Tag: Rape Culture
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The harmful effects of slut-shaming in school
Content Note: This blog post discusses slut-shaming and mentions sexual violence, rape culture, self-harm, eating disorders, and suicide. READ MORE
“The first time I was slut-shamed, I was only 13 years old. I did not even realize what it was, I just felt immense shame and humiliation. I was wrongly accused, threatened, punished by school authorities, and ridiculed by my peers — all for sitting on a boy’s lap in a classroom (with other people present).” READ MORE
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Never Again Again
Content warning: this post discusses sexual violence. This platform intends to create safe spaces, so we want people to engage with the subject matter without unintentionally exposing you to anything that could be triggering or painful. Rage, anger and indignation have flooded social media in Brazil in the aftermath of one crime that shocked us to the core. 33 men raped a 16-year old in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and shared their crime on social media. … READ MORE
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The System Isn’t Broken, It Was Built This Way (Part 1)
Trigger Warning: Discussions of Rape Culture The Law: Not Here for Survivors When survivors go to report a sexual assault to the police, statistically speaking: the police do nothing. It may be their job – at the very least – to listen to survivors by taking their statements but after that, on the most part, nothing more is done to validate the experience of the survivor. And why would anything be done? The system has proven time and time … READ MORE
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The ‘No’ Comment: TRCC-MWAR Comments to the Media about the Jian Ghomeshi Trial
The following contains the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre/Multicultural Women Against Rape’s media statements. Trigger Warning for assault and rape READ MORE
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Mid-Week Round Up: October 1
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MID-WEEK ROUND UP: AUGUST 6
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Mid-Week Round Up: June 24
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Mid-Week Round Up: May 21
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Mid-Week Round Up: April 8
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Mid-Week Round Up: February 18
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Mid-Week Round Up: February 11
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Mid-Week Round Up: January 28
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Mid-Week Round Up: January 14
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Mid-Week Round Up: December 4
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Mid-Week Round Up: November 26
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Mid-Week Round Up: November 12
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Mid-Week Round Up: October 29
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Take Back the Night 2014
This month’s entry is the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre/Multicultural Women Against Rape’s speech for this past September’s Take Back the Night (takebackthenightoronto.com) event. This year’s theme was Decolonizing Feminism Globally: From Turtle Island to Palestine. Our intention this year was to make connections between how violence is used by the state, worldwide, in Canada and beyond. Sexual violence, in particular, has been used against Indigenous women across the world as a tool of war and … READ MORE
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Guest Post: #Sexism: stop blurring those lines
By Jesse McLaren Originally published at Socialist Worker With 125 million views on Youtube, Robin Thicke’s song and video Blurred Lines has become one of the most popular songs of the summer. But it has also sparked outrage for degrading women and promoting rape culture, reinforced by the arguments that Thicke and his supporters use to defend the song. Not funny The song features a catchy melody and collaboration with well-known singers Pharrel and T.I, and Thicke claimed that … READ MORE
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Guest blog: Don’t holler at these activists, because they will holla back.
by Katie Toth Hollaback! had its first international speakers’ series on Friday, July 25, at New York University. Women from five Canadian cities and provinces–Ottawa, Halifax, Alberta, Winnipeg and Hamilton–were there to represent. The feminist group, which is dedicated to ending street harassment, began with the hope to take concrete action against a sexist culture. “We’d taken all the women’s studies classes and critical theory classes, and nobody was telling us that sexism was (happening) on the … READ MORE