Birth Control Sabotage: Yet Another Way Sexual Agency is Under Attack
I cannot believe this. Birth control sabotage (and according to a commenter, “contraceptive interference” is its real name) is just another form of men attempting to control women’s bodies (as noted...
View ArticleHow We Survive
May was sexual violence prevention month at Carleton, with a lot of great events coordinated out of the GSC. The largest is the Speak Up, here’s a description from Paper and Clay: The event involved...
View ArticleNavigating street harassment in DC: not always fun!
So, Becky posted on this topic a while back but I thought I’d put in my two cents. Are you ready for the topic? Are you sure? I’m going to write a really, really long post on it because it is all up...
View ArticleCity of Joy to Hold Opening Celebration today in Bukavu, DRC
It’s finally happened! Today the City of Joy is opening in Bukavu DRC. It “will provide up to 180 Congolese women a year with an opportunity to benefit from group therapy; self-defense training;...
View ArticleWhat, me worry?
I’m a major worrier. It’s just part of my personality. I know it can bug the crap out of the people close to me, but it’s very difficult for me to stop running over all the worst case scenarios in my...
View Article“Wartime sexual violence has been one of history’s greatest silences.” [News]
This new report from Al Jazeera is just devastating: More than 400,000 women and girls between the ages of 15 to 49 were raped in the war-ravaged country in central Africa during a 12-month period in...
View ArticleMy Luxury
This piece was shared last week Thursday at the Speak Up, an annual campus-wide event where members of the Carleton community share their reflections about sexual harassment, assault and abuse. These...
View ArticleBodies, Bases and Cynthia Enloe
Two news stories grabbed my attention this week. Not because they are heartbreaking (they are), but because they sound too familiar. 1. AlterNet reports on Why Female Trafficking And Prostitution Are...
View ArticleThe thing that happened.
A friend of Happy Bodies shares a story she has been holding on to for a long time. We thank her for her bravery in sharing it with us. I’ve thought long and hard about whether or not to write about...
View ArticleOn the Freedom of (Hate) Speech
I’m pretty sick of the Freedom of Speech argument being invoked whenever someone gets called out for being an asshole. Like recall the terrible humor of Daniel Tosh. When many, many people called him...
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