Really interesting article in Times today – something that might help
Read it here Should We Teach Plato in Gym Class?
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Back in Rehearsal
In preparing to bring “Asking For It” to colleges in the fall, I’ve been re-visiting the piece and going deeper. The organizations that I’m aligning with are concerned with healing and prevention. I have seen the healing that takes place when I’ve performed the play and also from feedback on the book, so I’ve been
From July re George Will
After George Will’s heinous column in the Washington Post and other papers suggesting that rape victims on college campuses enjoy a privileged status, a friend asked my thoughts on the subject. I had read it but there’s so much hate-based stuff out there that I didn’t allow it to penetrate… Until he asked about my
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About Bob Costas
I actually wrote this during the Olympics but didn’t remember how to post until now. My brother Rich posted on Facebook that we were hysterical watching Bob Costas last night commenting on the games with Pink Eye. As Rich pointed out we’re not usually ones to laugh at other’s misfortunes (some comments disputed this) but
A petition worth signing…
The Steubenville rape case helped spark a national conversation about victim-blaming and rape culture. But the victim only got justice because Anonymous leaked significant social media evidence implicating the assailants — and for distributing those tweets, photos, and video, 26-year-old Deric Lostutter faces more prison time than the rapists got themselves. Lostutter faces up to
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Men Against Gender Violence
Yesterday I was working on my new play, “Accidental Mummies” and took time out to watch this TED talk by Jackson Kahn. Wow, so inspiring! And just as we are moving forward with an Off-Broadway production of “Asking For It.” Kahn started the “Bystander” project which encourages men to be leaders in their peer groups
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Something a Steubenville, Ohio football player said
I started to write last week after reading an article by feminist author Jessica Valenti in the Nation where she states that “Americans are very confused about rape.” She feels that rather than having needed dialogue about how to stop rape, a lot has been said about trying to “understand” the rapist. I immediately felt
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17 year old Indian girl commits suicide after rape
While rehearsing a mini-version of “Asking For It” today, I came to the part where a teenager’s rape and subsequent suicide triggers a long overdue outburst from my character Bernadette. from the book… “We had been on the phone for over an hour when a segment came on a talk show and caught my attention.
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