May 2009

Abstinence Counselor Charged With Sexual Assault of Student

by Cara May 15, 2009

A man who counsels teens on how to remain sexually abstinent has been arrested and charged with sexual assault (from further descriptions, seemingly rape) of one of his “students”: The girl told officers that Hoheb sexually assaulted her in his car in the parking lot of a Trumbull gym where he had stopped while driving [...]

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Northern Territory Legislates Consensual Teen Sex

by Cara May 11, 2009

Via Queen Emily comes this story out of the Northern Territory, Australia.  The government has decided to enact a law that forces anyone — from doctors to parents — to report any any sexual activity taking place among those who are under the age of 16. Because that sex is always illegal.  Regardless of consent.  [...]

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Unfinished and Random Thoughts on the Politics of Female Anatomy

by Cara May 9, 2009

I don’t remember the first time I heard the word “clitoris,” but I do know that the first time I heard it and it registered with me was sometime when I was in my early teens.  I didn’t know what it was.  Once I figured out that it was a part on a woman that [...]

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Again I Ask Myself: What Does It Take?

by Cara May 8, 2009

Trigger Warning I just came across this post at Abyss2Hope about a woman who died because a man drugged her with “date rape drug” GHB and raped her — about a man who killed a woman with his decision to rape her, and another man who helped him cover up his crime. And I sat [...]

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Equality and Justice for Whom?

by Cara May 7, 2009

Last Tuesday, I attended Equality & Justice Day in Albany.  It is the LGBT lobby day for New York, run by the Empire State Pride Agenda.  I generally had a good time, and was glad that I attended to show my support. But I also noticed something throughout the day that, while I may not [...]

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What Does It Mean to Heal?

by Cara May 5, 2009

I think you may have noticed that the concept of the personal being political, if you will, is one that I have become a lot more interested in exploring lately.  Perhaps it has something to do with BFP’s rethinking walking series inspiring me (though of course I don’t claim we’re necessarily doing even remotely the [...]

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Cis Supremacy, Feminism and Women’s Shelters

by Cara May 2, 2009

I’m a few weeks behind on this, but I really just couldn’t let it pass without comment. It deserves comment, and it needs comment. Recently, Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter, a group that provides rape crisis relief, counseling and shelter to battered women and their children, won a court case declaring the right for [...]

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Blogging Against Disablism Day: On Depression

by Cara May 1, 2009

Note: I was really hesitant to write this on Blogging Against Disablism Day, but it is a subject that has been on my mind a lot lately. It was after reading that writing on mental illness is very much welcome, that there is a language amnesty on this day, and specifically Amandaw’s comments encouraging people [...]

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