The White Feminist Version of #MeToo Is In Ruins For Many Reasons
After co-opting #MeToo, white feminists and liberals continued to frame sexual assault as individual instances rather than as a systemic issue. TW/CW: This article discusses sexual assault, victim-blaming, anti-Blackness, and anti-indigeneity. As the Tara Reade allegation came to the forefront in recent
Sexual Assault And White Supremacy Are Foundational To The U.S.
Rape legislation, historically, has acted as an extension of white supremacy, never as a real means to afford protection to women subjected to sexual coercion. TW/CW: this article discusses sexual assault and anti-Blackness On March 25, Tara Reade provided an excruciating account
White Women Are Complicit in Rape Culture Too
White women are either ignorant or indifferent to how white supremacy uses sexual violence to maintain the oppression of racialized bodies. This essay contains discussions of r/pe and sexual violence It’s not that I don’t like white women, it’s that I can
TIME Magazine and the Process of Revictimization
The simple act of featuring both Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh within the same pages shows how unwilling society is to dismantle r/pe culture. This essay contains mentions of r/pe, sexual assault, PTSD, and alcoholism This week TIME released their
Brett Kavanaugh’s Nomination is a Hellscape For Survivors of Sexual Assault
The men who commit sexual assault are humanized and given the benefit of the doubt over and over again, while the victims of rape are abused, doxed, and accused of lying. Over the past few weeks, I have started and then