Is that really so hard to say? Guys, seriously. This isn’t about women jumping through every hoop imaginable in order to “avoid being raped”. This is about YOU, you know, NOT RAPING ANYBODY. Rape culture and hyper-masculinity and patriarchy and agency are all a part of talking about it, and those aspects are important to understanding and we should be discussing them. But what it comes down to is this: Stop raping. At its simplest, that’s it. That’s where we start.
Tag Archives: Justin Trudeau
Just don’t rape anybody
Caution on Syria, another attempt to close Guantanamo
When I am making decisions about America’s national security and the potential for taking additional action in response to chemical weapon use, I’ve got to make sure I’ve got the facts.
Torture report needs to be public
Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. said Friday night that he supports making a classified Senate Intelligence Committee report on torture and enhanced interrogation more available to the public.
Bold stance on reproductive rights
When you read about some of these laws, you want to check the calendar; you want to make sure you’re still living in 2013.

At war with the IRS – the real narrative?
Right wing groups filing useless paper to jam up a system is nothing new.