Category Archives: Rape, intimate violence, & related issues

Review: In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution

Posted on October 31, 2006 by Maia

I was really excited about reading Susan Brownmiller’s In Our Time: Memoirs of a Revolution. My sister had brought it back from America (I don’t envy much about living in America, but I would love your bookstores, particularly their low … Continue reading →

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Police Rape

Posted on October 30, 2006 by Maia

Another former police officer is currently standing trial for historical rape charges (if you want more context for the ‘another’ read this post. In 1988 he handcuffed a woman who was giving him a lift home, took her into the … Continue reading →

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Meat

Posted on October 29, 2006 by Maia

When I was at University a young Act support called Nick Archer wrote a letter to Salient (the student newspaper). I don’t remember what the context was, I don’t remember what he was responding to. But I remember the letter … Continue reading →

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A Review of Against Our Will (first half)

Posted on October 29, 2006 by Maia

I’ve been meaning to write a review of Susan Brownmiller’s In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution. But since she discusses the reaction to Agaisnt Our Will I decided I needed to read that before I could write my review.* … Continue reading →

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Relief

Posted on October 12, 2006 by Maia

Tomorrow I will have been writing at my blog for a year. I think the hardest thing has been the search for something to write about – it means you have to listen. I used to kind of shut it … Continue reading →

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Why define rape?

Posted on October 5, 2006 by Maia

Amp wrote a post on restorative justice, and the rape/consent spectrum. A lot of the comments responded to the idea of rape and consent being a spectrum (really well outlined by biting beever). In particularly arguing to what extent it … Continue reading →

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Saturday Slumgullion #13

Posted on September 30, 2006 by Kay Olson

I love doing these slumgullions, but with the first Disability Blog Carnival coming up at Disability Studies, Temple U. I may focus here more on non-blog slumgullionish stuff. Or maybe there will be so much disability blogging I can gather … Continue reading →

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Beyond A Reasonable Doubt, The Rape/Consent Spectrum, And Restorative Justice

Posted on September 29, 2006 by Ampersand

In my previous post, I argued that feminist reforms to the text of rape laws won’t, by themselves, lead to large differences in how rape is treated by the justice system. This is because the people who make the justice … Continue reading →

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Rape Trials Are Gender Performances

Posted on September 28, 2006 by Ampersand

One thing I’ve been meaning to post about for a while is why I think reforming rape and sexual assault laws, while worthwhile, is unlikely to cause an increase in rapists being convicted and imprisoned. I was reminded of this … Continue reading →

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Carnival Against Sexual Violence #7 is up

Posted on September 17, 2006 by Abyss2hope

over at Abyss2hope. Go check it out.

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