With the news of the cancellation of The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, I’m re-posting my ode to his particular brand of comedy and a thank you for always standing up for sexual assault survivors with genuine outrage. When it comes to comedy, it’s rare that survivors of sexual violence aren’t served up as the…
When it comes to comedy, it’s rare that survivors of sexual violence aren’t served up as the punch line. Even otherwise smart, feminist comedians get tripped up with how to crucify the ones who deserve it – the rapists – without stumbling into the low-hanging fruit of blaming the victims. (It’s actually not that hard…
[Trigger Warning: Sexual violence, sexual assault, sexual abuse, suicide, depression] Yesterday news broke that du Pont family heir Robert Richards IV will not be going to prison following a conviction of raping his three-year-old daughter. You read that right. A man who was convicted of repeatedly sexually assaulting his daughter for at least two years,…
Today’s post was written by the amazing Soraya Chemaly, who was one of the lead organizers of last year’s campaign to get Facebook to take action about rape-joke pages, and my colleague at Feminism 2.0. (This post originally appeared on Fem2.0 and is reprinted with their permission.) Considering that up until last year Nevada ranked…
Originally posted on sisters of resistance:
We wrote this brief self-care guide for people who have experienced trauma, especially rape and sexual assault. It suggests a number of practical ways to cope with the day-to-day stresses of being a survivor. Please take it, share it, and tailor it to your own needs. We hope it…
*Trigger warning* Starting on May 21, a coalition of more than two dozen organizations — including Led by Women, Action & the Media, The Everyday Sexism Project, and author Soraya Chemaly — are calling on Facebook to end its complicit approval of memes and pages that promote violence against women and gender-based hate speech. As…
I could write a post about the stupid, misogyny that The Onion pretends is satire. I’ve been so over The Onion for so long, but they’ve had a real resurgence of straight-up misogyny in 2013. Remember this? But Fiending for Hope already did (thank you Rosie for pointing it out), so just read this: I’m…
Your inspiration for the weekend is this flashmob in San Francisco, which was part of the global One Billion Rising events yesterday (organized by V-Day). Watch it. Let it move you. Then make something happen:
With this first State of the Union of President Barrack Obama’s final term, the message is clear. We can do this. He said it over and over tonight. As he unveiled plans that “will not cost a penny more,” the guiding premise was that America has some work to do to reclaim its rightful place…
On Monday, February 11, there will be a tweetchat hosted by my colleagues at Fem2.0 as well as Spark Summit, and the DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence. The chat (10 am PT or 1 pm ET), will focus on teen dating violence, as February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness month. As many as 33 percent…
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