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HBO: Joffrey’s a git, we GET it.
WARNING: This article contains spoilers for “Game of Thrones” episode 3×06, “The Climb,” as well as trigger warnings for sexualized violence against women. Proceed with caution. Before I begin, I...
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Small town sexism, Newport style
The online newspaper/blogging site Patch has a pretty strong presence in my hometown. Everyone reads the Newport Patch–or at least, all my teachers and adult community members do. A lot of Newport...
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Just for the banter: The terrible truth of ‘Lad Culture’ in British education
“Feminism doesn’t mean they don’t like the D, they just haven’t found one to satisfy them yet.” The above quote is just one of the torrent of abusive, sexist comments 17 year-old Jinan Younis and her...
View ArticleIrrelevant guy has irrelevant opinion on relevancy of teen girls
Here at Velociriot, we’ve done our fair share of criticizing pop superstar Taylor Swift. In general, Swift’s lyrics and overall image present a lot of problems in regards to slut-shaming and...
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Sexy Sunday: The problems with sex positivity
In contemporary feminist circles, the notion of sex positivity has become a prevailing ideology around which many young women focus their activism. As it implies, sex positivity is a movement that both...
View ArticleRape is not a “sex scandal”
[Trigger Warnings: rape, victim blaming] While I was driving to work early last week, in between “Blurred Lines” (oh the irony) and an old Katy Perry hit, the the DJs briefly mentioned a “sex scandal”...
View ArticleWTF Wednesday: Same story, different small town
[Trigger Warnings: rape, sexual assault, suicide] We talked about Steubenville, Ohio. We talked about Dartmouth, Novia Scotia, Canada. We talked about Vista Murrieta, CA. Now it’s time to talk about...
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Three shows, three genres; same story line
Trigger warnings: rape, sexual abuse, sexual assault, racism In addition, please note that this post contains MAJOR spoilers for the TV shows “Downton Abbey”, “Bates Motel” and “American Horror Story:...
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A day when victim blaming will stop
[Editor’s note: This post comes with a serious trigger warning for rape and rape culture. If these things upset you please do not read further. It also contains spoilers for the game “The Day The...
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Her name is Dylan Farrow
[Trigger Warnings: molestation, sexual assault, rape, pedophilia, sexism] Twenty-one years ago, Vanity Fair published an article by Maureen Orth telling the other side of the story behind the split...
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