Tag: rape
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Golden Gophers’ Football Boycott Should End in Team Suspension
It’s happened again, and this time in my own back yard at The University of Minnesota where ten college football players have been disciplined for the alleged sexual assault of a female student. This isn’t a unique story. Sexual assault on college campuses has been rampant for decades, but it’s only been recently — and possibly thanks…
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Sexual Assault, By Any Other Name, is Still Sexual Assault
As most of you know, my current work in progress is related to sexual assault. For that reason, I’m hyper-alert (and probably hyper-sensitive) to the current rape culture that surrounds us today. With that in mind, please indulge me as I relieve myself of the thoughts that have been swirling relentlessly in my head these…
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Not on a Tangent: It’s my “Work in Progress”
I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but I’ve been rather silent on my blog lately. If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, you may’ve noticed that I seem to be on a tangent lately as I’ve posted some rather vehement comments and links related to the topic of the sexual assault on college campuses, and…
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Anything But Yes is No
In the last week or so, the whole world has weighed in on the Brock Turner Stanford Rape Case. For those who aren’t familiar, Turner was a NCAA Division I collegiate swimmer and olympic hopeful on scholarship to Stanford University, and was convicted of the brutal sexual assault of a young woman he met at a fraternity party.…