tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59322575862511555322024-03-13T01:42:51.280-07:00The Dub C's Awesome BlogDub-C Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14535749293054770505noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932257586251155532.post-19607533267133102362011-04-26T23:15:00.000-07:002011-04-26T23:15:08.224-07:00Avon Walk for Breast Cancer<div class="MsoNoSpacing"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHzZ12aUg7vmgmZNlBI3sOux4UFb3Bj6_AumRPYI03SZKd5u5ZIABJsjVEcIwOk4Lasw0T7D7stzhUuc73QSKIGfFkp8s_mLAJseOzQSagNQ0SJLlCXVVMQ-qtOZAw8AUkdRHy5h0m31XU/s1600/Maureen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHzZ12aUg7vmgmZNlBI3sOux4UFb3Bj6_AumRPYI03SZKd5u5ZIABJsjVEcIwOk4Lasw0T7D7stzhUuc73QSKIGfFkp8s_mLAJseOzQSagNQ0SJLlCXVVMQ-qtOZAw8AUkdRHy5h0m31XU/s1600/Maureen.jpg" /></a><br />
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Every three minutes someone is diagnosed with breast cancer and approximately 178, 480 women and 2,030 men will be diagnosed this year. It is important for women and men to be informed about breast cancer. There are many organizations that raise money for breast cancer research and the Avon Foundation for Women is a large contributor to such a cause. Every year they host a two day walk in various cities around the nation where there are thousands of participants. Each contributor raises money to sponsor their walk which then goes to help find a cure for breast cancer. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">The Avon Foundation for Women is a public charity that was founded in 1955 to improve the lives of women and their families. Their two key areas are in breast cancer and domestic violence. In 1992, the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade and Avon breast cancer programs in more than 55 countries were launched to support advancing access to care and finding a cure for breast cancer. The Breast Cancer Foundation raises money for breast cancer awareness and education, screening and diagnosis, access to treatment, support services, and scientific research. One way they raise this money is through their annual breast cancer walk that they host in various cities.<o:p></o:p><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">This year, the Avon Breast Cancer Walk closes to our area is being held in San Francisco on July 9th – July 10th. All walkers and volunteers will unite with one purpose and one goal: to end this deadly disease of breast cancer. The participants walk through San Francisco’s crazy downtown area to beautiful Marin. They are able to experience the charm and diversity that San Francisco offers. The hills are only a small price to pay to address the high occurrence of breast cancer in the bay area. At the end of the weekend, the walkers will have traveled a total of 39 miles, each mile striving to end breast cancer. Each participant raises over $1,800 to benefit the breast cancer foundation.<br />
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During 2003-2010 the Avon Breast Cancer walk has raised $380 million. The money that is raised also provides women and men breast cancer screening, support and treatment that they need <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">regardless</i> of their economic standing. “Early detection helps save lives”, so it is important to fund screenings for everyone. There are over 2 million breast cancer survivors in the U.S. because they were able to get treatment. </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://katcarneo.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/avon-walk-against-breast-cancer.gif?w=300&h=217" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://katcarneo.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/avon-walk-against-breast-cancer.gif?w=300&h=217" /></a></div></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Every 13 minutes a life is lost to breast cancer; 40,460 women and 450 men in the U.S. will die from the disease annually. It is a strong misconception that men cannot get breast cancer. Although it is not as common for men to get breast cancer as it is for women, men make up 1% of all cases of breast cancer. Survival for men is the same as women. Men need to stand up and help end breast cancer as well. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"> <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">A woman has a 1 in 8 chance of developing breast cancer in her lifetime. So stand up and fight to end the disease. Join the Avon Breast Cancer walk and be “In it to end it”. Show your support by becoming a walker, donating, or volunteering. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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</span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Today, Chico’s KCSC radio program has become an opportunity for me and my co-host DJ Gynomite (<a href="http://csuchicowc.blogspot.com/search/label/Hannah%20Clause">Hannah Clause</a>) to use our voices for activism. Each week, we come together to raise awareness on important feminist issues, sharing with our listeners knowledge, opinions, and lots of laughs. Whether it is women’s rights issues or women’s pleasure issues, we are ready to step up to the mic and talk it out. DJ Gynomite remarks that she has “been able to express my activism to anyone who will listen…using forms of media is one of the strongest ways to get ideas and issues circulating in the public, and the DJ show allows me to be the one to put that information out there.” For me, using the radio program has allowed me to show my support for women’s rights and my concern for women’s issues, while also building my confidence in how I can truly be an activist in my community. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px;">At this years conference I hope every person walks away feeling empowered and more knowledgeable about feminism. Not only feminism but specifically how feminism and culture bring people together. Through a variation of workshops and lectures we will be breaking down the stereotypes and show how related culture and feminism really is. Please join us if you want to discuss feminism, boundaries, diversity, and ultimately come together to support each other. The event kicks off Sunday, April 10<sup>th</sup> in Sylvester’s Café on the CSUC campus. Join us from events from 10-3:30, with a free lunch and our new tote bags for sale, only $7!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #262626; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>For further information, contact:<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #262626; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Jillian Ruddell, Director of the AS Women’s Center, BMU 002<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #262626; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>530-898-5724 <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #262626; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Email: ASWOMENSCENTERSD@CSUCHICO.</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>Dub-C Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14535749293054770505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932257586251155532.post-8543234394088426422011-03-24T08:34:00.000-07:002011-03-24T08:34:29.694-07:00Moving Through the Pain<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyphenhyphenrU8IsuL7pUJEDVHyZ1F_ejNuQuHr9bRG46uXZxDDcaPYIBJouxyrOhyQf-Ko6ivZYuj-LK8U4eZ8X6QsyyPPKWqQVxwIYNl0X-v-hkZ0JEAw_Gsve-e-hd0amqsH4-aCqoabDXG9xad/s1600/Nicole+Walker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyphenhyphenrU8IsuL7pUJEDVHyZ1F_ejNuQuHr9bRG46uXZxDDcaPYIBJouxyrOhyQf-Ko6ivZYuj-LK8U4eZ8X6QsyyPPKWqQVxwIYNl0X-v-hkZ0JEAw_Gsve-e-hd0amqsH4-aCqoabDXG9xad/s1600/Nicole+Walker.jpg" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The ability to wrap your arms around someone you love, to run to someone you haven’t seen in a period of time, to smile and laugh at the best days of your life, to see the most beautiful of scenes and to be independent. These actions may seem ordinary, but to someone who suffers from Multiple Sclerosis, commonly known as MS, they are extraordinary and every smile, footstep and hug is made with the knowledge that it could be the last. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Moving is not a guarantee and last year my family was reminded of that when my mom began complaining about not being able to see out of one of her eyes. After being seen by a physician, there was a possibility that she could have MS. After further testing, that possibility quickly changed to a reality. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Although the vision loss was temporary, the disease that is and will continue to attack her is permanent and proceeding. Currently my mom is 45 years old and relies fully on a walker to get her around and is medicated everyday, but she finds the strength to smile at every chance she gets. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our bodies are in constant motion--moving information from the brain to the body. But, MS stops people from moving by attacking the myelin that protects normal nerve tissue. This damage keeps people from living smoothly, both inside and out. </span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When she was diagnosed, I was 18 years old, selfish and rarely ever home. I distanced myself even further from my mom and the realistic nature of her condition after I learned the extent of it. I became independent and for what I couldn’t handle, I relied on my older sister for. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My sister and I rarely discussed our home life with people around us, nor did we alone with one another. In our minds, if it was unspoken it wasn’t real. Being in denial made it simple to distract myself with my last month of my senior year in high school. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When graduation came around, reality set in. After the ceremony the parents of the new graduates come down to the field for pictures, hugs and memories in the making. I got up from my chair after the diplomas were handed out, looked around and felt so alone while hundreds of people surrounded me. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I stood, alone until my sister and some of our extended family made it out onto the field to congratulate me. I was grateful and happy they did, but behind that smile captured in a series of photos, I wanted to cry. My mom couldn’t come down to the field because she couldn’t walk. My step-dad, who has been the main father figure in my life, couldn’t come down either because he had to take my mom to the car. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I never got my graduation picture with my parents, and although some people don’t see the importance of it, it represented what could potentially turn into my life without my mom—alone. This realization made me question my life, my career path and my choice to move six hours away to attend Chico State in the fall. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Everything felt to be falling apart and emotionally my mom wasn’t strong enough to be there, or so I thought. I was afraid to share my feelings about her disease with her, the person I had shared every fear, dream and heartbreak with for as long as I remember. I had to be strong for her and the only way I knew how was to move on and go about life as if I had planned. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I made the six -hour move up California to Chico State. Once again, my mom nor step-dad could be there because doctors didn’t think it was smart for my mom to ride in a car that long. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Although my aunt, uncle, sister and grandma filled in the gap and helped me move, I still had that familiar feeling of being alone. Although the feeling was familiar, I never and still haven’t adapted to it. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I struggled my whole freshman year in college while my mom suffered her whole first year with MS. With distance between us, we grew apart and I found myself in positions where I needed my mom more than anything. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I stayed in on parent weekends and always resented those who got baked goods from their moms. As the year went on, I distanced myself a great deal from my mom and home life while focusing on school, switching my major from biology to journalism and getting involved in every aspect of campus. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Summer came, and I left Chico. Not to go home like the rest of my friends, but instead I spent my entire summer in Florida with my aunt, uncle and cousin. Some would call it running away, but it was a chance for me to catch my breath, find out who I was and wanted to be. I realized how much I had changed from the careless, free spirited young woman I was to the person I had become. I became afraid of living my life, while my mom was fighting an ongoing battle for hers. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Currently I am 19 years old and into my second year at Chico State. I work, have an internship and write for the school newspaper in addition to taking classes. I keep myself busy and I still feel as if I am attempting to distract myself.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As time has gone by, I have developed a close relationship with my mom. Although I have not fully accepted the full realities of her disease, I have begun to return the favor of her strength as a mother who has made me who I am today. Although we have distance apart and my step-dad is her sole caregiver, I want my strength for her to shine through. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I want her to know that no matter how far I go, she and I will remain mother and daughter and I will always view her as a strong woman even without the physical strength that MS will take away from her. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My mom complains about the pain, the numbing of limbs, loss of balance, blurred vision and memory loss. She has difficulty understanding and conversing with people. However, she is still the beautiful, strong willed, feisty, determined woman who birthed me and has been through more than many could ever imagine. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">MS has impacted my family greatly, my step-dad has dedicated his life to taking care of my mom, my sister had to mature and take the roll in raising me. But, they have all shown great strength throughout this journey. I, on the other hand, have finally began to realize that I may have had my world turned upside down when my mom got diagnosed with MS, but her world was taken over and replaced with and life of full dependence on others and the unknown of what will come in the future. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">On April 16, 2011, I will be leading my team, <a href="http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR?px=9233383&pg=personal&fr_id=16486">Walk it Out Chico State</a>, in the fight against MS. We will walk in support of the National MS Society that addresses the challenges of each person affected by <a href="http://www.nationalmssociety.org/index.aspx">MS by funding cutting-edge research</a>, driving change through advocacy, facilitating professional education, collaborating with MS organizations around the world, and providing programs and services designed to help people with MS and their families move their lives forward.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There are 400,000 Americans living with MS today. Money raised at Walk MS funds groundbreaking research and innovative programs and services to help people living with MS fight the battle. Currently, there is no cure for multiple sclerosis, and with a diagnosis occurring most frequently between the ages of 20 and 50, many individuals face a lifetime filled with unpredictability.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;">MS is not going anywhere without our support for the fight against this ongoing battle. I may be hours away from my mom, but I have grown to appreciate her and cherish every moment with her as time goes by. This walk is just one way to represent my gratitude toward such an inspiring woman who has never once gave up on me and I plan to never give up on her. </span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;">Because mom, I will walk forever for you. </span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;">For more information on how to get involved with Walk MS and joint Walk it Out Chico State please visit the following website, </span><span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR?px=9233383&pg=personal&fr_id=16486">http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR?px=9233383&pg=personal&fr_id=16486</a></u></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div>Dub-C Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14535749293054770505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932257586251155532.post-1569634193594515312011-03-24T08:16:00.000-07:002011-03-24T08:19:02.288-07:00Victim Blaming in NYTimes<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxDbbl9z6jJ5qd8MVqL6lIawttc-PVrfs9LRCstceHWYQJvnlAhxwinKCg-StTL_Q0vNAY_qCw09EYA1tJAi5m_wHNoyu12IdUhU42MC3QbuS9LGS5KJeY3IHV-AvYzzkqxEOGJrjMqgNR/s1600/Daniella.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxDbbl9z6jJ5qd8MVqL6lIawttc-PVrfs9LRCstceHWYQJvnlAhxwinKCg-StTL_Q0vNAY_qCw09EYA1tJAi5m_wHNoyu12IdUhU42MC3QbuS9LGS5KJeY3IHV-AvYzzkqxEOGJrjMqgNR/s1600/Daniella.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"></span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">In a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/09/us/09assault.html?_r=1">New York Times article</a>, entitled “Vicious Assaults Shakes Texas Town” by James C. McKinley, McKinley goes as far as blaming an 11 year old girl for a sexual attack made against <i>her</i>. The article begins by speaking about the boys future “the boys have to live with this the rest of their lives” but what about the victim? Five of the suspects were in high school, one was a 21 year old son of a school board member, a few have criminal records that range from selling drugs to robbery, and in one case, manslaughter. The ages range from middle schoolers to a 27- year old. These “boys” <i>knew</i> what they were doing. This11 year old girl, however, is not old enough to consent.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: normal;">Victim blaming is holding the victim of a crime or any type of abusive maltreatment to be responsible for the transgressions committed against them. In this case an 11 year old girl was brutally assaulted. The assault took place after a 19 year old man invited the victim to ride around in his car, he took her to a house where another man, 19, lived. There the girl was disrobed and sexuality assaulted by several boys in the bedroom and bathroom. When a relative of one of the suspects arrived, the group fled and went to an abandoned mobile home, where the assault continued. There the assault was recording and later shown to other students (McKinley, 2011).</span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">McKinley goes on to state that the 11 year old girl had been seen wearing provocative clothes, and make-up, not suited for her age but rather for a woman in her 20s. Even though this child, might wear provocative clothes it does not mean that others have the right to sexually assault them. The word provocative is defined as “Serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate” according to <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/provocative">Merriam-Webster</a>. This young girl didn't intentionally or willingly try to “provoke” or “excite” these men. No women who has been sexually assaulted tries to provoke their attackers into committing such a crime.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="line-height: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In the article, “<a href="http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2011/03/09/did-the-new-york-times-blame-the-11-year-old-victim-of-a-texas-gang-rape/">Did the New York Times Blame the 11 Year Old Victim of a Texas Gang Rape?</a>” by Andrea Grimes, Grimes mentions how irrelevant stating that an 11 year old wearing make-up was. Grimes states that McKinley, a graduate of Cornell University, should have known better than to print this information in a national news article. By printing how some people perceived an 11-year-old child to dress in a sultry, sexy way doesn’t give readers information they need – which is the fact that this is a horrible thing that happened in our society. Writing about how people in the community thought about the boys' welfare rather than the girl's perpetuates </span></span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_culture" target="_blank"><span style="color: #074d8f;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">rape culture</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> not only within the small community itself in Texas, but all over the nation. It gives those who want one an excuse to dismiss the behavior of 18 men who have been suspected of ga</span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">ng-raping an 11-year-old girl.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">When a woman, in this case a child, is raped or sexually molested society always questions the victim rather than facing the actual culprit and investigating why they did it or how they could have committed such a crime. Society instead blames the victim with common ideas like “if she hadn't been wearing clothes like that..” or “she was asking for it” or “she shouldn't have been walking around that late.” It is sickening that society even questions what a woman must have done to provoke sexual assault. Instead of blaming the victim, society should look at the real problem, the perpetrator.</span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in;"><span style="font-size: small;">Now, to be fair, the<a href="http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/11/gang-rape-story-lacked-balance/?src=twrhp"> NYTimes publication </a>did come out and tried to re-examine the article, breaking it down into sections and pinpointing certain pieces that proved that the original author didn't mean to victim blame. However, they still use the same type of language as in the first article, "</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 0.19in;">These elements, creating an impression of concern for the perpetrators and an impression of a provocative victim, led many readers to interpret the subtext of the story to be: she had it coming." Now, they did try to explain themselves and said that they were simply giving an insight into the community that was questioning the lack of supervision that left this young child at risk. This still puts blame on the victim's family when there should be investigation into the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">perpetrators</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 0.19in;"> family, the way they were raised, and how they lured such a young girl into this situation. </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 0.19in;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.1in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=129_HB_125">House bill 125</a> or the “<a href="http://www.heartbeatbill.com/">heartbeat bill</a>” was set forth by Ohio Republican <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Wachtmann">Rep. Lynn Wachtmann</a> in February to <a href="http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2011/03/ultrasound_images_of_two_fetus.html">ban abortions</a> once a heartbeat is detectable on an ultrasound. As of right now there is no specific timeline regarding how many days along a woman must be in her pregnancybefore this restriction might take place, but it is known that as early as 18 days a fetal heartbeat can be detected.</span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.1in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Since 1973, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade">Roe v. Wade</a> case decision brought legal abortion to all women in the United States, and this heartbeat bill is by far the most aggressive challenge since its passage. </span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.1in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Prior to researching more about abortion laws and rights, I have to admit I was a bit confused as to how legislators in Ohio could essentially overturn this 1973 Supreme Court decision to legalize abortions. Then I realized it was because they justified this bill as a restriction to an abortion. </span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.1in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Although abortions are technically legal in all 50 states, many states have made them more difficult to obtain than others. Many states have demanded mandatory ultrasounds, parental consent if underage and even a 72 hour waiting period prior to an abortion, but no restriction as gone as far as Ohio.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://nationalpostlife.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/baby.jpg?w=240&h=150" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://nationalpostlife.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/baby.jpg?w=240&h=150" /></a></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.1in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.1in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">During the case on March 2, two Ohio women, both supporters of the bill, took the stand and had ultrasounds preformed on their 9 week and 15 week old fetuses. Controversy over the depiction of these women who are suppose to, in effect, represent all women in Ohio, <a href="http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-fetus-to-testify-on-ohio-abortion-bill/">was conveyed </a>by Kellie Copeland, spokesperson for <a href="http://www.prochoiceohio.org/">NARAL Pro-Choice</a> in Ohio.</span></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.1in; margin-left: 0.5in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><i>"They were used as props, and women are not props. Women are citizens and we deserve the right to protect or have them to make their own decisions. I don't think Lynn Wachtmann or anybody else should be able to make decisions for every woman which is exactly what they're trying to do."</i></span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.1in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Since Republicans control all aspects of Ohio state's government, it is likely that this bill will in fact pass. The United States Supreme Courtonce again has a conservative edge with John Roberts as its Chief Justice. If the Ohio law were to be appealed to the Supreme Court, it may be upheld.</span></span> </span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.1in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">When looking into any critical social controversy I like to look to both sides and see why people see things so differently. And when watching a video on </span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.heartbeatbill.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">www.heartbeatbill.com</span></i></span></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">, a woman emphatically asks for support on the bill and discusses the need for defenders for unborn fetuses.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.1in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">What I have interpreted from many pro-life activists is that it’s pro-life v. pro-abortion, and I don’t believe this is really the case.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://wholeworldinhishands.com/world/images/prolifevsprochoice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://wholeworldinhishands.com/world/images/prolifevsprochoice.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0.1in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">When I at first watched a <a href="http://www.freakonomics.com/">FreakEnomics</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCH_OewK_KI">YouTube video </a>about Levitt’s findings, I wasn’t buying it. In the heated debate still surrounding abortion, Levitt’s argument would definitely add ammo to the pro-choice side. Because let’s be honest, politicians, and most people for that matter, care most about and focus most on money. So an argument that shows that we could save dollars on law enforcement by having people police themselves with abortions could persuade a lot of folks to join the pro-choice side. While such an argument is indeed persuasive, is it true? I remember from a former statistics class to be wary that apparent correlation does not always mean causation. It seemed so far-fetched to me that I thought it was a farce, but then I researched the various effects of Roe v. Wade and what Levitt is saying began to make a lot more sense.</span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Children born to families that planned on having them are usually raised in a more caring environment. Mothers with unwanted births have a harder time forming a healthy relationship with their child; they spank and slap their children more often, according to a study posted on <a href="http://www.plannedparenthoodnj.org/library/topic/abortion_access/benefits_abortion_legal">Planned Parenthood’s website</a>. In addition, children born after 1973 in states that are pro-choice are less likely to be born in single-parent households, live in poverty or receive welfare. Hence, the option for legal, safe abortion that Roe v. Wade has made possible gives women the freedom to choose when they are ready to start a family, and when they are in the best position in their lives to do so. Although it is sad to think about children being neglected and mistreated because they weren’t “wanted”, it is more uplifting to think that less children are being born into this situation since the legalization of abortion, and that our entire society is benefiting from this in the form of less crime.</span> </span>Dub-C Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14535749293054770505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932257586251155532.post-55475294407430902442011-03-11T10:29:00.000-08:002011-03-11T10:31:30.556-08:00Kappa Sigma Email "Targets" Women<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifoMPC8QIf-MH3mIaIiC_QSbBCKOIu1n6JYWZxxaZu_Ulp0R95KClbteIwduGkUJPKG5sf2cMlAks9QOTsyf7H9XzcJGBumPW2WyBVE6pb50gY4rXtfqgcRX0C8Jzkripwur4jTrty35Bj/s1600/Nikki.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifoMPC8QIf-MH3mIaIiC_QSbBCKOIu1n6JYWZxxaZu_Ulp0R95KClbteIwduGkUJPKG5sf2cMlAks9QOTsyf7H9XzcJGBumPW2WyBVE6pb50gY4rXtfqgcRX0C8Jzkripwur4jTrty35Bj/s1600/Nikki.jpg" /></a><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Clearly, feminism is still needed in this world. No matter what one person tells me, I will always stand beside my feminist ideals and especially during times like these.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Recently, the USC Kappa Sigma fraternity sent out <a href="http://jezebel.com/#!5779905/usc-frat-guys-email-explains-women-are-targets-not-actual-people-like-us-men">an e-mail</a> explaining how to target women as sexual conquests. Women in this context aren't real humans. If you think I'm joking or going overboard, read the e-mail that was sent out. The fraternity brother has been quoted as saying, “<span style="font-weight: normal;">Note: I will refer to females as "targets". They aren't actual people like us men. Consequently, giving them a certain name or distinction is pointless.” He doesn't even give her <i>vagina</i> any credit (even though that's the only part these fraternity brothers should care about, right?). He calls it a “pie”. Something to be eaten, to be bought, to have brought to you, to be served to. </span></span></span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The woman clearly has no agency and has no part that is even remotely female (not even her title). She is placed in a ranking system by comparison to celebrities who are airbrushed. If a brother gets even close to this he “should be lynched”. Lynching is something that is racially charged and was a tactic used to scare other African Americans in the deep south from pursuing any avenue that deals with getting ahead in life. It was used by white supremacists. This shouldn't be something taken lightly or joked about.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Cheating seems to be something that is taken lightly with these men. What if someone they deeply cared about (say a 7 or better known as “wife material”) cheated on them? Oh but they're men … they can take it like they dish it out, right?</span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Another thing not to joke about is rape. Rape is such an emotionally charged word and one that can affect not just women in particular, but also men.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Non-consent and rape are two different things. There is a fine line, so make sure not to cross it.” Let's get one thing clear; not receiving consent for a sexual act one is about to commit </span></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">is </span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">rape. Don't think that just because she's too drunk, too drugged out, or is too scared to actually say no means that the person can move forward without asking for consent. Consent needs to be coherent and it needs to be sober.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/upload/2010/03/how_to_drive_a_mathematician_c/Pumpkin_Pie_lg.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="239" src="http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/upload/2010/03/how_to_drive_a_mathematician_c/Pumpkin_Pie_lg.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The descriptions of the “pies” here are not only racist, but also very creepy. If someone were to describe me (and particularly my vagina) by a type of pastry, I would be very freaked out. I don't want anyone eating my vagina like a piece of desert. It doesn't taste like pie so don't treat it like that. Treat it like you're supposed to – with </span></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">respect</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">. </span></span></span></span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">This idiot also thought that it was smart to tell his fraternity brothers to not “fuck middle-eastern targets. Exhibit some patriotism and have some pride. You want your cock smelling like falafel? Filth.” I keep thinking we're past this specific racist ideology, but I guess not. Racism like this leaves a gross taste in my mouth. I have no other words other than that … they can speak for themselves. </span></span></span></span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Luckily the authorities at USC have described this as “repulsive”, “ridiculous”, and “insulting”. These words can't even begin depict my facial expression while reading this e-mail. </span></span></span></span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">It sucks that all that I know about fraternities is negative press. They really need to get back to their foundations and start regulating those who are ruining the image of fraternities and the Greek system in general. </span></span></span></span> </div>Dub-C Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14535749293054770505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932257586251155532.post-58258148964019466072011-03-11T10:06:00.000-08:002011-03-11T10:06:16.445-08:00My First Take Back the Night Will Not Be My Last<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBI9LfisFRXqdLQW6QP5IJ98C49lIT4QHvpqnX9CmW-oeHBO7JO96hym9ffOG24jJLsWfgQ8Qp0DkB3TUGsf6MfLZWAczi30J7vlMF0WqS-_wpRfkwdNmhY_IoqLA7Yvz9ApkfcBMw4yWp/s1600/Kaitlyn+A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBI9LfisFRXqdLQW6QP5IJ98C49lIT4QHvpqnX9CmW-oeHBO7JO96hym9ffOG24jJLsWfgQ8Qp0DkB3TUGsf6MfLZWAczi30J7vlMF0WqS-_wpRfkwdNmhY_IoqLA7Yvz9ApkfcBMw4yWp/s1600/Kaitlyn+A.jpg" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Wow, where do I even begin?? Take Back the Night was so awesome, I can only help but feel like we touched and impacted so many people by putting on this event. This semester, I am not only lucky to be an intern, but I was on the TBTN committee as well. This was super cool because I had never been to a Take Back the Night before, and so putting it together and getting to see it turn out so well was really special.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
Although it only lasted for three hours, I learned how much effort, time, and detail really go into the coordination and preparation in order to make the event run as smoothly as it did. Having an experienced mentor such as Kerrie also helped, as she was able to guide us new interns, and teach us the ropes of putting together TBTN.</span></span></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">During class talks and tabling I could see the different reactions people would have regarding the focal point of Take Back the Night. There were tons of people who said they wanted to come and were interested in what the event is about, while others wanted nothing to do with it. This struck me as interesting, and just further exemplifies the need for education regarding the frequency of sexual assault, domestic violence, and rape. It was also empowering to see people come who were initially hesitant about the event, but still stretched their boundaries.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">We had two great days of tabling; there was a wide spread variety of organizations that came, and lots of interest was shown by people passing by. I felt like these two days were a great way to kick off the event, and to have interaction between the campus community and some of the clubs.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Another awesome thing to add to an already wonderful event, was the fact that our event was used for a movie! The anthropology professor Jesse Dizzard and a fellow student are making a documentary regarding people's knowledge of sexual assault, and to further educate and enlighten people of its prevalence. They took footage of us tabling, the speech that our keynote speaker Kate Transchel gave, as well as the actual march. I also had the experience of being interviewed for the film, which was really cool. I think the subject of their movie goes hand-in-hand with our Take Back the Night, and was so glad they were able to catch our event on camera. Now, hopefully, our message can be passed even further along.</span></span></span><br />
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</span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I am so grateful I not only attended Take Back the Night, but being able to help administer and facilitate this amazing event was something I will always remember. There were a lot of firsts during this experience, but now that I've put my foot in the door, I plan on Taking Back Many more Nights!</span></span></span></span> </div>Dub-C Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14535749293054770505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932257586251155532.post-81633367783198401782011-03-04T15:12:00.000-08:002011-03-04T15:12:41.409-08:00History of Take Back the Night<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB3YKUsaS0wKgHHwdJZh9458Qq6unmufVR7WSFcbXljMg_k94N5hlhZjRgTuTPQ4zDUZeCBm2nwSQWzmAloLxPNItvY7udZQ3XaTU5feX9N8ANhosJvOcY-m9_RpYUfxxYxAekblMQMM1m/s1600/Jessica.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB3YKUsaS0wKgHHwdJZh9458Qq6unmufVR7WSFcbXljMg_k94N5hlhZjRgTuTPQ4zDUZeCBm2nwSQWzmAloLxPNItvY7udZQ3XaTU5feX9N8ANhosJvOcY-m9_RpYUfxxYxAekblMQMM1m/s1600/Jessica.jpg" /></a><br />
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</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.2in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The anxiety women feel when walking alone at night, the potential fear that they can radiate the body, the danger people say “they are putting themselves in,” and the fact that a women simply cannot feel safe when the sun goes down are all reasons why Take Back the Night began</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.2in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">According to </span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://takebackthenight.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #074d8f;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">takebackthenight.org</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> the first Take Back the Night in the United States occurred in October of 1975 in Philadelphia. People partook in the event after Susan Alexander Speeth, a young microbiologist was stabbed and murdered while walking home alone. The first Take Back the Night to take place over seas happened in Brussels, Belgium March 4-8 in 1976. In Belgium the event was huge, two thousand women representing 40 countries attended. Both in Philadelphia and in Belgium there was a candlelit progression; these were the first documented Take Back the Night Marches</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.2in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">In Europe the event is called Reclaiming the Night and it started in Rome in 1976. The reported 16,ooo rapes that year are what fueled Reclaim the Night, that is a lot of women, a lot of individuals that were affected by violence. This brings me to the point that rape does not solely affect the individual but also affects so many people associated with the victim. From Rome, the event took place in Germany, on April 30 1977, which was a place where women suffered constant harassment both during the day and at night. This important movement began to grow and become acknowledged, and the next city to hold the event was Leeds, England in November of 1977. Leeds put on the event in response to many, many women being attacked, raped, and killed. These women were all prostitutes, but that was not a welcome to violence against them</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.theear.org/TBTN/Take_back_the_Night_Medium.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.theear.org/TBTN/Take_back_the_Night_Medium.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.2in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.2in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Australia and India also began putting on Reclaim the Night events. Australia’s events first aimed to raise awareness against abortion and contraception. In Bombay, India after a pregnant woman was gang raped women put on a Reclaim the Night in March of 1978</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.2in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">In New York, the first march for women was held in 1976 and it was not until 1977 that the slogan “Take Back the Night” was brought to light by a woman named Anne Pride. In 1978 San Franciscans put on a Take Back the Night in protest to pornography, which I find interesting being that so many of us see this event used to mainly protest violence usually of a sexual nature against women. In Canada, The<a href="http://www.casac.ca/"> Canadian Association of Sexual Assault Centers</a> declared the third Friday of September the official evening for Take Bake the Night marches nationwide</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.2in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">For over 30 years women have been speaking out at these Take Back the Night events attempting to combat and raise awareness of violence against women. The event seeks to eliminate all forms of sexual violence. Thousands of colleges, universities, Women’s Centers and rape crisis centers have sponsored these events all over the country, and the <a href="http://www.aschico.com/womenscenter">AS Women Center</a> is extremely proud to be one of those organizations</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.2in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Please come and join us Tuesday night for our spring <a href="http://www.csuchico.edu/announcements-campus/announcements/archives/2011-2-23/takeback.shtml">Take Back the Night Event</a>! We will be tabling both Monday and Tuesday morning. On Tuesday at 7:30pm The Women only Survivor speak out will take place and the Gender Inclusive Workshop will be going on simultaneously. We encourage women to come tell their stories, read a poem, or anything they feel comfortable sharing. The Gender Inclusive Workshop will cover bystander awareness, how we perpetuate rape culture in our society and tips on how to combat it. At 8:30 the Keynote address will be given by Kate Transchel who is a professor in the History Department on campus and has done extensive research on sex trafficking. Following the keynote will be a silent candle-lit march at 9:00pm. This event is extremely empowering and strives to promote change. So please come out and support the cause.</span></div>Dub-C Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14535749293054770505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932257586251155532.post-56026707879461398152011-03-04T14:50:00.000-08:002011-03-04T14:55:26.392-08:00Planned Parenthood: Contact Your Congressperson<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilNynw6Sw8KY1Rlflunkx1MAnGwBefXT8zIJbAt-NuZLiDRKl8qkluJa11Fz9UoCqndNF9n2K9a7PUJpXpIYEfyYwNDo8TerjFKovjebZA3leq9UvxNN_DtWuN6H53xOWfkV9bT0VSHMyI/s1600/Trina.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilNynw6Sw8KY1Rlflunkx1MAnGwBefXT8zIJbAt-NuZLiDRKl8qkluJa11Fz9UoCqndNF9n2K9a7PUJpXpIYEfyYwNDo8TerjFKovjebZA3leq9UvxNN_DtWuN6H53xOWfkV9bT0VSHMyI/s1600/Trina.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilNynw6Sw8KY1Rlflunkx1MAnGwBefXT8zIJbAt-NuZLiDRKl8qkluJa11Fz9UoCqndNF9n2K9a7PUJpXpIYEfyYwNDo8TerjFKovjebZA3leq9UvxNN_DtWuN6H53xOWfkV9bT0VSHMyI/s1600/Trina.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zL_-eMRrIVaC-XiN-gCbIYBCC9fPv_Lg58RI9h16GJeYgLN-8DuwTR6DMd4uS7Wm5arj1g70w4KwHwAdQoFpo_7gzpd7j-X_XbKnK6WowZRI6OHy2oVxQNq1dOnLE8wRzA_Bu1bQIl2V/s1600/Lisa+R.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zL_-eMRrIVaC-XiN-gCbIYBCC9fPv_Lg58RI9h16GJeYgLN-8DuwTR6DMd4uS7Wm5arj1g70w4KwHwAdQoFpo_7gzpd7j-X_XbKnK6WowZRI6OHy2oVxQNq1dOnLE8wRzA_Bu1bQIl2V/s1600/Lisa+R.jpg" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;">by Trina Walker & Lisa Ricchio</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;">As most people probably know by now, or at least should know, there is an amendment which has passed the House of Representatives and is on its way to the Senate, called the <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/49830.html">Pence Amendment</a>. The Pence Amendment would strip <a href="http://www.plannedparenthood.org/">Planned Parenthood</a> and 102 affiliated organizations of all federal funding which includes money for contraception, cancer screening, STD testing and treating, education, family planning counseling, and much more. This Amendment would cut off 48% of Planned Parenthood patients, which is approximately 1.4 million people. Planned Parenthood and other organizations like it have provided many resources to women and men across the country for decades; I know I have personally taken advantage of the services offered, as have many of my peers. What is interesting about this amendment is that it seeks to defund Planned Parenthood because it provides abortion services to its patients. However, only 3% of Planned Parenthood services are abortions and none of the federal money Planned Parenthood receives is used for abortions. The Pence Amendment is just another attempt to push anti-choice legislation onto citizens in an effort to take away a woman’s right to choose guaranteed in 1973 under<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade"> Roe v. Wade</a>. One important step citizens can take to make sure this amendment does not pass the Senate is to contact their elected officials whether by phone call, email, or letter.</span></div><br />
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</div><div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Keeping in contact with elected officials is one of the best ways people can make sure their voices are being heard and that their representatives are actually doing the will of their constituents. It is an easy process to find out contact information for Congressional members. One can easily type into Google “<a href="http://www.congress.org/congressorg/directory/congdir.tt">Congressional Directory</a>” and find the government site which provides information on any and all Congressional members, even which elected officials represent them in the House and Senate. There is also a U.S. Capitol switchboard number to call (202) 224-3121, if constituents prefer, where one can be connected to the office of their representative and speak directly to a staff member. With all these resources available at our fingertips there is no excuse to not let our voices be heard in regards to the Pence Amendment. We need to call, write and email our representative and let them know how we feel about this outrageous attack on reproductive services. Without funding to Planned Parenthood and similar organizations, they will not be able to provide the important services which help so many women and men. We need to let our Senators know that we want them to vote NO on the Pence Amendment, and we need to contact our House members and find out how they voted on this bill, (if we don’t know already) and let them know, if we agree with that vote or not. This is the motivation behind what the <a href="http://www.aschico.com/womenscenter">AS Women’s Center </a>is doing in its next three tabling events. We will be providing students with access to sign the pledge against this amendment, as well as showing students how to get in contact with their representatives.<br />
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If the bill passes the Senate, which is a doubtful prediction in the Democratic led Senate, it will go on to the President for signing. If he vetoes the bill it will go back to the House where it can be overruled with a 2/3 majority. We cannot afford to be silent, we need to take action.<br />
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Help Save Planned Parenthood! Contact your Lawmakers now!! </span></span></span></span></span> </div>Dub-C Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14535749293054770505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932257586251155532.post-45291496277546985362011-03-04T14:32:00.000-08:002011-03-23T13:11:58.991-07:00DOMA and the Repeal Reaction<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPzJuHTTvcuOXwOxp32m4H6Ce6twN3j_MeiRTUkpbNKjyvKQa3xg4wFQrNS8zbZDejfh7mDaoJolbEpdX8WPEsORicLEWfacoGttbitrKP2apM64JWlP90FQ_x1iHHMV2x9QcjB4SnP-U2/s1600/Kate.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPzJuHTTvcuOXwOxp32m4H6Ce6twN3j_MeiRTUkpbNKjyvKQa3xg4wFQrNS8zbZDejfh7mDaoJolbEpdX8WPEsORicLEWfacoGttbitrKP2apM64JWlP90FQ_x1iHHMV2x9QcjB4SnP-U2/s1600/Kate.JPG" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">President Obama’s <a href="http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/February/11-ag-222.html">policy reversal</a> of the 1996 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_of_Marriage_Act">Defense Against Marriage Act</a> (DOMA) last Wednesday is both “a victory” and one big step in the right direction <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2011/02/23/2011-02-23_obama_doma_unconstitutional_will_stop_defending_federal_gay_marriage_ban_in_cour.html?r=news">says</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Choi">Dan Choi</a>, a gay rights activist who is known for his discharge from the military under <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DADT">Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell</a>.</span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">By finding DOMA unconstitutional, the Justice Department no longer has to defend the act in federal court. This is significant, considering that there are currently two cases challenging the legality of DOMA being heard in the federal court system. Although <a href="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=104_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ199.104">Section 3</a> of DOMA still stands, laws that curb the rights of same-sex couples will now have to satisfy a higher level of scrutiny in the courts.</span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Put into effect during the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20050208184130/http://www.advocate.com/html/stories/824/824_clinton_710.asp">Clinton administration</a>, DOMA states that the federal government will not recognize same-sex marriages and that states won’t be forced to acknowledge same-sex marriages from other states. The part of the law that’s been most contested in recent court cases is Section 3, which makes unavailable federal tax returns and other federal spousal benefits to same-sex couples.</span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">In discussing his reasons for <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/weekinreview/27liptak.html?_r=1&ref=erichholderjr">supporting DOMA</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Holder">Attorney General Eric Holder</a> observed that the legal climate towards the issue of homosexuality has changed over the last 15 years, becoming much more progressive. Since DOMA was put into effect, laws criminalizing homosexual acts have been found unconstitutional and earlier this year <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_Ask,_Don't_Tell_Repeal_Act_of_2010">Congress repealed</a> the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. Lower courts have already for some time now been ruling that DOMA is not constitutional. Holder said that the Justice Department has for a long time now not seen the DOMA as “reasonable.”</span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Obama, who still does not support same-sex marriage but is open to the idea of civil unions, said that his <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/23/doma-unconstitutional-gay-rights-groups-celebrate_n_827355.html">reason for reversing the act </a>is that it </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en">"contains numerous expressions reflecting moral disapproval of gays and lesbians and their intimate and family relationships - precisely the kind of stereotype-based thinking and animus the (Constitution's) Equal Protection Clause is designed to guard against."</span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Obama realizes that these laws are an unjust treatment of a minority group, calling such policies as DOMA “unnecessary and unfair.” He commented that his view on gay marriage might change as current policy towards same-sex couples also changes and becomes more egalitarian.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://media.nationaljournal.com/?controllerName=image&action=get&id=5853&format=homepage_fullwidth" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="http://media.nationaljournal.com/?controllerName=image&action=get&id=5853&format=homepage_fullwidth" width="320" /></a></div><div style="line-height: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="line-height: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">While the Obama administration has in the last few months made an admirable attempt to recognize that homosexuals and those of a sexual minority have rights too by reversing both DOMA and the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell legislation, there is still a lot more to be done. While the end of DOMA is a good step forward, gay activists do have <a href="http://www.frumforum.com/gay-rights-groups-to-obama-repeal-doma">some criticism </a>regarding how Obama went about winning the repeal. Activists including Choi say that the “the new stance would have been unequivocally historic if it were published in 2009 or 2010 as it could have then certainly fueled momentum for a full legislative repeal by a Democrat bicameral majority. It also would have saved many disappointments (including mine) if Obama and Holder used less rancid arguments about bestiality and gay inferiority in their incendiary DOJ DOMA briefs these past two years. Same goes for DADT appeals.” Yet, it is refreshing that at least the topic is finally deemed worthy of politicians’ attention, and it looks hopeful that this is just the beginning of more changes to come.</span></span></span></span></div>Dub-C Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14535749293054770505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932257586251155532.post-72424950141083434242011-03-03T16:15:00.000-08:002011-03-03T16:15:12.977-08:00Dolce & Gabbana: Sexualization Sells<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfpseTgmk8g4hRTwVYQzwy2hX2ZvT_sm-bgPf0p93rfhMEI50lnon97jt_wNH26tTj98rBiIjJUH5tjyJWhDimrdh9r9DVVQkl4XmgtHUPbrmMDWXmCCAHeL0D3HyGsh_7pXrbJQihYii-/s1600/Maureen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfpseTgmk8g4hRTwVYQzwy2hX2ZvT_sm-bgPf0p93rfhMEI50lnon97jt_wNH26tTj98rBiIjJUH5tjyJWhDimrdh9r9DVVQkl4XmgtHUPbrmMDWXmCCAHeL0D3HyGsh_7pXrbJQihYii-/s1600/Maureen.jpg" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In today’s society the theory “sex sells” is more prevalent than ever. More often sexual advertisements are seen in magazines, on television, and on billboards. Many times these advertisements deal with women being the sex object. One company in particular is known for their sexual advertisements, Dolce and Gabbana. D&G degrades women in many of their ads and lowers women to be a sex object and not a human being. There has been much controversy over Dolce and Gabbana’s advertisements over the years.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dolce and Gabbana’s 2007 advertisement raised the most controversy for them. The advertisement shows a woman in a tight dress and stilettos looking around indicating she is in search for help. One man who has no shirt on and is wearing sunglasses is hovering over the woman pinning her down by holding her wrists to the floor. There are four other men in the photograph all looking down at the women. The men are wearing either no shirt or unbuttoned shirts. This advertisement depicts a perfect scene for a gang rape. The woman in the photograph looks helpless and not able to control the situation.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br />
</div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dolce and Gabbana’s purpose for the ad was to satisfy people’s “sexual fantasy”. What woman’s fantasy is to be gang raped? To be sexually abused? This is an advertisement to encourage violence against women. With the publication of advertisements like this it is setting a norm that it is normal to abuse women. Young boys viewing this advertisement in an average magazine will see this as normal; especially when these boys are not educated that this advertisement is wrong.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Rape is far too common of an occurrence to joke around about and publish it in an advertisement. This ad glamorizes rape and violence against women, but there is nothing glamorous or attractive about it. This advertisement, which is true with many of Dolce and Gabbana’s ads, is seen more for the act of what is going on in it rather than the clothing in the ad. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This advertisement was banned in Spain and Italy but that is not enough. Dolce and Gabbana got more free publicity because of the controversy. And their next advertisement series still included women being abused. The women continue to be viewed as a sex object and nothing more. People need to boycott Dolce and Gabbana to really make a statement about how offending their advertisements are towards women. More people need to speak out about how degrading these ads are. Women need to take a stand against Dolce and Gabbana in order for the violence to stop. </span></div>Dub-C Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14535749293054770505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932257586251155532.post-17759875407734748892011-03-03T09:43:00.000-08:002011-03-03T09:43:10.352-08:00Rape Culture in Our Day to Day Lives<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH8L_ML6FO2S4gLH_EPkiOPFQaqcDTNznwx_DSEEex2vF3HvNG3VhDkA9Y6VepZ-YILa7wRaoMXtdqIzJRIedDxygJhC53EIiMpk3V6vN0DM-T8IIN1sBtZeQhvqXEveryn6Krud8Q3BF4/s1600/Shimp1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH8L_ML6FO2S4gLH_EPkiOPFQaqcDTNznwx_DSEEex2vF3HvNG3VhDkA9Y6VepZ-YILa7wRaoMXtdqIzJRIedDxygJhC53EIiMpk3V6vN0DM-T8IIN1sBtZeQhvqXEveryn6Krud8Q3BF4/s1600/Shimp1.jpg" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Acts of violence against women and rape are not isolated events—they take place in the context of a larger cultural system (known as rape culture) that normalizes the mistreatment of women in insidious ways. <a href="http://www.wikipedia.org/">Wikipedia</a></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> sums up the concept of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_culture">rape culture</a> by saying, “Within [rape culture], acts of sexism are commonly employed to validate and rationalize normative misogynistic practices; for instance, sexist jokes may be told to foster disrespect for women and an accompanying disregard for their well-being, which ultimately make their rape and abuse seem ‘acceptable.’ Examples of behaviors that typify rape culture include victim blaming and sexual objectification. In this way, sexualized violence towards women is regarded as a continuum in a society that regards women's bodies as sexually available by default.” This is profoundly problematic for obvious reasons.<br />
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One of the ways rape culture manifests itself is in “rape schedules,” which scores of women live by. Many of us find ourselves scheduling our lives around the threat of rape: a woman studying in the university library will feel pressure to leave before dark so that she can walk somewhat confidently to her car, the bus, or her bike. Joe Sharkey <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/01/business/01road.html?scp=2&sq=women&st=cse">wrote a piece</a> for the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/">New York Times</a> </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">wherein business consultant Carol Margolis observed that for travelling business women, a fear of harassment “restricts some women on the road from leaving their hotels and really enjoying their travels in their off time.” Our lives are limited by the inability to move confidently through the world at all times of day.<br />
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This is why events like <a href="http://www.takebackthenight.org/">Take Back the Night</a> are so important. Take Back the Night is an event consisting of workshops, speakers, and a silent march to raise awareness about violence and rape against women. Take Back the Night is, in many ways, a refusal to abide by the edicts of a rape schedule. <a href="http://www.csuchico.edu/announcements-campus/announcements/archives/2011-2-23/takeback.shtml">CSU, Chico’s own Take Back the Night</a> will be taking place on March 8, 2011. The event opens with two workshops beginning at 7:30; one is a women’s only survivor speak out where women can share their own experiences in a safe environment. The other is a workshop for both men and women. Keynote speaker Dr. Kate Transchel will address participants at 8:30 and the night culminates in a silent, candle-lit march beginning at 9:00 pm. Come be part of this empowering event!<br />
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For more information about Rape Culture (and the movements to change it), check out these links:<br />
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1. <a href="http://yesmeansyesblog.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/this-is-what-rape-culture-looks-like/">Yes Means Yes</a></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
2. <a href="http://stopstreetharassment.com/">Stop Street Harassment</a> </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
3. <a href="http://ihollaback.org/">Ihollaback.org</a> </span></span></span></span></div>Dub-C Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14535749293054770505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932257586251155532.post-30575296503008144532011-03-03T07:36:00.000-08:002011-03-03T07:36:09.255-08:00Vagina Monologues: From an Actor's Perspective<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioPKaInZn0vSe34QOCLKY6pnF7AC3YYR0G1BPhwtAe5CBpLU4s3YLF1p4d1_SVunuK_DYwW_F-IoC3CSMnLC5aEtTR8qF0JFk6FhWqEKW3x2CxkZ1ZwrCJl8XNqN6OUYqlMN1Spj_Lj13q/s1600/Lisa+R.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioPKaInZn0vSe34QOCLKY6pnF7AC3YYR0G1BPhwtAe5CBpLU4s3YLF1p4d1_SVunuK_DYwW_F-IoC3CSMnLC5aEtTR8qF0JFk6FhWqEKW3x2CxkZ1ZwrCJl8XNqN6OUYqlMN1Spj_Lj13q/s1600/Lisa+R.jpg" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
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</span></span></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I had never seen the Vagina Monologues. I really had no idea what they were about. Besides vaginas, that is. And then one day while hanging out in the Women's Center, or better known as the Dub-C, as I often am found, someone suggested to me that I tryout for the Vmons. “You should be the moaner”, they said. Having never seen or read the monologues, but at the same time being very intrigued, I said, “Sure, why the hell not?” And I went to tryouts and read for the moaner. After tryouts, all I could think was, 'Uhhh why did they think </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">I </span></i></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">should be the moaner?!'<br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.boiseweekly.com/images/blogimages/2010/02/25/1267086567-vday-logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="203" src="http://www.boiseweekly.com/images/blogimages/2010/02/25/1267086567-vday-logo.gif" width="320" /></a></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
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So, obviously, I got a part. A </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">few </span></i></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">parts actually. I was in the introduction, the questions, the vagina workshop, and the woman who loved to make vaginas happy… aka: “The Moaner.” </span></span></span> </span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The introduction was sectioned into “personalities” and then given to those of us who matched the personalities. Surprise, surprise! I was the sarcastic, dry humored character. Who would’ve thought, huh? </span></span></span> </span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The questions ended up being a slide show which was a blast to make because it mostly consisted of arts and crafts. Sweet! </span></span></span> </span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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Okay, so, THIS WAS THE MOST FUN EVER! My fellow cast members were awesome and really fun to hang out with 3 or 4 times a week in rehearsals and the directing duo was super patient with us. Keep an eye out next year because I’m so totally down to do it all over again!</span></span></span></span></div>Dub-C Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14535749293054770505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932257586251155532.post-336872601806566232011-03-01T10:39:00.000-08:002011-03-01T10:39:52.545-08:00Vagina Monologue Review<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbSEpZSoyzmO20qXjt8IQjVC9rHsKAvI82EcDePSNZA1s4xDCp9asavmjDwVu-2UDi8pQfJ__-4rrW9H_2kVWPW7sTvwENweeO8IcxWoCDWjwiTLYAiwMMsIOQjs1zn9D1XmE-gebsFqyu/s1600/khou.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbSEpZSoyzmO20qXjt8IQjVC9rHsKAvI82EcDePSNZA1s4xDCp9asavmjDwVu-2UDi8pQfJ__-4rrW9H_2kVWPW7sTvwENweeO8IcxWoCDWjwiTLYAiwMMsIOQjs1zn9D1XmE-gebsFqyu/s1600/khou.jpg" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></div><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I have heard that <a href="http://www.vday.org/">Vagina Monologues</a> was a good show. I went to see the play expecting it to be good and it was. The word “monologue” made me think of people just talking at the audience, but it wasn't exactly that. Each monologue was interesting. I loved how most of the monologues had at least two people talking which turned it more into a dialogue, a discussion. </span></div><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> One of my favorite monologues had to have been “The Flood”. This piece let the audience hear an older woman's voice and ideas about her vagina through her younger, inner voice. Listening to the two difference voices really grabbed me from the start and I attention even more attention to the play. It made the performance much more interesting. This piece was about how the older woman was remembering when she went on a date with a boy. She got so excited when the boy kissed her that suddenly a “flood” came from her lady parts. She was embarrassed to ever talk about her vagina from then on and even refers to it as cellar that no one goes down to. “The Flood” made me think about all of the young women out there who have no idea about what is happening to a woman’s body when she gets aroused. The feeling of “wrongness” when one first has “the flood” happen to them is frightened and they usual ponder or wonder if what just happened to them was “wrong”. </span></div><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Another thing that made this play really intriguing was the monologue “Vagina Happy Fact”. It was great that the play had true facts about a woman's vagina to let women in the audience know. Some of the facts were as follows: the Vagina has over 8,000 nerve endings, it is the only organ in the body that used simply for pleasure, and it has twice the amount of nerves than are found in the penis. I certainly didn’t know that a woman’s clitoris had <i>twice </i>the about of nerve endings than that of a man’s penis (particularly, the sensitive head of the penis). </span></div><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> I also like the monologue called The Woman Who Love To Make Vaginas Happy. It was about a woman who taught women how to moan and find their sexual center. She went through all of the different moans that one could have from religious moans (Catholic, Jewish) to college moans (“Oh professor!” or “I should be studying!”). It certainly was an experience to hear different moans. I laughed the most at this monologue because I didn’t know how funny moans could be when you heard it from others. </span></div><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.14in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">200 interviews conducted, 15 years performed, and limitless reactions, the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.vday.org/about/more-about">Vagina Monologues</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> have truly evoked an array of emotions in me.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.14in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In its 12<sup>th</sup> year of production at Chico State, the Vagina Monologues have never failed to bring in a full audience. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.14in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Presented by <a href="http://www.aschico.com/womenscenter">Associated Student Women’s Center</a>, the Vagina Monologues had its annual spring production this past weekend in the Bell Memorial Union Auditorium. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.14in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Now for those of you, who, like me before this weekend, have little to no knowledge about the creation and basis for the Vagina Monologues, here you go. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.feminist.com/resources/artspeech/interviews/eveensler.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.feminist.com/resources/artspeech/interviews/eveensler.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.14in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.14in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It all began in 1996 when a woman named <a href="http://www.vday.org/about/more-about/eveensler">Eve Ensler</a> interviewed 200 women and asked them questions relating to their relationships, sexuality, and violence against women. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The responses she got led her to, well, develop a great interest in vaginas. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What it seems she gathered is the thought that a way to gain female empowerment is to gain the empowerment of one’s vagina. A parallel if you will.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.14in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After a few years of production, however, the idea and intention of the Vagina Monologues changed form, from a celebration of vaginas to campaign the end violence against women. This is where the <a href="http://www.vday.org/about/more-about">V-Day movement</a> comes into play. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.vday.org/~assets/images/press/vdayutvs_web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="165" src="http://www.vday.org/~assets/images/press/vdayutvs_web.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.14in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.14in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">V-Day is a movement also started by Ensler in an effort to end violence against women and girls. Through the thousands of annual benefit performances of the Vagina Monologues, preformed in 45 different languages in 130 different countries, V-Day has raised awareness and of course funds. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.14in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This simple statement encompasses everything V-day and the Vagina Monologues represent. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.14in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #111111;">“</span><span style="color: #111111;">V-Day dreams of a world in which women and girls will be free to thrive, rather than merely survive” – <a href="http://www.vday.org/our-work">V-day website</a></span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.14in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #111111;">SO anyways, before viewing my first Vagina Monologue, I wanted to get a bit of background and that is what I learned. </span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.14in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #111111;">As a first time intern at the AS Women’s Center, and someone who has never taken a women studies course in her life, I have to admit that I fell into that horrible margin of people who get uncomfortable, make inappropriate jokes, and are simply ignorant about the purpose of what the Vagina Monologues is. </span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.14in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #111111;">The stigma that comes along with the words vagina, feminist, and even sex, completely gets torn down after witnessing this phenomenal presentation of activism. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Every single one of these monologues encompassed topics from sex and mutilation to emotions of anger and pleasure. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">From each monologue comes a theme of general female empowerment, yet some are easier to detect then others. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Names of these monologues ranged from “My Angry Vagina” to “Reclaiming Cunt” to this year’s annual spotlight act called “Myriam.” </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.14in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #111111;">Barb Foy, a cast member of this year’s production couldn’t contain her enthusiasm for the importance of what the Vagina Monologues mean to her, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #111111;">“</span><span style="color: #111111;">It has empowered me as a woman,” Foy said, “It has to be done in every city in the world!” </span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.citytheatrecompany.org/images/nowplaying/vaginamonologues.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.citytheatrecompany.org/images/nowplaying/vaginamonologues.jpg" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.14in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #111111;">My first exposure to this production was during a Tuesday night rehearsal last week. I was taking pictures of the different cast members and then all of the sudden I witnessed “The women who loved to make vaginas happy.” </span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.14in;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My initial reaction to this act, which included varied orgasm moans, was shock, then laughter, then true empowerment. Just after watching one of these real life stories brought to life on the stage, a feeling of riotousness washed over me and I felt the need to jump up on the stage and join those amazing women.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.14in;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">TAKE BACK THE NIGHT</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Raising Awareness about Sexual Assault and Violence against Women</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">CHICO, CA-<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Take Back the Night is an opportunity for students and community members to come together and recognize the ongoing issue of rape culture and violence</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">against women.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is a night to acknowledge and empower survivors of sexual assault, a night to empower and educate friends, family and supporters, a night to reclaim our right to feel safe and secure after dusk. Join us to TAKE BACK THE NIGHT!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Monday, March 7th</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">10:00-2:00pm<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Free Speech Area, Informational Tabling</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Tuesday, March 8th</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">10:00-2:00 pm</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Free Speech Area, Informational Tabling</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">7:30 pm</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">BMU 210, <b>Women Only Survivor Speak Out: </b>A place for women to speak out about their experiences in a safe and supportive setting. Women are encouraged to share personal stories, or express their experiences through conversation, poems, journal entries, etc.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">BMU 304, <b>Gender Inclusive Workshop: </b>An interactive workshop focused on combating rape culture in our community and society. The discussion will include ideas about how individuals can aid in eradicating the perpetuation of violence against women.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">8:30 pm</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Common Grounds, <b>Keynote Address </b>by Professor Kate Transchel, History Department</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">9:00 pm</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Free Speech Area, <b>Silent Candle-lit March</b>: A silent march to raise awareness about sexual assault and violence against women.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span> <wbr></wbr> <wbr></wbr> <wbr></wbr> <wbr></wbr> </span><b>For further information, contact:</b></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: right;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span> <wbr></wbr> <wbr></wbr> <wbr></wbr> </span>Jillian Ruddell, Director of the AS Women’s Center</span></b></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: right;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span> <wbr></wbr> <wbr></wbr> <wbr></wbr> </span>(P) 530-898-5724</span></b></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span> <wbr></wbr> <wbr></wbr> <wbr></wbr> </span>Email:</b><a href="mailto:ASWOMENSCENTERSD@CSUCHICO.EDU" style="color: #074d8f; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">ASWOMENSCENTERSD@CSUCHICO.EDU</span></b></a></span></div>Dub-C Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14535749293054770505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932257586251155532.post-4281758112881480862011-02-25T13:48:00.000-08:002011-02-25T13:48:31.928-08:00Women in the Military<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.27in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSrGg1etxetZAx2oI8nL77G2RUdOdHBKWqD8YkroDd58XL1sTVB4lLlvzJ59Cm5rfWwIN5P7mqDjNq7n6y7X4M8CYCn2MyXGta5YnI9-gQJq7vWf2hjBn7IsX4uFSeQjfK5H0YuFaQw27U/s1600/Hannah.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSrGg1etxetZAx2oI8nL77G2RUdOdHBKWqD8YkroDd58XL1sTVB4lLlvzJ59Cm5rfWwIN5P7mqDjNq7n6y7X4M8CYCn2MyXGta5YnI9-gQJq7vWf2hjBn7IsX4uFSeQjfK5H0YuFaQw27U/s1600/Hannah.jpg" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.27in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.27in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Women in the war zone has become a hot topic as the media discusses the recent sexual assault on news journalist <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/02/16/133785179/cbs-news-lara-logan-was-attacked-sexually-assaulted-in-egypt">Lara Logan</a>, and as we see more women than ever before fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. I recently read two articles that have to do with women being at the front line of combat. The big question everyone seems to be concerned with is should they be there?</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.27in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZJJIiZkRFpZh44FMJjkAyX_zBuH1RIy5bXtTTvYQcZyYxzHUsoVOV6L65S-P-P4721aIF9Kcor4LXMX24ZkIqFgNLWMxzLYay0nJeOjxKcwToYEsZ_PvcKMJmDKL_WSb3AGX1NFmYrw/s1600/photo1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZJJIiZkRFpZh44FMJjkAyX_zBuH1RIy5bXtTTvYQcZyYxzHUsoVOV6L65S-P-P4721aIF9Kcor4LXMX24ZkIqFgNLWMxzLYay0nJeOjxKcwToYEsZ_PvcKMJmDKL_WSb3AGX1NFmYrw/s320/photo1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="line-height: 0.27in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="line-height: 0.27in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In Kim Barker’s article in the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/">New York Times</a>, “<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/20/opinion/20barker.html?scp=4&sq=women&st=cse">Why We Need Women in War Zones</a>” she talks about how it is not uncommon for journalists to be assaulted while on the job. Since Lara Logan’s recent assault, the code of silence on sexual assault against female journalists has been broken. Barker argues that she and many fellow journalists would not report what had happened to them because they did not want to seem different or more vulnerable than their male colleagues. The reaction by some to the assault on Lara Logan was disturbing (read <a href="http://csuchicowc.blogspot.com/2011/02/npr-laura-logan-comment-controversy.html">Nikki’s blog post</a> about victim blaming). Barkers fear is not about getting attacked, but instead “that there will be suggestions that female correspondents should not be sent into dangerous situations”. The first reaction many people have is to put the responsibility onto the women doing their job when it should be on the perpetrators to not commit such heinous acts. Why are we punishing women for men’s actions? All journalists are taking a risk, but don’t punish women because of other people’s actions. Women in the war zone are critical, with out them the only opinion we would get was that of men, and in reality we need both. As Barker puts it, “Without female correspondents in war zones, the experience of women there may only be a rumor.”</span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.27in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2011/02/18/womenincombat.jpg?t=1298063626&s=51" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2011/02/18/womenincombat.jpg?t=1298063626&s=51" width="320" /></a></div><div style="line-height: 0.27in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 0.27in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">If it is important to have women reporting from the war zone, than isn’t it important to have women fighting in them too? <a href="http://www.npr.org/">NPR </a>is doing a <a href="http://www.npr.org/series/133869535/women-in-combat">week long series</a> on what it means to be a woman in uniform today, covering the stories of five women in different stages of their military career. Currently the pentagon has a policy that prohibits women from being allocated to direct ground combat units. Contrary to this is that there are no clear “front lines” anymore, and women are indeed fighting in direct combat. Because of the policy in place women are able to get big promotion with out any combat experience, which only puts everyone at a disadvantage. Some of the issues arising on why we should not eliminate this policy are pregnancy, privacy, unit cohesion, and perhaps the trickiest is sexual harassment/assault. </span></span></span> </span></div><div style="line-height: 0.27in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="line-height: 0.27in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Kayla Williams told her story of living with her all male unit on the side of a mountain in Iraq for six months. She reports that she had to keep a crisp line that the men could not cross, but kept a balance to let them know she was one of them. Williams believes that the policy in place now actually makes it harder for men and women to be in combat together, “I believe that the combat exclusion actually exacerbates gender tensions and problems within the military, because the fact that women can’t be in combat arm jobs allows us to be portray s less then fully soldiers.”</span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 0.27in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="line-height: 0.27in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Like Williams said, by basing exclusion off of sex it only further ingrains the idea that women are less than men. If we don’t let women engage in war zone journalism, we are portraying the idea that they are somehow not as fit to do the job as a man. As a woman I am aware of the risks around me when I go out at night, does that mean I am not suppose to go out? It’s time to stop making decisions based off of the wrongful actions of men (or women). As an American citizen it doesn’t seem right to not let a woman fight, in direct combat, for her country because of her reproductive organs, or because of the crimes that might be committed against her. Like I said as women we are very aware of the risks that are out there. Women being in the front line of combat is a topic that will definitely be getting some attention in the upcoming months as the Military Leadership Diversity Commission plans to tell congress next month to eliminate the combat exclusion policy.</span></span></span></span></div>Dub-C Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14535749293054770505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932257586251155532.post-26003426078261675642011-02-18T14:27:00.000-08:002011-02-18T16:15:52.061-08:00Planned Parenthood Federal Funding Removed<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt06d3s7SrqSyhNZ6vRgPy-fLJjkDZmLVjU2veAnAJyZLdk9Ca4umU1JqPxD_tAq8cplCcitXYwFFnL0PY5XYZoiNuuicd4gwp8Ggy2QtlTQDa25b3HmYFHuSpYFXgIJ0NT0qR_enjdSO2/s1600/Shimp1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt06d3s7SrqSyhNZ6vRgPy-fLJjkDZmLVjU2veAnAJyZLdk9Ca4umU1JqPxD_tAq8cplCcitXYwFFnL0PY5XYZoiNuuicd4gwp8Ggy2QtlTQDa25b3HmYFHuSpYFXgIJ0NT0qR_enjdSO2/s1600/Shimp1.jpg" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><br />
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Indiana Republican Mike Pence is the driving force behind this movement and he has made abortion the key issue. In an opinion piece at <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2011/02/17/getting-taxpayers-out-of-the-abortion-business/">The Daily Caller</a></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">, Pence writes, “The Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act would close the loophole that has forced millions of pro-life Americans to subsidize the nation’s leading abortion provider, sustaining and underwriting the destruction of innocent human life that has been carried out on a massive scale by Planned Parenthood.” However, <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/48651.html">by law</a>, Planned Parenthood doesn’t receive money from Title X funds for abortion services in the first place</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">. Taxpayers aren’t paying for Planned Parenthood to perform abortions. Furthermore, abortion constitutes less than 5% of the overall <a href="http://thedailywhat.tumblr.com/post/3365289785/this-is-important-you-should-watch-it-of-the-day">services Planned Parenthood offers</a> </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">and yet, outrageously, this act restricts all federal funding from going to Planned Parenthood, including funding which allows them to test for STDs, perform breast exams, and offer contraceptives.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i.bnet.com/blogs/planned_parenthood.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://i.bnet.com/blogs/planned_parenthood.gif" width="200" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">What this legislation really does is relegate women to second-class citizens, where our health and our bodies are denied support from the very government that is supposed to represent us. Now, Planned Parenthood will be forced to generate all of their own funding the services they offer to women and men will not be available to the same extent. <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/48651.html">Planned Parenthood states</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, “The reality of Rep. Mike Pence’s bill is that millions of women who rely on Planned Parenthood health centers for their primary and preventive health care, including annual exams, lifesaving cancer screenings, contraception visits, and testing and treatment for STDs, would lose access to their main source of basic preventive health care.”</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">To sign a petition in order to help Planned Parenthood and send this to your local representative, <a href="https://secure.ppaction.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=pp_ppol_ws_I_Stand_with_PP&s_src=standwithppfeb2011_taf">click on this link here</a>. No donation is required, but names are very much needed and appreciated during this time. </span></span></span></span><br />
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1. <a href="http://feministing.com/2011/02/18/representatives-stand-up-for-planned-parenthood/">Feministing</a></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
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4. <a href="http://thedailywhat.tumblr.com/post/3365289785/this-is-important-you-should-watch-it-of-the-day">The Daily What</a></span></span></span></span></div>Dub-C Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14535749293054770505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932257586251155532.post-4053387347742420672011-02-18T12:13:00.000-08:002011-02-18T12:13:42.290-08:00Iowa High School Wrestling with the Binary<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAxiGJR2CRDGt-OAz_eMcgkc40elw5F_7y7imiEgmwWHLlw2obB_8iitIUzSRN4oaKHq6M9PvXMmZLYE6djn3nhTnBEdgAr_yeTkR3In_AJM1VGhcO76fMjCXR27ODHH4uYQRp61O2syUa/s1600/Hannah.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAxiGJR2CRDGt-OAz_eMcgkc40elw5F_7y7imiEgmwWHLlw2obB_8iitIUzSRN4oaKHq6M9PvXMmZLYE6djn3nhTnBEdgAr_yeTkR3In_AJM1VGhcO76fMjCXR27ODHH4uYQRp61O2syUa/s1600/Hannah.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I stumbled across an article yesterday on <a href="http://www.yahoo.com/">yahoo</a> titled “<a href="http://rivals.yahoo.com/highschool/blog/prep_rally/post/For-first-time-Iowa-girl-wins-a-state-wrestling?urn=highschool-322846">For the first time, Iowa girl wins a state wrestling match… by forfeit</a>,” intrigued I read on. Iowa has allowed women to be apart of men’s high school wrestling teams for about two decades now and this season is the first time two women have qualified for the state tournament. One of the women, Cassy Herklelman, won her first match because her opponent, Joel Northrup, would not wrestler a woman due to his faith. Here is the statement Northrup gave regarding his reasons to forfeit,</span><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I have a tremendous amount of respect for Cassy and Megan [Black] and their accomplishments, however, wrestling is a combat sport and it can get violent at times. As a matter of conscience and faith, I do not believe that it is appropriate for a boy to engage a girl in this manner. It is unfortunate that I have been placed in a situation not seen in most other high school sports in Iowa.</span></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Now that you have the gist of the article, let me start by giving a huge congratulations to the women who are being recognized and get to compete in a predominantly male sport. It is hard enough for women’s sports to be recognized, but for a woman to participate in a “man's” sport competitively and win is pretty awesome. Bravo ladies! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The first thing to break down is Northrup’s reasons for not wrestling. How is it inappropriate to engage a person in a sport based on their sex? The two students are in the same weight category and were placed up against one another based on their capability to compete each other and nothing more. By making this statement Northrup is insulting Herklerman’s ability to wrestle, and belittling her by not even giving her the chance to prove her abilities as a wrestler. Instead he is, whether intentionally or not, chastising her because of her sex and not considering her athletic competence as a sports player.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Secondly how is it unfortunate that Northrup has been placed in a situation “not seen in most other high school sports in Iowa’”? Isn’t it unfortunate that our gender binary norms and stereotypes often deny women the recognition they deserve in sports? Because she's a female, he doesn't see her as a fit component. This situation is unfortunate because she wasn't taken seriously in a sport she had worked so hard on. It is insulting as an athlete to not be competed against because of your sex. For some sports, they are broken up into two categories (male/female), but this was not the case for this wrestling championship. What is unfortunate is that Northrup felt that he couldn't compete against a woman, which reflects some of the beliefs in our society and divides us even further.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I respect Northrup’s faith and do not believe is he trying to put women in sports down, but I hope he can overcome, as well as our society, the idea of a man and woman engaging in an athletic physical competition as inappropriate. Once again bravo to Herklelman and Black, I hope to see you women win the championship (forfeit or not)!</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">I’m sure most of you have heard about the </span><a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/egypt/index.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Egyptian riots</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/12/world/middleeast/12egypt.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">President Mubarak stepping down</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, and the jubilation that came afterward. At this point, it’s old news, but what’s been in the headlines recently is the CBS reporter for 60 Minutes, Lara Logan who was attacked and sexually assaulted when she was reporting on the excitement in Tarhir Square.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">"On Friday February 11, the day Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down, CBS Correspondent Lara Logan was covering the jubilation in Tahrir Square for a <em>60 Minutes</em> story when she and her team and their security were surrounded by a dangerous element amidst the celebration. It was a mob of more than 200 people whipped into a frenzy.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Think slavery ended when ol’ Honest Abe signed the Emancipation Proclamation? Think again.</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Human Trafficking (n): modern day slavery - the sale, transport, and profit from humans who are forced to work for others against their will; see<i> debt bondage, bonded labor, attached labor, forced labor, indentured servitude</i></span></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ladies and gentlemen, there are an estimated 27 million slaves in the world today, 80% of which are female and 50% are children. Nearly 200,000 slaves currently live in the US and thousands are trafficked into our country every year. Think California has clean hands with this issue? Negative. 17,000 slaves are brought into and through California per year. Interested in other guilty places? Try Australia, Burma, Cambodia, China, Vietnam, South Korea, Mongolia, Thailand, Philippines, Turkey, Greece, Haiti, Saudi Arabia, the United States… the list goes on. Globally, the slave trade generates $32 billion annually, making it the 2<sup>nd</sup> largest criminal activity. That’s ridiculous. People are not objects or property to buy and sell.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">STOP (n): a grassroots movement against human trafficking and modern day slavery</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Modern day abolitionists needed. Do you have what it takes? STOP and think.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“Brute force, no matter how strongly applied, can never subdue the basic human desire for freedom.” – Dalai Lama</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For more information about the organization STOP and/or meeting times and movie dates, go to their website located here: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><a href="http://www.csuchico.edu/stop/index.php">http://www.csuchico.edu/stop/index.php</a></span></span></div>Dub-C Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14535749293054770505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5932257586251155532.post-33423450197561917052011-02-10T11:27:00.000-08:002011-02-10T15:46:07.993-08:00Meet the Staff and Interns!<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Welcome to the Chico State AS Women's Center awesome blog!! First things first; Let's meet the staff and interns who work so diligently to keep the Dub-C up and running as smoothly as it does.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Jillian Ruddel </b></span></span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-WUjyNSutKZnHHf2I07fWQRkN8gOCBQ8OMBdnnUnkmMqt2jb9WeJRXU4q5FHHXBCCdSGEMXqReoZE0sju0BjxyXj1ee3jSJdXTEngCp_4qn71srgvGPjz1GW9599aDXW1oNpDj6UXyeRO/s1600/321_1_Jill_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-WUjyNSutKZnHHf2I07fWQRkN8gOCBQ8OMBdnnUnkmMqt2jb9WeJRXU4q5FHHXBCCdSGEMXqReoZE0sju0BjxyXj1ee3jSJdXTEngCp_4qn71srgvGPjz1GW9599aDXW1oNpDj6UXyeRO/s320/321_1_Jill_2.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><b><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Jill is the director of the Associated Students Women’s Center. She is a junior at CSU Chico, majoring in Multicultural and Gender Studies. Jillian interned for two semesters her freshman year while keeping up with studies and other clubs on campus. She is the Vice President of the Pride/Safe Zone club at CSUC. She coordinated the first LGBT Leadership Conference on campus, along with helping in the creation of other Pride related activities. </span></span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kimberly Edmonds </b></span></span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtW5kyXx9w2zsD8HAf5LVLgQ9sQGRy76yEK86_pY11GWxg_Y6F_V84Gk78w1mNRrhKutRsczH8FRHcUGTer_3reKG2ctyBOpUbU5bv664LYkFaH-lcsbjn7uk2kCz8tD08A1uNyC_gOGru/s1600/Kim.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtW5kyXx9w2zsD8HAf5LVLgQ9sQGRy76yEK86_pY11GWxg_Y6F_V84Gk78w1mNRrhKutRsczH8FRHcUGTer_3reKG2ctyBOpUbU5bv664LYkFaH-lcsbjn7uk2kCz8tD08A1uNyC_gOGru/s320/Kim.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><b><br />
</b></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">She is a junior, majoring in Political Science and Multicultural/Gender Studies. She was drawn to the Women’s Center because of Jill’s love for the work done at the center. She loves working with like-minded people to raise awareness and educate.<br />
<b>Fun facts</b>: Kim has 7 siblings. She absolutely hates Calibri font, which happens to be the default font on the Women’s Center computers. The random things that appear in Kerrie’s hair always make her day. </span></span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Sharina Jackson </b></span></span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCelMyCdXXUCgnSwBzO00tJChxXPpFzxGoh8-ovCvNxfojJOyj7J8OSwCqVxHz_DAZ-BQLvEOcWe8JeUoSxex5kMLxXOfETvLKhCAfdwX_KVheIgSdg21JYkPzxJlV6nAexgICIF8fHrwK/s1600/Sharina.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCelMyCdXXUCgnSwBzO00tJChxXPpFzxGoh8-ovCvNxfojJOyj7J8OSwCqVxHz_DAZ-BQLvEOcWe8JeUoSxex5kMLxXOfETvLKhCAfdwX_KVheIgSdg21JYkPzxJlV6nAexgICIF8fHrwK/s320/Sharina.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><b><br />
</b></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sharina is a senior, majoring in Sociology with a minor in Psychology. She has a deep passion for feminism and working for equal rights. Apart from being involved in the Women’s Center, She also works with Rape Crisis Intervention, is the previous Vice President for Women of Excellence, and has been working with Safe Place since the opening of the office<br />
<b>Fun Facts</b>: Her hair used to be orange. She is on the A.S. website homepage (check her out!) She has eaten alligator! </span></span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kerrie Lione </b></span></span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqRzIYixglUOdXY59RAKOapNRno80n6W53cApVlCBRcbW3WlKpfXVSjBtNcWcsQaqDu0eluORAWjGszzaP8srhGAdnGXJ4x0t3HhXBelogECA0k4vLMYgmg0PFI2-GH9vgxUaPPFzNurBM/s1600/kerrie2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqRzIYixglUOdXY59RAKOapNRno80n6W53cApVlCBRcbW3WlKpfXVSjBtNcWcsQaqDu0eluORAWjGszzaP8srhGAdnGXJ4x0t3HhXBelogECA0k4vLMYgmg0PFI2-GH9vgxUaPPFzNurBM/s1600/kerrie2.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><b><br />
</b></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">She is a senior, double-majoring in Women’s Studies and Sociology. She joined the Women’s Center because she has a huge drive and passion for equality. Kerrie loves being a part of an organization that explores and pushes boundaries.<br />
<b>Fun Facts</b>: She has an unhealthy fear of butterflies. She loves documentaries. She wants to join the Peace Corp when she graduates. And she has a secret celebrity crush on Michael Pitt. </span></span> </span><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Nikki Allair </b></span></span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZYuEMt_qMz3O-Jwlm9yhUhyh3bth9YG9tCnWounU73-siktm_10LteiNb0fcds1PZNuCODLjeYDquRkU78XlCoDXMEty4vLoN1mcoOiT9ZEV_XknZZapaPdPaFyyBP_Y4Y3dfWaqAaDPs/s1600/Nikki.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZYuEMt_qMz3O-Jwlm9yhUhyh3bth9YG9tCnWounU73-siktm_10LteiNb0fcds1PZNuCODLjeYDquRkU78XlCoDXMEty4vLoN1mcoOiT9ZEV_XknZZapaPdPaFyyBP_Y4Y3dfWaqAaDPs/s320/Nikki.jpg" width="160" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><b><br />
</b></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Nikki is a super senior as a Women's Studies Major with a minor in Sexual Diversity. She enjoys working at the women’s center because of the amount of support she has received from this community of feminists. At the Women’s Center, she is surrounded by people who promote a lot of the same values about equality for people from all different backgrounds. She hopes to promote social justice through educational events as a career and working at the Women’s Center is a great starting off point.<br />
<b>Fun Fact</b>: Nikki hates ignorance, peas, mayonnaise, and nuts (they taste like flavored wood according to her).</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Jessica Arriaga </b></span></span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhrxh61k8T_x_DPeuTKmqlYlBBcEd64D1LBlFc61yM40p724JqtLdjnxfZCQgcsO641emUeXsEUKRAylwzQ6rgHvs9bVRYgmUs0ufu7RJU_7RNmsDDJVhN0IVjXcpaCnam0-uHGMgXGQTA/s1600/Jessica_img.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhrxh61k8T_x_DPeuTKmqlYlBBcEd64D1LBlFc61yM40p724JqtLdjnxfZCQgcsO641emUeXsEUKRAylwzQ6rgHvs9bVRYgmUs0ufu7RJU_7RNmsDDJVhN0IVjXcpaCnam0-uHGMgXGQTA/s320/Jessica_img.jpg" width="255" /></span></a></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Jessica is a sophomore with a major in MCGS with Women's Studies Option. She is apart of the Women's Center because she has found an amazing group of people who have a lot in common with her. She strongly believes in the Women's Center Mission Statement and she enjoys being a part of a group that wants to help create change.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Fun Fact</b>: She loves going to San Francisco just to take a walk, and do nothing more</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><b>Kaitlyn Azevedo</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieCNI4oxnTPlIvg14zcnGNvxa0hYgtcQrvsOhCMvxLNGLjx4e_HkfLVjty8TABXfMhJaC4YlhTLR9il1h8EF6pdrwyu_1pZsZXN51eREu089rnJV9Pyae-JSDLmB9bds3Rh84NSU1rRm2J/s1600/Kaitlyn+A_img.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieCNI4oxnTPlIvg14zcnGNvxa0hYgtcQrvsOhCMvxLNGLjx4e_HkfLVjty8TABXfMhJaC4YlhTLR9il1h8EF6pdrwyu_1pZsZXN51eREu089rnJV9Pyae-JSDLmB9bds3Rh84NSU1rRm2J/s320/Kaitlyn+A_img.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kaitlyn is a senior from the Sociology department with a minor in Spanish. She really wanted to get active and hands on this semester so she knew that the Women's Center was the perfect organization! She wants to advocate human rights and gender equality, as well as help further educate our campus. She is very excited to personally learn more about feminism and the other ideologies supported by the Dub-C. She wants to see how she can help make a difference.<br />
<b>Fun fact</b>: She wants to go to culinary school after she graduates because she loves to cook! </span></span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hannah Clause</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyseVm0U2dmNfjAMPBZfRMJxNeXQbqp3jKrU6f5GRGSNpAcIVxDJbVGH0c7KLDSOA1Mj6vseyBMSCJXrt5AXCXbuY3uMxUhorHTaUbM4ojqlT9xGbBCTMCmNvR9MKC9eeC1F8qn4VWA7Di/s1600/Hannah_img.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyseVm0U2dmNfjAMPBZfRMJxNeXQbqp3jKrU6f5GRGSNpAcIVxDJbVGH0c7KLDSOA1Mj6vseyBMSCJXrt5AXCXbuY3uMxUhorHTaUbM4ojqlT9xGbBCTMCmNvR9MKC9eeC1F8qn4VWA7Di/s1600/Hannah_img.jpg" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span id="goog_1422511593"></span><span id="goog_1422511594"></span></span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hannah is an Undeclared first year student here at Chico State. She's an intern at the Women's Center because she is interested in learning about women’s issues and raising awareness on gender equality.<br />
<b>Fun fact</b>: She loves to make daily to do lists </span></span> <br />
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</b></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Chantel is a freshman and a Multicultural and Gender Studies major with a minor in Sexual Diversity. She is interning at the Women’s Center because she saw their table at a school event and thought it would be a great learning experience and a good way to help the Chico State community.<br />
<b>Fun Fact</b>: She can’t wait to move out of the dorms so she can get a pet snake. </span></span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Kathy Eytchison</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk5FIwt5qrIkugrNjnxT4CspflRV8nPEbohj3y_afb8Jp5v7RRohb2uMgqfbjOCcyvbKAatqop0BSTNjs-PEcU3hGLnKQDcR-27wNlYST51XVmfeguEiuOGv18TsobKc2pNXBx41yhm-DT/s1600/Kathy_img.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk5FIwt5qrIkugrNjnxT4CspflRV8nPEbohj3y_afb8Jp5v7RRohb2uMgqfbjOCcyvbKAatqop0BSTNjs-PEcU3hGLnKQDcR-27wNlYST51XVmfeguEiuOGv18TsobKc2pNXBx41yhm-DT/s320/Kathy_img.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></b></div><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"> Kathy is a fifth year Religious Studies and Women's Studies major. She wishes to be a part of fun, activist oriented, events which is why she's back for her second semester as an intern at the Women's Center.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><b>Fun fact</b>: She has a cat named Tuna</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Kate Finegold</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZvvSDNB_nRkvOl1U-CITcN4LBCmqo8lRKtApaJhq13WhMm8v81x2GOOq84qeRwRernTez0m2XNQ1Eqp-HMLBOo9IAhIQBLtOQBiQRQBDiQ-9wim6kPyINCPCtCScXJrCrviiOZpv0XGz/s1600/Kate_img.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZvvSDNB_nRkvOl1U-CITcN4LBCmqo8lRKtApaJhq13WhMm8v81x2GOOq84qeRwRernTez0m2XNQ1Eqp-HMLBOo9IAhIQBLtOQBiQRQBDiQ-9wim6kPyINCPCtCScXJrCrviiOZpv0XGz/s320/Kate_img.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Kate is a sophomore English Education major. She's interning this semester because she wants to help encourage everyone to celebrate diversity. She believes that we should all feel comfortable in our own skin, and we should all work to respect each other's unique differences...because it's what makes the world beautiful!<br />
<b>Fun fact</b>: She participated in the Prop 8 protests on the steps of the state capitol! </span></span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</b></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">She's a senior this year with a major in Psychology. She's currently an intern at the Women's Center because she believes in being the change you want to see in the world and by being an activist you are standing your ground.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><b>Fun fact</b>: She's a vegetarian!</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lorraina Hernandez</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtPLO5ghXAvI6a0FS0nJmgcUZze7eOGZB3e-RGelO-269KBpwLX5d0a00Tkg2v19aevHyECVa_F2sbBh_oUO-CBOPXNHMmRlVH0hC2Gvk2cz2ZPZTfBcQiPP1LFDuG219uRFJP5FVPa1Au/s1600/raina_img.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtPLO5ghXAvI6a0FS0nJmgcUZze7eOGZB3e-RGelO-269KBpwLX5d0a00Tkg2v19aevHyECVa_F2sbBh_oUO-CBOPXNHMmRlVH0hC2Gvk2cz2ZPZTfBcQiPP1LFDuG219uRFJP5FVPa1Au/s320/raina_img.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Lorraina ( or Raina for short) is a currently a freshman with two majors in Math and Multicultural Gender Studies. She's interning because she wants to make a difference!<br />
<b>Fun fact</b>: She loves dancing! </span></span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sarah Mann</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL_x8TOZUj68fzcgF66-_OyMZqpoha_AFw7rRpJjm7869jclfdmy-TP7YlfOKPCf6taigPz_2_9ReEvHVbYcEbFjSKDaFvSCAVIhyN5tP4qi0p1wVcn1D2eIagb977N19V-qiGECPLev83/s1600/sarah_img.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL_x8TOZUj68fzcgF66-_OyMZqpoha_AFw7rRpJjm7869jclfdmy-TP7YlfOKPCf6taigPz_2_9ReEvHVbYcEbFjSKDaFvSCAVIhyN5tP4qi0p1wVcn1D2eIagb977N19V-qiGECPLev83/s320/sarah_img.jpg" width="152" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Sara is a 4th year senior. Her major is Journalism/Public Relations with a double major in French. She's interning because she wants to learn more about feminist theory and to inform and advocate for women on our campus and in our community <br />
<b>Fun fact</b>: She studied abroad in France last year! </span></span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lisa Ricchio</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-oC0Am1h4GiOd1fWOhDQQVcokpOeA32EMIKyStxA5oL_mY85u6A_oej1c1b2xqwVRZBqUUSMIa7-kh1dWxXu3LKGBSANPKkeymlBJMiLScEhGDxbBrNKloSUW_tY3yS5Bd-lD8rT6HBzz/s1600/Lisa+R_img.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-oC0Am1h4GiOd1fWOhDQQVcokpOeA32EMIKyStxA5oL_mY85u6A_oej1c1b2xqwVRZBqUUSMIa7-kh1dWxXu3LKGBSANPKkeymlBJMiLScEhGDxbBrNKloSUW_tY3yS5Bd-lD8rT6HBzz/s320/Lisa+R_img.jpg" width="244" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> She is a junior with two ongoing majors in Health Science and Spanish. She's an intern at the Women's Center because she likes getting involved in the community and in activist issues.<br />
<b>Fun fact</b>: She likes scary movies. </span></span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</b></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Rachel is a sophomore here at Chico State. She is Health Science major with an option in the Environment. She's an intern because she wants to learn more about women's issues and to become an advocate for women's rights</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><b>Fun fact</b>: She LOVES her planner</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> She is a super senior and is completing her major in English Education and a minor in Creative Writing. She's an intern here at Dub-C because she wants to work with other like-minded individuals to bring equality to Chico State and the surrounding community. Being a part of the Women's Center is a way for her to make time to make a difference and support others in their desires to to do the same.<br />
<b>Fun fact</b>: She is entirely incapable of rolling her tongue, raising her eyebrow, touch her tongue to her nose or doing anything else impressive like that. But she can cross her eyes like a pro! </span></span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Taure is a senior, completing a major in Communications: Public Affairs with a minor in Women's Studies. She's an intern at the Dub-C so she can turn theory into practice.<br />
<b>Fun fact</b>: She can speak at 300 words per minute! </span></span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</b></span></span></span></div><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-style: normal;"> Abby is a senior with a major in Multicultural Gender Studies with a Women's Studies option as well as having a major in Spanish. She's at the Women's Center because she has found a safe space on campus with like-minded individuals where she can go to help, learn, and take the steps to change the world we live in.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Fun fact</b></span><span style="font-style: normal;">: She has an evil cat</span> </span></span> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Nicole Walker</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDVUPBrxFwUvyPECccumY2wXrj-n8HkLOtjPKTX3h4yZup0haJ3hD6TBPKNJhGycelG7jEie-xJjkcSKrxrwKgIjqOoBz8YL8mpNI5sZxhzHCcsisIx3iJFsEuVDoOQRO0Iy95wrfHt4VI/s1600/Nicole+Walker_img.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDVUPBrxFwUvyPECccumY2wXrj-n8HkLOtjPKTX3h4yZup0haJ3hD6TBPKNJhGycelG7jEie-xJjkcSKrxrwKgIjqOoBz8YL8mpNI5sZxhzHCcsisIx3iJFsEuVDoOQRO0Iy95wrfHt4VI/s320/Nicole+Walker_img.jpg" width="178" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></b></div><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"> She is a second year student here at Chico State. Her major is Journalism (double option in Public Relations and News Editorial) with a minor in Women's Studies. She's an intern because she wants to help create equality and empower women which the Women's Center at Chico State allows her to do. This is her third semester interning and they still cant get rid of her, that has got to mean something!<br />
<b>Fun fact</b>: She LOVES coffee! :)</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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</b></span></span></div><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">She is a senior in Communication Studies with an emphasis in Public Affairs. </span></span>She is an intern with the Dub-C program because she has always enjoyed the events that the Women's Center puts on. She thinks it is a great opportunity to get more involved in activism. She also loves how it is a safe place for women and men to go. Not very many people know what the Women's Center does, so she likes to be able to inform others on the services they offer.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><b>Fun fact</b>: She will be walking in the Avon's 2 day Breast Cancer walk in San Francisco over the summer to help raise money for the Breast Cancer Cure</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">She is a double-major senior in Women’s Studies and Political Science. She is an intern at the Women’s Center because she is a passionate feminist with a drive to make change happen in the world. The Women’s Center and the work we do there is part of that.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Fun fact</b>: She has a slight obsession with mermaids.</span></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Khou Xiong</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijOl0jL_GYo74tKdNWN1tNXSGrLQOWTDFhD1DSS1ShUr69Nk7c0x_0ZfTZzk7nYBJyHHa1daUzUQlxHQwC_aJ3B84Z-21z4Qdr-zPamrLURmV6_a4OMvwRhFBoX-ClPx8LVv5qDnPNK0Sh/s1600/khou_img.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijOl0jL_GYo74tKdNWN1tNXSGrLQOWTDFhD1DSS1ShUr69Nk7c0x_0ZfTZzk7nYBJyHHa1daUzUQlxHQwC_aJ3B84Z-21z4Qdr-zPamrLURmV6_a4OMvwRhFBoX-ClPx8LVv5qDnPNK0Sh/s320/khou_img.jpg" width="182" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></b></div><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"> She is a 5<sup>th</sup> year here at Chico State and is double majoring in Religious Studies and Asian Studies. She's an intern this semester because she went to a few of the events that the Dub-C put on and liked it. She thought that she should intern and help out.<br />
<b>Fun fact</b>: Khou has six sisters and two brothers.</span></span></div></div>Dub-C Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14535749293054770505noreply@blogger.com1