This blog was created in response to the vandalism that occured to the Amnesty International posters encouraging men & women to help support ending violence against women. Men were asked to write words of encouragement & support on hands going along with the theme "These Hands Won't Hurt". Women were asked to share experiences of abuse on t-shirts & in a way, "Air their Dirty Laundry". In response, twenty-two shirts & eight hands were submitted, proving that violence against women is a very real issue on our campus. Unfortunately,several "bathroom actions" were taken down & urinated on. Statistics were made to be about men instead of women by marking out the "w&o". Hands that had been written on were crumpled & thrown in the trash. Several hands were made to only display the middle finger & others said "Chris Brown is my hero". While the "bathroom action" was turned into a joke for many, others were made aware of the very real problem Drury University faces when it comes to violence against women & freedom of speech.
-The Intro to Women Gender Studies Letter will be in this weeks Mirror.
-Faculty t-shirts will include stop signs & the slogan "stop hate crimes".
-Potential protest of the Springfield Hall men's restroom may occur.
-Student t-shirts with the slogan "you can't piss on this!" are being discussed.
-"Action Day" may occur the week Jessica Valenti visits in April.
-Responses to the hands & t-shirts will be either in the Mirror or in newspaper form sometime this week.
My hope is that this group can help all of the individuals concerned with the events that have occured communicate, organize & work together in our response.
Facebook groups on the subject: You Can't Piss on This (above text taken from this group's wall), WGST at DU
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