This week on the internet…
An awesome post at Kittywampus on “how underage drinking laws enable violent crimes” on college campuses. Sungold is completely correct: student victims need amnesty from alcohol policies so they can report without fear of being punished.
Deeply Problematic takes on MTV for Sacha Baron Cohen’s (as his Bruno character) staged assault of Eminem at the MTV Movie awards, and looks at the lyrics on Eminem’s new album that deal with sexual abuse.
At Pandagon, more on the University of the Pacific case, and a Playboy article (now removed from the web after outcry) about conservative women author Guy Cimbalo would like to “hate fuck.” Stay classy, Playboy.
What a crazy happenstance looks at victim-blaming in opinion articles about domestic violence.
At Womanist Musings, a horrifying (and triggering) story on the lack of justice for a 15-year-old rape survivor.
Silence is the Enemy: more on rape in the Congo, Liberia, and Darfur at Shakesville.
Finally, on RH Reality Check, Amanda Marcotte introduces us to anti-choice organization Justice For All’s training manual for protesters. Marcotte mentions that JFA regularly targets college campuses with their activism. The 113-page manual arms anti-choice activists with “information” on how there is only one medical condition that might require a medically necessary abortion and how using the birth control pill is basically like having an abortion, as well as stragies for convincing pro-choice opponents that abortion is the same thing as genocide. Though SAFER isn’t an exlicitly pro-choice organization and I can’t speak for all the organization’s members, groups like Justice for All are actively campaigning for the control of women’s bodies through manipulation and misinformation. By calling for people to have “self control” and prevent pregnancy via abstience, they also contribute to the unhealthy attitudes about sex that have left young people unprepared, uneducated, and ready to blame victims of sexual violence for being “promiscuous.” This is absolutely not the kind of activism we want to see on college campuses. (Amanda’s post is just one piece of the overwhelming response to the tragic murder of Dr. George Tiller. I encourage anyone who hasn’t to check out this heartbreaking post on patients remembering George Tiller at Feministe.)
