Rape & Clothing

Do girls dress for rape? Fashion does not occur in a vacuum. What are the qualities are the focus of contemporary women’s clothing design? The question almost answers itself. Women’s fashion, consistent with the rest of popular culture, is hyper-sexualized. It’s designed to bring focus to the physical attributes of a woman that will be […]

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Hope

Thia morning I had a meeting with Center for Hope here in Lowell. On the desk was a flyer for “Circle of 6”, an app designed to prevent rape. Not 2 hours later I had an e-mail from Jerry Bisantz telling me to check out the Boston Globe. Here’s the article… another arrow in the

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Oh no – everyday I think there will be good news – that consciousness will be raised regarding the treatment of women, that the right people will be held responsible for their crimes, but keep finding stuff like this…http://truth-out.org/news/item/22568-living-legacy-of-machismo-rape-victim-convicted-of-self-defense

Oh no – everyday I think there will be good news – that consciousness will be raised regarding the treatment of women, that the right people will be held responsible for their crimes, but keep finding stuff like this…http://truth-out.org/news/item/22568-living-legacy-of-machismo-rape-victim-convicted-of-self-defense Read More »

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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