Tag: rape culture

The Red Word by Sarah Henstra

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Consent. Rape culture. The male gaze. Sex-positivity. The Red Word asks a bold question: what if women weren’t content to wait for the next assault to take action? What if they got tired of the his-word-against-hers stalemates? Set against the sex wars of the 1990s and the birth of third-wave feminism, the result is a smart, dark, … Continue reading The Red Word by Sarah Henstra

Shadow Giller: The Best Kind of People by Zoe Whittall

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[Rape Culture's] most devilish trick is to make the average non-criminal person identify with the person accused, instead of the person reporting the crime...                                                               … Continue reading Shadow Giller: The Best Kind of People by Zoe Whittall