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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …