BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH!
Black. Lesbian. Feminist. Mother. Warrior. Poet. Audre Lorde’s written words taught me that my silence will not protect me, and that silence is not golden. I am a Black feminist lesbian who is a survivor of incest and rape. […]
Deepa Kumar Speech at SlutWalk Philadelphia Thanks to the organizers for inviting me. It’s about time we had a women’s movement in this country! Over the last three decades we have seen assault upon assault on women’s rights. Roe v Wade was one of the key triumphs of the women’s movement—yet shortly after this victory […]
FBI Petition Take Action! Rape is Rape A petition demanding the Federal Bureau of Investigation update it’s 80-year-old definition of forcible rape is now online at Change.Org. The petition was started by Ms. magazine after the publication of its article “If a woman isn’t bruised and bleeding, will her rape be counted?“. For background information […]
SlutWalk Philadelphia March and Rally Saturday, August 6, 2011 SlutWalk Philadelphia will demonstrate against victim-blaming and slut-shaming – a person’s appearance is not the cause of sexual assault – with a march and rally on Saturday, August 6, 2011. We will gather at Kahn Park in Center City (11th and Pine Streets) and step-off at […]
Dan Rottenberg is Thinking About R@ping You by Cara Blouin Theatrical Education SlutWalk Philadelphia invites you to attend a special one-time performance of theatrical education at Plays and Players Theater in Center City Philadelphia on this Saturday, June 25 at 10:30 p.m. The production entitled, Dan Rottenberg Is Thinking About R@ping You – An […]
Petition to Remove Dan Rottenberg as Editor of the Broad Street Review A petition entitled, “Editor Who Blamed Lara Logan for Her Gang Rape Must Go!” is currently online at Change.org – a website providing online tools for grassroots campaigns seeking social change locally and globally. It is calling for the removal of Dan Rottenberg, […]
