25 Alarm Bells for Women: Sounds from Miss Representation. Rape - is it our fault? - Features. Anti-rape campaigns spend too much time trying to scare the wits out of women, while perpetrators are all but ignored, argues Dwysan Edwards Dwysan Edwards, 2 May 2007 I walked along my university corridor last week and was drawn to a poster on the wall; it consisted of a woman with a beer in her hand looking a little worse for wear. Behind her an aggressive looking male towered above. The caption read: "Are you making yourself vulnerable?
". A university filled with young vibrant students pass this wall everyday, and see this poster. What message does this send to women? Isn't it about time that we saw more advertisements and campaigns aimed at the perpetrators of violence and more work done to prevent, predominantly men, growing up assuming they can have this control over women? In addition, what message is this sending out to men? It's been said before, but it still frustrates the hell out of me that women are still being held responsible for the possibility they may be attacked. V-Day: One Billion Rising. ONE BILLION RISING is a short film by Eve Ensler and South African filmmaker Tony Stroebel. One in 3 women on the planet will be beaten or raped during her lifetime. This powerful three minute film reminds us how violence against women appears worldwide in the every day lives of women, from Afghanistan to Australia, the United States to Peru, South Africa to Great Britain.
One billion women violated is an atrocity. On 14 February 2013, V-Day’s 15th anniversary, one billion women dancing will be a revolution. “When we started V-Day 14 years ago, we had the outrageous idea that we could end violence against women,” said Ensler. On 14 February 2013, V-Day’s 15th anniversary, activists, writers, thinkers, celebrities and women and men across the world will STRIKE, DANCE, and RISE, coming together to express their outrage, and demand an end to violence against women and girls. You can watch it here: Help us get to ONE BILLION. Visit. Plus What? « NUS Women's Department. By Caroline Baker I used to have a favourite online clothes website to scroll through, it’s rather expensive so I’ve been telling myself I’ll keep patrolling the website for when I find the one piece that steals my heart, and then I’ll treat myself to it.
While scrolling tonight I realised it wasn’t the price that deterred me from ever purchasing any of their merchandise. It was the fact that they never use a model over the size of a small. It’s quite obvious that the models are as you would call a ‘Skinny Minnie’. So I decided to write an email to them explaining that they never used a ‘plus sized model’ in their photo shoots. And then, as I was writing the email, I was unpleasantly struck by the word ‘plus size’. What does this mean? I’ve never been one for stereotypes or labels, but it seems that however hard I try to ignore them, society has already decided what and who I shall be.
Well, no, I won’t stand for it. Like this: Like Loading... Gillard labels Abbott a misogynist.