From UConn to Dartmouth to Occidental, Swarthmore, UNC, USC and beyond, there’s been an avalanche of news lately about U.S. campus administrations’ deplorable approaches to rape on campus. UConn’s Professor Heather M. Turcotte and The Feminist Wire’s Monica Casper join Jaclyn to discuss ways to resist the individual narratives and address the structures that allow rape to flourish on and beyond U.S. campuses. Then, we take a listener question about how and when to talk with partners when you have an STD.
Click here to listen. Links for this show:
- Heather’s suggested reading list on the links between capitalism and racialized, sexualized, gendered violence.
- Monica’s journal, TRIVIA: Voices of Feminism.
- Sign the petition to UConn to denounce threats against a student and make the campus safer for everyone.
- The Rape, Abuse, Incest National Network (RAINN) (with a clarification that while RAINN supports trans women, there are still reports that some of their partner organizations discriminate.)
- The story of a woman murdered after disclosing her HIV status.
- Get info on STDs from SFSI and Scarleteen, and connect with other folks with Scarleteen’s message boards.
- Positive Women’s Network, for women living with HIV.