University of Texas Permian Basin- Falconpalooza Empowerment!
I had a fabulous time with the students and hosts at UTPB! I want to send a big thank you to Falconpalooza and Student Life for bringing me out to …
Ohio Wesleyan University’s Greek Life is on Fire!
The Panhellenic Council joined forces with the Woman’s Resource Center to bring the Students Fight Back message of self-empowerment and badassery to Ohio Wesleyan University. The sororities and fraternities …
Here’s What She’d Tell Bill Cosby Today – from a friend of GFB
This article, originally published on The Daily Beast, is from friend of GFB and speaker on the Kirkland Productions roster, Dean Obeidallah: In an interview, one of the women who …
ABC’s of Safety – “The Safety Godmothers”
One of the basics that all children learn when they go to school is the ABC’s. What they don’t usually learn, but all really need, is the ABC’s of safety. …
Obama creates the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault
Yesterday, this report was prepared by the White House Council on Women and Girls and the Office of the Vice President. The report contains this quote. “College students are particularly vulnerable: …
UConn.. we applaud you.
Last night GFB Speaker, Bree and Speaker in Training, Leah dropped in at University of Connecticut – Storrs on the Be Your Own Badass Tour to bring Students Fight Back to …
Perhaps to some teaching “rape is wrong” seems silly—don’t we all know this already? The truth is we don’t
What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape Jessica Valenti on October 16, 2013 – 5:38 PM ET The courthouse at Maryville, Missouri. (Flickr user : lhilyer_libr) Last year …
Announcing the B.Y.O.B. Tour
Recently a sexual assault on the campus of University of Montana has shined a light on the reality of rape on campus…that in many cases, the person committing the crime …
We Are What We Watch: Violence Against Women on TV
I read an interesting article this month in Marie Claire magazine this month – an article that startled me, an article that made me angry. According to “Women in Peril,” …
The Bystander Effect – As many as 20 people witness gang rape & fail to report
A dear friend sent me a link to this very sad story. Basically, a 15 year old girl was gang raped outside a school dance for over two hours while …
Rape victims charged
The official definition of the word victimization is: to make a victim of. The definition of re-victimization is: again anew. Often in the anti-violence community, re-victimization is the concept of …