Category: Culture
“Nice Guys” Contribute to Rape Culture
Originally published on msmagazine.com by Ben Atherton-Zeman Daniel Tosh makes jokes that support rape culture and he’s defended as a “nice guy” while feminists are threatened with rape for pointing it out. Joe Paterno is accused of participating in a cover up of child rape and his “legend” legacy is defended while Sandusky’s victims are … Continued
Someone Photographed My Sexual Assault
Originally published on xojane.com by Anonymous The summer I was sexually assaulted began, strangely, as the lightest time in my life. It was 2002, and I’d escaped from the cloying judgement of my tiny hometown, abusive parents and the boyfriend who had unceremoniously dumped me after three years together. It sounds like a contradiction, but … Continued
Surfing the Rape Wave: What Tosh Teaches About Humor, Power and Privilege
Originally published on the blog Fem 2.0 by Jennifer Pozner In a promo video hyping Comedy Central’s highest-rated show, host Daniel Tosh promised, “On season 3 of Tosh.0, we’re raping everybody.” The clip’s copy read, “It’s about to get pretty rapey up in here.” Apparently, that should have been printed as a buyer-beware on tickets … Continued
How I Became a Rape Victim
Originally published on the blog HerbsandHags in the UK I’ve been thinking about this recently, because rape has been in the news so much. Ched Evans, the twitter hate campaign against his victim, the I Believe Her campaign in response, the girls in Oldham who were groomed and raped… and the discussion about why they … Continued
Sexism in Czech Advertising
by Lisette Allen Originally published on Expats.cz Sex sells in the Czech Republic, but have recent adverts gone too far? There’s an episode of the hit US TV show Mad Men where Peggy tries to convince boss Don Draper that her idea for an advertising campaign will work by parroting the dictum “sex sells.” Don … Continued
Not So Charming Stick-or-Treating
by Martina Čermáková Not too rarely, you’ll find the Czech Easter whipping tradition in one of those stories on odd holiday traditions featured in the corky-news section. From my experience, anyone who’s just learnt about the spanking of girls and women with braided willow sticks (pomlázkas) that goes down on Easter Monday will see it … Continued