Tag: rape
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Radio Show Bans ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside’ Over Claims It’s A Rape Song, English Teacher Explains Its Real Meaning
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. As we approach the festive season for another year, the controversy about the problematic Christmas classic ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’ starts again. Well, this year one radio station took the song’s criticism one step further by banning it completely after countless listeners complained that the message behind the holiday song…
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Yogi Master Contorts Her Body into Incredible Poses to Overcome Depression and Anxiety
As a survivor of PTSD, anxiety, depression, and rape, Heidi Williams turned to yoga to rejuvenate her mind, body, and spirit. According to Heidi: “Yoga brought me to a safe place again. The moment I released others from the responsibility of empowering me, is the moment I released myself from being the victim. So many of…
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Dozens Of Male Sexual Assault Survivors Share Their Stories, And They’ll Break Your Heart
With the powerful movement of women speaking out about their sexual assault as part of the #MeToo campaign, one might be led to believe that the victim is always female. While the statistics show that the vast majority of these victims are female, as you will see in this photography series, it isn't always so…
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Photo Series Explores What Prison Cells Look Like Around The World
According to the Institute for Criminal Policy Research, over 10.35 million individuals are being held in prisons around the world, either as pre-trial detainees/remand prisoners or having been convicted and sentenced. In comparison to the year 2000, the total number of women serving time has increased about 50% while the male prison population has grown…
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Comic Strip Brilliantly Explains the Difference Between Rape And Consent
In 2013, Zerlina Maxwell ignited a firestorm of controversy when she strongly recommended we stop telling women how to not get raped. Here are her words, from the transcript of her appearance on Sean Hannity’s show: “I don’t think that we should be telling women anything. I think we should be telling men not to rape…
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Woman Posts Feminist Messages Written On Period Pads All Over Her City
Feminism is always worth talking about, but it’s hard to grab people’s attention. Elonë, a woman in Karsruhe, Germany, solved this problem by using a controversial medium – period pads – to drive home her message about gender equality and the elimination of rape culture. She chose International Women’s Day (March 8th) as the perfect…
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The Last Meals Of Death-Row Inmates Photographed by Henry Hargreaves
There are about as many opinions on capital punishment as there are prisoners on death row, but most can agree that it’s a sobering practice. New Zealand-based artist Henry Hargreaves explores the death penalty and our reaction to it in his gripping “No Second” photo series where he re-creates the final meals of inmates executed…