Posts Tagged SAFER

By Alexandra Brodsky • 10 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

Jos on HuffPost Live talking about Skyler White and “complex female roles.”

Legally married gay couples aren’t eligible for veterans benefits, says the VA. What. The. Fuck.

Solidarity is for Miley.

Campus activists! Apply for a SAFER policy training.

Stopping the drug war isn’t enough to end mass incarceration.

The queer afterlife of Whitney Houston.

Katie at Salon: Fox News celebrated National Dog Day rather than Women’s Equality Day.

I guess I missed the “abortion orgies” when I was a Girl Scout.

On Chelsea Manning and the prices of disclosure.

Zerlina talks with Mother Jones about online harassment.

Le1F speaks out against “Same Love.”

Jos on HuffPost Live talking about Skyler White and “complex female roles.”

Legally married gay couples aren’t eligible for veterans benefits, says the VA. What. The. Fuck.

Solidarity is for Miley.

Campus activists! Apply ...
By Sarah • 13 years ago

Critic’s Pick: Definitions of Consent

This post was written by Avanti, SAFER’s Policy and Research intern this semester, and cross-posted at Change Happens.

If you missed last week’s post on Drug and Alcohol Amnesty Policies, one of our goals here at SAFER is to use the Campus Accountability Project to gather the best and worst practices of campus sexual assault policies. This week, we’re investigating Definitions of Consent.

As far as policies go right now, nearly every school has a different definition of sexual assault. Most agree, however, that sexual assault occurs when there is an incident of “non-consensual” sexual conduct. Unfortunately, many schools stop there. Students are somehow supposed to know what non-consensual sexual conduct is ...

This post was written by Avanti, SAFER’s Policy and Research intern this semester, and cross-posted at Change Happens.

If you missed last week’s post on Drug and Alcohol Amnesty Policies, one of our goals ...
By Sarah • 13 years ago

Critic’s Pick: Definitions of Consent

This post was written by Avanti, SAFER’s Policy and Research intern this semester, and cross-posted at Change Happens.

If you missed last week’s post on Drug and Alcohol Amnesty Policies, one of our goals here at SAFER is to use the Campus Accountability Project to gather the best and worst practices of campus sexual assault policies. This week, we’re investigating Definitions of Consent.

As far as policies go right now, nearly every school has a different definition of sexual assault. Most agree, however, that sexual assault occurs when there is an incident of “non-consensual” sexual conduct. Unfortunately, many schools stop there. Students are somehow supposed to know what non-consensual sexual conduct is ...

This post was written by Avanti, SAFER’s Policy and Research intern this semester, and cross-posted at Change Happens.

If you missed last week’s post on Drug and Alcohol Amnesty Policies, one of our goals ...
By Sarah • 13 years ago

Wednesday Links: Student Perceptions of Rape; Awesome Consumer Activism

Like many of you, I have been bogged down with finals for the past week. But as I’m finishing up (Tonight! Finally!) I wanted to highlight a few stories that I found today.

Amanda Hess has great coverage over at TBD of a new report from the George Washington University School of Medicine and the Younger Women’s Task Force, “Understanding Sexual Violence at a Large, Urban University.” The report explores findings from surveys of 5000 GWU students, surveys that asked not only about students’ experiences with sexual violence but also about their knowledge of GWU’s resources and procedures I recommend checking out Amanda’s analysis of the report (which has an interesting ...

Like many of you, I have been bogged down with finals for the past week. But as I’m finishing up (Tonight! Finally!) I wanted to highlight a few stories that I found today.

Amanda Hess has ...
By Sarah • 13 years ago

Wednesday Quick Hit: Amnesty Policy “Best Practice”

SAFER’s Campus Accountability Project isn’t just meant to bring to light the worst of campus sexual assault policies—we also want to recognize some really strong examples! CAP Coordinator Erin alerted me to the below amnesty clause in the student conduct code at Southern Arkansas University. Called the “Good Samaritan Provision,” this piece of policy:

Describes why an amnesty policy is necessary Prioritizes students who “need assistance” Encourages anonymous reporting Gives substantive examples

Only 7% (!!!) of the schools in our CAP Database currently have amnesty policies. Does yours? Find your policy and submit it to CAP. We hope to see a piece of your school’s policy here soon.

The health and safety of Southern Arkansas University’s students ...

SAFER’s Campus Accountability Project isn’t just meant to bring to light the worst of campus sexual assault policies—we also want to recognize some really strong examples! CAP Coordinator Erin alerted me to the below ...
By Vanessa • 13 years ago

What We Missed

Anti-DADT activist Dan Choi was recently hospitalized for mental health issues. Pam and Autumn have some great commentary on society’s ignorance of mental health issues and the emotional burdens of being a full-time activist.

Interesting: Go Daddy, the website domain seller that have a history of ridiculously sexist commercials during the SuperBowl, gave $500,000 to fund a women’s HIV/AIDS health center in Phoenix. Let’s see what this year’s Super Bowl ads bring us.

Michael Moore joins the Assange media rape apologist bandwagon. Sady at Tiger Beatdown has more.

SAFER on the Campus blog brings attention to universities’ amnesty policies. Does yours have one?

Anti-DADT activist Dan Choi was recently hospitalized for mental health issues. Pam and Autumn have some great commentary on society’s ignorance of mental health issues and the emotional burdens of being a full-time ...
By Sarah • 13 years ago

Violence vs. Consent? “What Counts” as Rape and Sexual Assault

Thanks to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a lot of folks are once again talking about “what counts” as rape. If you haven’t read Jill’s excellent piece about the legalities of consent in this case and in the U.S. at large, I highly recommend you do. Then wander over to the New York Times to check out this article about sexual assault laws in Sweden, and how differing gender politics/views of feminism have impacted their definitions of rape and rates of reporting.

But instead of adding my voice to the choir on the Assange situation, I’d like instead to shift the conversation to a far lower-profile (triggering) campus case at Winona State University in ...

Thanks to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a lot of folks are once again talking about “what counts” as rape. If you haven’t read Jill’s excellent piece about the legalities of consent in this case ...
By Sarah • 13 years ago

More Federal Action on Campus Sexual Assault!

So last Saturday I posted about the Campus SAVE Act, which was introduced to the House of Reps last week and would mandate a number of important changes to campus procedures and programming regarding relationship and sexual violence. Last Wednesday the Center for Public Integrity reported on new federal action, but this time in the form of investigation by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), rather than legislation.

For two years, the OCR looked into possible Title IX violations at Notre Dame College and Eastern Michigan University. Both schools had been accused of trying to “sweep reports of campus sexual assault under the rug” after high-profile rape cases. EMU had previously been forced ...

So last Saturday I posted about the Campus SAVE Act, which was introduced to the House of Reps last week and would mandate a number of important changes to campus procedures and programming ...

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