I have met people who have had sex with somebody, regretted it, then let it go.
Why did they let it go? BECAUSE THEY KNEW IT WASN’T RAPE.
I don’t know ANYBODY who would, in their right mind, accuse somebody of rape just because they “regretted it later”.
Do people actually know how hard it is to accuse somebody of rape?
Do people...
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Mother Jones: The GOP's Plan to Redefine Rape →
carmenrios:
“This bill takes us back to a time when just saying ‘no’ wasn’t enough to qualify as rape,” says Steph Sterling, a lawyer and senior adviser to the National Women’s Law Center. Laurie Levenson, a former assistant US attorney and expert on criminal law at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, notes that the new bill’s authors are “using language that’s not particularly clear, and some...
The House GOP's Plan to Redefine Rape →
“This bill takes us backwards to a time when just saying no wasn’t enough to qualify as rape.”
We’ve already been talking about this, but more links can’t hurt.
This is a big, big deal, people.
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This new GOP rape-redefine is particularly...
the majority of Congress just told me and millions of other women (we’re focusing on women here because men don’t need abortions) that we were not raped.
This is not okay.
Discuss this. Spread the word. Any way we possibly can, we have to stop this.
CONTACT THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
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So apparently the House GOP is making plans to...
in order to limit even further the number of situations that a woman can get a government funded-abortion.
Normally, the notion of government conservatives trying to stifle abortion rights isn’t even a surprise. But now we have them trying to redefine rape in order to do this.
There are people in the House actively trying to make distinctions between the “different types of...
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“Rape is only really rape if it involves force. So says the new House Republican...”
– The House GOP’s Plan to Redefine Rape | Mother Jones
Elected officials currently in office applying the same “logic” about “real rape” that I’m more used to seeing from YouTube trolls.
The Handmaid’s Tale is a dystopian novel, not a guide on how to legislate real good, you outrageous, evil GOP...
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“Women don’t get raped because they were drinking or took drugs. Women do not get...”
– Jessica Valenti (via sillysocialisthippie)
Note: change “women” to “people” and you’ll have the right idea.
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ORAL RAPE: GIVING →
bellemanie:
One of the most challenging aspects of my rape was being forced to perform oral sex on my rapist. Unlike vaginal rape, it can be difficult coming to terms with feeling like an active participant in the abuse. While we know we didn’t want it, we still see ourselves doing it, even though it wasn’t a consensual act. This participation brings on a level of shame that can often feel...
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Lover to Lover.: (TW) Just saying. →
thisiscaroline:
monologuesduvagin:
pastthestorm:
Members of minority and ethnic and political groups do not deserve to be raped.
Women with disabilities do not deserve to be raped.
Trans(*) women do not deserve to be raped.
Women of color do not deserve to be raped.
Fat women do not deserve to be raped.
IT’S THAT SIMPLE.
what?? this completely leaves out that men are raped. no one,...
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PS:
We’re still (and always will be) taking submissions.
Send us your
-personal definition of consent
-poetry
-personal narrative
-review of an article that relates to rape culture
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WOOOOAAAH!
22 followers!
The girls and I should probably do introductory posts soon.
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correction:
“2. Stop teaching girls “how to not get raped” and instead teach boys EVERYONE how to not be rapists.”
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“Pop culture needs to stop differentiating between ‘real’ rape and any other kind...”
– When Rape, Evidently, Isn’t Rape – this ain’t livin’ (via halifaxeten)
Bottom line: Rape is rape (via Toronto Sun) →
padaviya:
Julian Assange, the Australian hacker who runs WikiLeaks, is accused of rape in Sweden.
This has not caused some of Assange’s defenders to change their opinion of him.
Instead, it has caused them to change their opinion of rape accusations.
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On begging
There was this guy I knew, and he was texting me looking for a hookup. We’d fooled around before, and I hadn’t felt comfortable refusing him anything so he probably thought I would just go along with whatever he wanted. But I didn’t; I told him I wasn’t interested. After begging for another three hours, he finally said, ”Wow this is why girls like you get mistreated...
“See, consent isn’t a question. It’s a state. If, instead of lovers, the two of...”
– Jaclyn Friedman (via womanrebel)
(con)sensual: For Victims Of Sexual Assault: →
consensual:
fearlessnessismygoal:
“Recognize that healing from sexual assault or any trauma takes time. Allow yourself the time you will need to recover emotionally, mentally, and physically. There is no set time frame for your healing process. The wound will heal, yet there will always be a scar. It…
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Lover to Lover.: (TW) Just saying. →
monologuesduvagin:
pastthestorm:
Members of minority and ethnic and political groups do not deserve to be raped.
Women with disabilities do not deserve to be raped.
Trans(*) women do not deserve to be raped.
Women of color do not deserve to be raped.
Fat women do not deserve to be raped.
IT’S THAT SIMPLE.
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Being gay is not an open invitation for sex.
Some people are gay. And some people believe that homosexuality can be cured by a real good heterosexual experience.
It’s called corrective rape.
As a female who has been raped a few times and is openly interested in girls, it terrifies me. I have had an interested male tell me, upon hearing that I wasn’t interested for various reasons including that my preference was for women at...
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Oh...also,
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ARTICLES,
CRITIQUES,
PERSONAL STORIES,
POEMS,
ANYTHING.
TELL US YOUR MEANING OF CONSENT.
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