We Are Anti-Violence!

This blog is run by two young women who are concerned with the state of violence against women in our society. Our goals are to thoroughly inform and provide resources to anyone who needs it! We can't and won't be silent about this issue any longer!

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Little Rock - Arkansas

Lauretta Chapple had power of attorney for her mother Louise Chapple for several years. One of 15 children who grew up on a farm in tiny Cotton Plant, Arkansas, Lauretta Chapple said she used her military training to document the care problems she alleged her mother experienced at Sandalwood Healthcare, a majority-black facility in Little Rock. Chapple said more than two dozen relatives would visit her mother at different times of the day. A lawyer for the nursing home declined to comment on Chapple’s’ care due to privacy concerns, but said that Arkansas Office of Long Term Care found no deficient practices resulting in actual harm to Louise Chapple, who died in November 2014. Daily staffing levels of registered nurse in facilities where the majority of residents were black or Latino were significantly lower than those in nursing homes where the majority of residents were white, a Center for Public Integrity analysis found. Neither the residents’ poverty nor their entering level of sickness fully explained the disparities.

Jeff Kelly Lowenstein has done a year long national investigation into nursing home staffing, racial disparities and government backed mortgages. Photo by @jonlowenstein #nursinghomes #elderabuse #senior

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#trueshit #children #abused #using #hurt #childabuse

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🙌☝️🙌it’s not rocket science🚀 #handsoff #nomeansno #rapeculture #respect #feminism

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If rape is the victims fault; well then…. #rapeculture #reeducateamerica #yesallwomen #endrapeculture #misogynykills #slutshaming

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On why the anti-roofie nail polish isn’t the answer to prevent rape.

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Activism part 2

Activism is something that is really important to changing society. You look back at people in the 60’s and 70’s and you see activism at an all-time high. You have protest and sit in and just so much going on. These days activism has expanded a little bit, instead of just protesting you see activism through social media, individual educating friends and family, volunteering, etc. There are so many options to have you voice be heard. This was something we really focused on in our class, not adding to the culture of silence.

That brings me to one of the readings we did for the class, The Transformation of Silence into a Language and Action by Audre Lorde. Something that she says over and over again in this reading is, silence will not save you, and we will all die someday, so say what you have to say (Lorde 41). She is totally right. Just sitting there while something you disagree with is happening will not save you, instead speaking up and trying to educate others about the wrongdoing can help slowly change the society we live in. It can be something like the language people around you are using to someone being physically hurt because of something like their gender, race, class, sexual orientation, etc. It is time that we as a society stand together and say no more. No more of this acceptance of violence and hate. No more victim blaming and slut shaming and putting people down for something they cannot change. We need to make a stand and let people know that what they are doing is not okay, even if it is uncomfortable.

Another thing that will help change society from things like rape culture, gender violence and much more is getting more men to join the fight. The reading 10 Things Men Can Do to Prevent Gender Violence by Jackson Katz talks about a few of the ways men can do this. The link to it is http://www.jacksonkatz.com/wmcd.html In this Katz emphasizes that gender violence is as much as a men’s issue as a women’s issue. He also talks about not remain silent just like Audre Lorde does. I really think this article is important to start educating men at a younger age. When I talk to my guy friends about gender violence they actually do not believe it is a problem. They don’t believe that nearly ¼ women will experience so form of sexual assault in their lifetime, but I know this to be true. There reasoning for not believing that is because they don’t personally know any woman who has dealt with the issue. As most of us know, a lot of victims don’t open up about their experience. Just because no one has opened up to you about their experience with violence does not mean they haven’t experienced so you need to be an ally and always watch what you’re saying. You never know when a survivor could be listening.

  Do you consider yourself an activist in the fight to end gender violence? Why do you believe you are or are not?

What do you think our society needs to change to make gender violence stop?

  Lorde, Audre. "The Transformation of Silence Into a Language and Action." Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches. Trumansburg, NY: Crossing, 1984. N. pag. Print.

Katz, Jackson. “10 Things Men Can Do To Prevent Gender Violence.” Gender Violence: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. 2nd edition. Ed. Laura L. O’Toole, Jessica R. Schiffman, and Margie L. Kiter Edwards. New York University Press, 2007. 465-466. Print.

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George Takei,

You rule. 

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George Takei is a beautiful human being.

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I love George Takei!

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George Takei being amazing and mocking these sad, pathetic bigoted idiots in his glorious style

It is the best thing

LOOK AT ALL THIS STAR-SASS RIGHT HERE :D

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I’m not even sorry for putting this on my blog. This is perfect.

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I’d like directions to that island of men too, please!

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Just in regards to the 2nd one, 9 out of 10 times the rapist is someone you know. You’re actually statistically safer on the streets then in your own home or work place. This is how bad it’s become…

Mary.

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As a guy , it just hit me.

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good.

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As these mind-boggling statistics from Mother Jones show, college sexual assault is rampant, but the overwhelming majority of victims feel pressured not to formally report.   It’s time to correct the media culture of shame and stigma that too often leads these survivors to stay silent. These stories need to be told.

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#BlackLivesMatter has gone global

It’s not just Americans that care about racist policing practices across the U.S. In protests held worldwide this week, thousands of people showed up to demonstrate solidarity with their counterparts in the U.S. protesting the deaths of Ferguson teenager Mike Brown and New York man Eric Garner.

27 photos from protests around the world 

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