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Posts Tagged ‘Sexual Violence

The Pornography and Masculinity Debate

Posted by: Ryan on: December 4, 2007

At the moment there is a massive amount of controversy in the feminist blogosphere surrounding a book by Robert Jensen, called “Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity”. I have not read the book yet, and so I cannot really pass judgment on it for itself. Much of the commentary surrounding it has been [...]

Walking in the Dark

Posted by: Ryan on: October 30, 2007

I walked home from a friends house the other night. I stepped out of the door at five minutes past midnight. There was no fluttering about me walking home alone. There was no instruction to message or call them to say I got home safe. There was just a hug goodbye and a farewell. A [...]

Reclaiming the Night: Aftermath!

Posted by: Ryan on: October 27, 2007

Reclaim the Night was awesome!
It was pouring down rain, and so I was worried that no one would show up, but lots of people still came! I have many bad photo’s saved to my 2MP mobile phone, but thankfully Amanda has kindly agreed to let me have a copy of the photo’s she took with [...]

The Relay of Light for Reclaim the Night!

Posted by: Ryan on: October 26, 2007

I was tagged to run in the Relay of Light for Reclaim the Night by Imaginif! This is part of the Alternative Energy Movement to End Sexual Violence, which I had actually not heard of until now, but I’m more than happy to participate, cos I think that it is a great idea!

Here’s the low [...]

Reclaim the Night – Tonight!

Posted by: Ryan on: October 26, 2007

Reclaim the Night is TONIGHT!
Starts at 5.30pm and will run in Civic no later than 8.30pm, but is followed by an afterparty. Action have provided a bus that will be taking people from Civic to Tillies for the party.
In Civic there will be dancers, and singers, and buskers, and stalls, and a sausage sizzle (egglant [...]

Reclaim the Night

Posted by: Ryan on: October 17, 2007

Reclaim the Night is being held next Friday on the 26th of October. Its in Civic somewhere, I think that its probably being held at Garema Place.
For those not in the know, Reclaim the Night (or Take Back the Night) is an international march and rally against sexual violence evening of October every year. Men [...]



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