The day after I read my date rape story, a video was posted that captured images from the rally. It also contained my voice reading my story. I debated for a moment whether or not I should request that it …
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Shame is the tool of the oppressors It does not change our behavior. Guilt does. Shame is used to get people to oppress themselves. This is also why we cannot shame up the hierarchy. White men in power literally feel …
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A picture speaks a thousand words, they say, though I will still write my words. First, the picture, though: It is a photo of white men smirking while they are signing away the lives of women, most of them women …
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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Unshame is calling for those of us who feel comfortable to come out and say: This is the face of a rape survivor. Since you can’t see me: These are the words of …
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Update August 2015: There are some very interesting challenges to the idea of the banality of evil that have developed from another look at the Eichmann trial. Here is a convincing challenge to the idea that we are merely conforming …
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Today, the Supreme Court struck down DOMA and the California law that prevented same-sex couples to marry. It’s about time! I am all for the removal of legally imposed discrimination that had been on the legal books for way too …
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