The Riveters are a pretty fantastic sounding feminist student group out of the University of Manchester (or rather out of the University of Manchester Students’ Union…my American-ness is getting in the way here). They just started a blog, and one of the first posts up takes the Secretary of State for Justice to task for buying into the good old “well, there’s ‘rape’ and then there’s rape-rape” argument. I’m really looking forward to reading more. It’s always really nice to feel the solidarity across the world. I’ve definitely posted before about how the UK has their own campus rape problem,  and a recent article in the Guardian offers an unpleasant reminder. Interestingly, the author, Julie Bindel, points to the US as an example of where the issue has generated more interest and gravity, AND she has one great idea for how campuses could make immediate improvements:

Most obviously, they need to have cross-institutional policies to tackle violence against women students – readers may be surprised to know that they don’t already.

Hell yes, Julie.

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