May 2013
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April 2013
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CONSENT UNDIES AVAILABLE
Its the moment you have all been waiting for…. CONSENT UNDIES are available, for a limited time only, on our kickstarter. Pledge to own!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/230742001/force-upsetting-rape-culture
We Need a National Monument to Survivors of Sexual... →
Here’s why.
Our country knows how to publicly shame survivors. We don’t know how to publicly support them.
Read more of our reasons for campaigning to build a national monument to survivors of rape and abuse at Bitch!
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Support FORCE's biggest project to date! END...
Yesterday, we launched a Kickstarter to fund The Monument Project: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/230742001/force-upsetting-rape-culture The Monument Project is a call to create a national monument to survivors of rape and abuse. We believe in building a national monument because our country needs public and supportive spaces for survivors to heal. We believe a monument will symbolize that...
Meet Us On the Street! Sunday, Dupont Circle,...
FORCE will be participating in the kick off event for Meet Us On the Street, an international week of action to end street harassment, this Sunday, April 7 @ Dupont Circle from 2-4pm. There will be anti-street harassment sidewalk chalking! Join FORCE and participate in our new project, This Is Consent, and Rape Will End When….
And join in on all of the great events happening in DC next...
February 2013
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GIANT LETTERS FLOAT IN REFLECTION POOL TO SPELL...
GIANT LETTERS FLOAT IN REFLECTION POOL TO SPELL CALL FOR NATIONAL MEMORIAL TO SURVIVORS OF RAPE AND ABUSE.
Giant styrofoam letters state “I CAN’T FORGET WHAT HAPPENED BUT NO ONE ELSE REMEMBERS” in the national reflecting pool. The poem, written by a survivor, highlights the isolating and silencing experience of rape in the United States. The action is a call to create a permanent memorial to...
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In Mourning and In Rage
We are gearing up for today’s big action at the National Mall’s Lincoln Memorial in DC at 2pm! If you can join us, please do.
As part of today’s #1billionrising FORCE is carrying 44 giant, red styrofoam letters to the national mall in DC to write the poem “I CAN’T FORGET WHAT HAPPENED BUT NO ONE ELSE REMEMBERS.” The action is a call to create a national...
January 2013
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I Can't Forget What Happened
The most common trauma of women remains confined to the sphere of private life, without formal recognition or restitution from the community. There is no public monument for rape survivors. -Judith Herman, Trauma and Recovery On VDay this February, FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture is creating a public memorial for survivors and victims of sexual assault, sexual abuse and rape. During V-DAY’s 1...
December 2012
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Where to next?
First consent was all over the internet then, consent was all over VS panty racks… Where should consent go next?? Condom wrappers? Campus policies? Sex education? The cover of Cosmo Magazine…. YOU tell us. Send us your thoughts and pics to keep the CONSENT REVOLUTION spreading like wild fire! Reply here or at upsettingrapeculture@gmail.com. We’ll reblog your awesome thoughts
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Thank you from the bottom of our consent-themed...
SHOUT OUT! We would like to recognize all the lovely people that made the Love Consent campaign possible: Web design by Dan Staples Photography by Phillip Laubner Sex Advice by Jacq Jones from Sugar the Sex Shop Social Media Strategies by Sarah Lock Targeted Tweeting by Casey McKeel Hair by Darian Make up by Michelle Faulkner
And the fiercely gorgeous faces of PINK loves CONSENT are:...
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More news on Operation Panty Drop, hitting... →
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National Consent Enthusiasts Leave A Panty...
…and the CONSENT REVOLUTION has just begun
What’s this?? An “Ask First” thong on Victoria’s Secret’s display rack? Did Victoria’s Secret get the message, join the revolution and start making consent-themed panties?
This “Ask First” thong showed up in this Victoria’s Secret in Miami
“Nope,” says FORCE, “It’s us.” Over the weekend international consent-enthusiasts...
Do It Yourself CONSENT PANTIES: Sharing Consent in...
Many of you were disappointed to find out that neither Victoria’s Secret or FORCE was actually making the consent underwear.
But, fear not! You can make your own by using our designs and a few easy steps. In the spirit of DIY, feel free to make as many pairs as you like, for yourself, for gifts, for panty drops, for anything.
There are a few ways to make your own...
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The Consent Revolution Marches On:... →
Correction: Victoria’s Secret HATES consent...
Correction: Victoria’s Secret HATES consent Lingerie giant uses legal threats to take down pinklovesconsent.com On Thursday, December 4, the hosting company for pinklovesconsent.com was contacted by lawyers from Victoria’s Secret’s and forced to take down the site. Victoria’s Secret complained that their trademark was being used to “confuse customers”. When initially contacted on Monday about...
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Victoria's Secret shuts down PINKlovesconsent.com
VIctoria’s Secret’s lawyers force the removal of pinklovesconsent.com
Today the hosting company for pinklovesconsent.com (the campaign that parrodied Victoria’s Secret to raise awareness about consent) was contacted by Victoria’s Secret’s lawyers and forced to take down the site. Victoria’s Secret complained that their trademark was being used to...
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#victoriassecret tweets #loveconsent more than...
Consent goes viral via Victoria Secret’s Fashion Show
An interesting trend cropped up on twitter last night during the annual Victoria’s Secret fashion show and it wasn’t about Justin Bieber or angel wings.
During the annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show (which garners 10 million viewers and is the mega-company’s biggest promotional event) one would think most people tweeting about...
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Tell #victoriassecret why you #loveconsent
We love consent because we want to end rape
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Subvert Victoria's Secret, fight rape and spread...
Yesterday, young facebook users hi-jacked the social media outlets of Victoria’s Secret to promote something very different from panties and push-up bras. Within 24 hours, over 130,000 people visited PinkLovesConsent.com, where they saw Victoria’s Secret’s image “promoting consent to fight rape.”
Tonight we are continuing the prank by subverting their social media to promote a national...
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Victoria’s Secret does NOT heart consent. Young...
Yesterday, young facebook users hi-jacked the social media outlets of Victoria’s Secret to promote something very different from panties and push-up bras. Within ten hours, over 50,000 people visited PinkLovesConsent.com, where they saw Victoria’s Secret’s image “promoting consent to fight rape.” The satirical website was launched at noon on Monday, December 3. According to the site, “PINK loves...
October 2012
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“RAPE IS RAPE” projected onto the United States...
October 21, 2012 “RAPE IS RAPE” projected onto the United States Capitol Building. Stories of rape that fall outside of the definition of “forcible rape” illuminate what is missing from the national conversation on the politics of rape: the experience of survivors.
contact: Rebecca Nagle rebecca.nagle@gmail.com (410) 415-3216 [Washington DC] Stories of survivors of sexual violence...
June 2012
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Violence Against Women Act- Action Alert!
VAWA TAKE ACTION: U.S. Activists Thank Your Representatives & Tell Congress to Send A Strong VAWA to the President
The United States House of Representatives bill 4970, or the “Adams Bill” is an unacceptable version of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) that imposes new reporting restrictions on immigrant survivors of violence as well as Native American women, communities of...
May 2012
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What is Feminism Now? @ Mobilizing and Organizing...
Join FORCE in conversation with Hollaback Baltimore, Reverend Mary Mois, Kalima Young, and Alexa Richards for a conversation about where feminism is going and how we should ge there. Promises to be a great event!
Saturday, June 2
11am-12:30pm
Village Learning Place, Room #1 (2510 Saint Paul Street)
Who Needs Feminism- Interview on NPR →
April 2012
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Curating to Provoke, Panel Discussion at Area 405
Come talk about radical curatorial practices with Hannah and Rebecca, curators of FORCE, this Sunday at Area 405! Organized by Marcus Civin’s curatorial practices class at MICA.
CURATING TO PROVOKE: DANGEROUS IDEAS, DANGEROUS PLACES is the semester-end project for Interdisciplinary Approaches to Curatorial Practice (IACP), a graduate level course at MICA, taught by Marcus Civin, that...
NON SERVIAM: You Don't Have to Walk in High Heels... →
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Recently, there was a heated discussion over the International Women’s Rights Collective (IWRC) email thread. It started when a member posted an article from the Huffington Post about 50 members of a fraternity in Western Kentucky University raising awareness about violence against women by…
March 2012
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Meet Us On The Street! Anti-Street Harassment Week... →
Next week, MICA’s Office of Diversity and Intercultural Development and the Center for Art Education’s MFA and MA Program in Community Arts in partnership with Hollaback Baltimore will host Meet Us On the Street, a week of events and workshops to create a conversation and encourage action about street harassment. As a part of a national effort to end street harassment and bring...
February 2012
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Interview with Hollaback Bmore
Check out our interview with Shawna Potter from Hollaback Baltimore!
The Invisible War
This recent article by Brook Axtell has a few excellent resources in regards to organizations who are speaking out against the epidemic of rape in the military. Her final statement:
“It is a poisonous, historical pattern for those in positions of privilege and power to blame the oppressed for their oppression and silence voices of dissent. The justifications may change, but the message...
WatchVisit our writing on myths that perpetuate rape to see why we think Samantha Bee’s sarcasm about uncontrollable male sexual desire hits the nail on the head!
Why are two feminists fight rape in their...
Read full photo essay in WHAT WEEKY
FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture is an artistic effort to agitate the culture of rape and promote a culture of consent.
The curators (Hannah Brancato and Rebecca Nagle) of this project are employing a variety of tactics to disrupt the silence that surrounds sexual violence and call attention to the images that perpetuate the culture of rape. Including...
MYTHS ABOUT RAPE that perpetuate rape
MYTHS ABOUT RAPE To ever prevent rape, we need to be honest about the realities of rape as it is happening to people, as rape is being lived by its perpetrators and survivors. Instead, we have created a cloud of myth around rape to protect ourselves from some uncomfortable truths. These rape myths prevent our culture from progressing and perpetuate an environment of sexual violence.
Rape Myth...
DANCE YOUR PANTIES ON!
FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture and Hollaback presents… DANCE YOUR PANTIES ON! Golden West 2/11/12 at 10pm $8-12 for Valentine’s Day get tix here Panty Parade, Burlesque Variety Show and all-night soul music shake down! With…. Rebecca Nagle (Radical and sexy grrrrl-esque) Hoesy Corona (Conceptually costumed performance art) Monica and Sigrid (Powerhouse Dance Duo) The Dandy...
