"We need to change how we talk about Rape"
"Film Critic Hulk" takes on the subject of rape - partly in response to the horrible horrible HORRIBLE article by Emily Yoffe at Slate telling women to, well, Stop getting drunk - to prevent getting raped . I'm not going to summarize the post - go read the whole thing. Its infinitely insightful, as well as deeply depressing - if only in the way it points out how our culture is so deeply deeply fucked up. I'll leave you with this passage - read it, contemplate the phrase " WHY ARE WE, AS CULTURE, NOT GETTING PAST THIS? " , and then read the whole article That is all WHY AREN'T WE LEADING A DAMN CRUSADE AGAINST THIS BULLSHIT? WHY IS THE FIGHT ALWAYS LIMITED TO THE SAME SUBSET OF WOMEN AND A HANDFUL OF GUYS WITH VARIOUS LEVELS OF UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE? WHY DO SO MANY OTHER GUYS IN THE "50%" JUST ACCUSE THOSE HANDFUL OF GUYS OF FEIGNING INTEREST IN FEMINIST CAUSES JUST TO GET INTO SOMEONE'S PANTS? WHY...