Event Title & Host ASUW’S 11th Annual Vagina Monologues Website https://www.facebook.com/events/213845608702656/ When? Feb. 16th – Feb. 18th, 7 PM. Where? Kane 130, UW Campus Why? To spark radical dialogue about vaginas and female-identified humans! Description The ASUW Women’s Action Commission is proud to announce the 11th Annual ASUW “Vagina Monologues” production!Thursday, February 16th at [...]
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The Demographics of Occupy Wall Street
(Click for larger version) Last month, FastCompany published the above info graphic depicting the demographics of the Occupy movement. The data was pulled from 5,006 individual surveys administered on OccupyWallst.org, and the data, was shared exclusively with FastCompany (to among other things: drive traffic, which in turn drive conversions, which in turn drive profit.) While there are problems with the actual visualization [...]
The French Press’ Roast: Charlie Hebdo and the Threat of Free Speech
Beyond the slogans and catchy website phrases my friends at Our American Generation come up with, the goal of the organization remains clear: to provide a forum for youth empowerment and expression. Such liberties are privileges that our American generation (no pun intended) at times takes for granted, as seen through the relative inaction in [...]
Tabu Asks: Is Rape a Taboo Subject?
At this year’s Slut Walk in Seattle, we asked marchers if rape, both as a subject and a word, is taboo? Hundreds had gathered at Cal Anderson Park for a nation-wide event to protest a police officer in Toronto who claimed a rape survivor had been to blame because she dressed “slutty.” The answers of [...]
Why You(th) Should Support Models of Diversity
This post comes to us from Sophia Sargeant in collaboration with Youth Noise, a national platform for young bloggers. Check out Youth Noise today! There is little doubt that the ‘standard’ models used on behalf of the media affects a teenagers view of him/herself. Over the last number of years, since the 60′s when the beautiful [...]
Sexual Violence Against Men: Shattering the Stigma
Recently, our friends over at Tabu Talk held a contest for the very best video-project that educates about rape & sexual violence. The video below is the winning documentary. Tabu Talk is a youth-powered organization that gets young folks to talk about society’s issues that are often too taboo to get the discussion they deserve.
