Occupy wall street - xoJane

When The Stupidity About Rape Wouldn't Stop, I Quit A Movement I Loved

Ren Jender — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:00:00 -0500

That room was full of “cool” guys, progressives, radicals even. And still they saw the world as an episode of Perry Mason where men accused or convicted of crimes against women and children were innocent, and the truth would come out in the end.

For Some Reason UC Davis Did Not Make Me Give Up On Humanity

Jess — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:00:10 -0500

When something like this happens, it either makes you despair about the world, or it makes you want to fix it. And despite all appearances, I think it’s fixable.

INCHING TOWARD PULITZER: I (Briefly) "Occupied" Wall Street. And -- you guessed it -- there’s a $95 candle for that!

Cat — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:00:13 -0500

And a $150 perfume. Oh, and I bought some Givenchy go-go boots on the way. Oh, well.

Occupy Wall Street, Rape and Women-Only Spaces: A Deconstruction

Lesley — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:00:09 -0500

I have a problem with the idea that the only purpose the “women-only” tent at Occupy Wall Street serves is to be the “safe haven” that Fox News portrays it to be -- a tent where women can be "protected" from sexual assault, as though women should not expect to have their bodies and personal space respected no matter where they are.

Ruminations on Humility and Privilege: A Visit to Occupy Boston

Lesley — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:01:44 -0400

I was expecting to feel energized, motivated, powerful. Instead I felt humbled by the realization that I wouldn't do what these people do.