No snarling criticism or thinly veiled jokes about UNC here. I have a lot of respect for the editorial board of DTH for publishing this editorial.
If it was still 2005 and Harry Potter was relevant, I would be really tempted to print this flier off for our campus.
I don’t want to live in a world in which a mainstream media outlet reporting on the verdict barely mentions the victim in their rush to lament the fact that the “promising lives” of the defendants have been ruined and that this “will haunt them for the rest of their lives.” I want to live in a world in which negative consequences are considered the logical effect of committing a terrible crime, and a sentence for rape that is shorter than those regularly doled out for drug possession or downloading academic papers is viewed as pretty damn lenient.
I have to admit, it was incredibly disappointing to see so many journalists (Especially Candy Crowley) upset over the effect on the rapists’ lives. Feministing does a great job of discussing how rape culture permeates our society and the reporting of this verdict.
Things like this make so proud to work at Harvard.
Seen near Quincy House at Harvard on 11/28/2012.
All of the applause.
Your body will find a way to shut out all the water.
Thanks, Marc.
People have wounds, and those wounds are painful. That doesn’t have shit to do with the weak concept of “taking offense.” If someone talks about Texas being a shitty state, I might “take offense” at that. Fine, whatever. All of us who like comedy are generally in agreement with the idea that “taking offense” is lame, and a comedian should be willing to “offend” whenever he or she wants to.
But causing pain is quite a different fucking matter. Your job as a comedian is to take us through pain, transcend pain, transform pain. And if you don’t get that, you are a fucking bully, and I’ve got zero time for bullies.
This is, hands down, the best response I have seen on the internet to Daniel Tosh and his reprehensible behavior the other night. Jezebel also pointed out that people with significant talent CAN do this successfully…unfortunately Tosh is a pretty lackluster comedian. Whatever talent he may have is highly questionable.
But seriously though, I feel like Marc and I should do a tag team post on date rape and rape culture. There are far too many stupid people out there.
Men Can Stop Rape’s new College Bystander Intervention campaign.
I have worked with MCSR and the men who run the group, and this is even better than their original STRENGTH campaign. Well done, gentlemen. I can only hope schools across the country adopt this newest push for bystander intervention.
(via queen-of-everything)
Well, this is upsetting. According to a new study, people can’t tell the difference between quotes from British “lad mags” and interviews with convicted rapists. And given the choice, men are actually more likely to agree with the rapists.
According to a study published by the University of Surrey, magazines like FHM and Maxim are indiscernible from the interviews of convicted rapists.
Who else wants to create a media literacy curriculum with me?
Source: Jezebel
Nobody asks to be raped. Ever.
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board recently released a new ad campaign, Control Tonight, that attempts to curb teen drinking. Their case? Don’t drink too much, or else you’ll get raped, but hey–that’s your fault, because we warned you!
One ad features a young girl’s legs, underwear around the ankles, as she lays on what appears to be a bathroom floor. The text reads, “She didn’t want to do it, but she couldn’t say no.”
The ONLY good thing to come of this campaign is that it’s already been pulled due to outraged constituents. You should be ashamed of yourselves, PA Liquor Control Board.
I gotta testify, come up in the spot lookin' extra fly...
