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Oklahomans for Reproductive Justice

Oklahomans for Reproductive Justice (OK4RJ) consists of a group of young Okies dedicated to caring and advocating for Oklahomans, using community and grassroots approaches to raise awareness and advocate for access to full reproductive freedom for all, regardless of race, class, ability, gender identity, or sexual orientation. We believe that social justice issues are inseparable from reproductive issues and advocate for a holistic view of reproductive justice Visit our site at ok4rj.org

Contributing Authors

cosby--sweater Don't Let 'em Waste Your Time
crumeniferus CRUMENIFERUS
sandraholla sex & the ivory tower
infinitejessie Infinite Jessie
swellshark approximate sunlight

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Posts tagged "rape"

[TW: Rape Culture] But humor loses all potential for redemption when it is used in a way that makes marginalized, victimized people feel unsafe, unwanted, and invisible. That is how I feel when you make a rape joke. You made the worst, most heart-breaking, most disempowering trauma I have ever been through, and you made it into a joke. You made my suffering into a punch line. I hope that was not your intention, but those are the impacts of your words that you could have just as easily kept to yourself.

ok4rj in this post

I actually just sat at my desk and cried when I read this. This is everything I’ve been wanting to say the past few days, and now I feel so overwhelmed and happy that I found it. Oh god, thank you. THANK YOU.

(via writeoutoflove)

vegansexy:

On The Recent Failures of Law Enforcement in Oklahoma

Another piece I read for the OK4RJ Open Mic Night sponsored by OU Write Club

(tw: rape, law enforcement)

Tina Fey doesn’t appreciate you campaigning on rape

“I wish we could have an honest and respectful dialogue about these complicated issues, but it seems like we can’t right now.”

After an especially difficult year of being bombarded…

Rape is on the increase, reported and unreported, and rape is not aggressive sexuality, it is sexualized aggression. As Kalamu ya Salaam, a Black male writer points out, “As long as male domination exists, rape will exist. Only women revolting and men made conscious of their responsibility to fight sexism can collectively stop rape.

Audre Lorde, “Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Redefining Difference”, Sister Outsider (via anathematic)

(via sleep-and-wake-deactivated20121)

Todd Akin’s Remarks on Abortion and Rape: A Helpful Guide (trigger warning: rape, rape culture, pregnancy, cissexism)

A gaffe: An unintentional act or remark causing embarrassment to its originator; a blunder

The Hairpin: Things More Embarrassing Than a Bird Shitting on Your Head →

beautifully written piece about recovery. trigger warning - rape, suicide

So You Made A Rape Joke

Seems like a good day to re-post this one - except we’re not giving Daniel Tosh the benefit of the doubt.

ok4rj:

So you made a rape joke and now people are, like, really, really mad at you. I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt; maybe you were at a party and the booze made your common sense slip away from you or maybe you were making what you viewed as a flippantly humorous remark on Facebook. Either way, you probably didn’t mean any harm, right? So what’s the big deal?

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(via idatandgaudior)

Alcohol and Consent: The Twisted Road

(trigger warning: extensive discussion of rape and consent regarding alcohol, rape apologism, rape denial)

humanrightswatch:

The US must stop sexual violence against immigrant farmworkers.

Hundreds of thousands of immigrant farmworker women and girls in the United States face a high risk of sexual violence and sexual harassment in their workplaces because US authorities and employers fail to protect them adequately.

In a new 95-page report, Human Rights Watch documents rape, stalking, unwanted touching, exhibitionism, or vulgar and obscene language by supervisors, employers, and others in positions of power. Most farmworkers interviewed said they had experienced such treatment or knew others who had. And most said they had not reported these or other workplace abuses, fearing reprisals. Those who had filed sexual harassment claims or reported sexual assault to the police had done so with the encouragement and assistance of survivor advocates or attorneys in the face of difficult challenges.

Farmworkers described experiences such as the following:

(via america-wakiewakie)