In the News (June 26, 2014-July 17, 2014)
Trigger warning: A powerful comic about rape, and telling one’s story. Todd Akin regrets apologizing for his comment about legitimate rape in 2012. A new study finds that 40% of …
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#AskThicke is a Hashtag with a Purpose
By Samantha Wickramasinghe, CCASA Blogger A storm of satirical expressions bombarded Twitter when the singer Robin Thicke, along with VH1, organized a Q and A session using the hashtag #AskThicke. …
I have a Crush…on an App
By Alexa Priddy, CCASA Blogger So, I will admit to downloading many apps, some of which get deleted the very next week so that I can then have the space …
In the News (June 9, 2014- June 13, 2014)
Earlier this week, an op-ed in the Washington Post suggested that rape survivor is a coveted status (link not provided, so that the Post doesn’t get more hits). Here is …
In the News (Apr. 19, 2014- Apr. 24, 2014)
Dear Joan Rivers, CCASA is very disappointed. It’s not about getting a book deal. More college football rape. At least this time, at Vanderbilt (though not UNM, yet), there’s something …
In the News (Mar. 29, 2014- Apr. 4, 2014)
CCASA kicks off Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) and it got some media attention. Help raise awareness about rape culture for SAAM (launching on CCASA social media on Monday). A …
In the News (Mar. 22, 2014- Mar. 28, 2014)
Another, less congratulatory, response, to the rape scene that appears in the movie version of Divergent (but not the book). Bitch magazine responds to the recent TIME and RAINN stances on rape and why it’s important to keep …
12 Ways TIME Got It Wrong
CCASA’s response to TIME’s “It’s Time to End ‘Rape Culture’ Hysteria” 1) Yes, individual offenders should be held accountable for their crimes, AND they remain largely undetected and invisible in …
In the News (Mar. 1, 2014- Mar. 7, 2014)
The India Health Ministry banned a highly invasive, and unscientific, forensic test that was conducted on people who claimed they’d been raped. Activists erected a monument to rape survivors on …
In the News (Feb. 22, 2014- Feb. 28, 2014)
Former NFL player Darren Sharper has turned himself in to police. Brianne Attice, the Utah teacher accused with having sex with one of her students pleads not guilty. A Maine …