Posted on March 29 at 11:37 a.m.Suggest removal

briareus, it may take time for a survivor of sexual assault to figure out 1. that they were sexually assaulted. living in a world infested with rape culture, it can be confusing. it took me YEARS to learn what consent really means and that i had been sexually assaulted. it's more complicated than you would think. rape culture is to blame. 2. even if you know you have been sexually assaulted, reporting a friend, a family member, a boyfriend, or someone you see on campus every day takes some guts. it can be a very difficult process in many different ways. if we all work towards ending rape culture, both 1 and 2 with become easier to achieve for survivors of sexual assault and abusers will pay. a great step is allowing more time for a survivor to report their abuser!

thanks, brubru for writing an excellent article. <3!

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Posted on March 24 at 9:55 p.m.Suggest removal

Soonergirl, the event was not to "accept" homosexuality. Its speakers were with an ex-gay ministries. Telling queers that they are sexually broken and need to realize that they can be straight is NOT support. That entire event was a huge bully sesh.

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Posted on March 24 at 9:46 a.m.Suggest removal

Your closing line is so sweet. You really care about me having rewarding relationships! Don't worry. I'm having healthy rockin' lez sex and have a multitude of crazy awesome relationships (I'm nonmonogamous and polyamorous too!)! In fact, I'm pretty sure a relationship with you would be most unrewarding. But maybe I should try it, since it sounds like being straight might really help me out! What are you doing this weekend? ;)

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Posted on November 5 at 4:27 p.m.Suggest removal

@SgtB

The things you tell women to do reaffirms your love of your patriarchal power of telling women what they should do. Women can have abortions whenever they want. And you will probably NEVER understand what it's like to be raped and how hard it is to even talk about.

I'm also pretty rude to people I don't like... people who encroach on my rights and autonomy. So I will also not be taking your advice on how I interact with people who mess with my rights. In fact, I'm flipping you off right now!

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Posted on November 5 at 2:39 p.m.Suggest removal

Dude, SgtB,... no one asked you when abortion might be "okayish". Women gonna do what they want when they want. They don't really care about when you think it's acceptable.

And as far as women going to the police when they are raped.... you will NEVER understand how it feels and how much harder it is to even speak of. So don't even go there.

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Posted on November 5 at 2:29 p.m.Suggest removal

Love you, May May!!!! The clueless will remain clueless.

And for all y'all pro-lifers... this article is NOT for you.

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Posted on November 5 at 2:23 p.m.Suggest removal

Ugh. Seriously. Shut up about breast cancer. The studies JFA uses to back this up are from the 1970s and 1990s. The studies that cancer.gov, susan g komen, and any other breast cancer association uses is at least sites from this century. So move on... this shouldn't be an issue when discussing abortion.

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Posted on November 4 at 12:58 p.m.Suggest removal

Mesocyclone,
Are we seriously still talking about breast cancer? It's the one thing the pro-life movement has to show they "care about women" and IT AIN'T EVEN TRUE!!
Check out this link from cancer.gov (vs. your pro-life mom page):
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/fa...

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Posted on November 4 at 12:39 p.m.Suggest removal

I'm not talking about individual peaceful pro-lifers. I'm connecting pro-life extremists movements (like JFA) to assassinations, yes. They should be hold accountable when they repeatedly call Dr. George Tiller, Dr. Tiller the Killer and baby murderer and call abortion the real genocide. Dr. George Tiller was harassed, shot in the arm, threatened, had death threats sent to him, his family and his staff, had his clinic bombed, and then was assassinated last year. There are no longer any abortion clinics in that town. And the extreme pro-life movement is to blame.

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Posted on November 4 at 11:52 a.m.Suggest removal

Pro-choice activists at OU don't need to be TRAINED because what we believe and why we are in the South Oval is about who we are and is embedded in our intelligence. And sometimes the proper response to a ridiculous fetus carnival is to honk on a kazoo and have picnics and parades in the name of reproductive justice.

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