October 20, 2010   102 notes

Lipstick Feminists: Today in Rape Culture

sunnyskiedbur:

sisterhoodispowerful:

Rah, rah, sis boom bah: Silsbee High School in Texas wants their cheerleaders smiling, energetic, and willing to cheer for their rapists by name. Go team!

H.S., a Silsbee student, reported being raped by Rakheem Bolton with the help of two of his friends, a fellow…

Even better than just getting angry - write the school superintendent and principal to voice your righteous anger and support this survivor.

Richard Bain Jr., Superintendent, Silsbee Independent School District, 415 Highway 327 West, Silsbee, TX, 77656; rbain@silsbeeisd.org; (409) 980-7800

and/or

Eldon Franco, Principal, Silsbee High School, 1575 Highway 96 North, Silsbee, TX, 77656-4799; efranco@silsbeeisd.org; (409) 980-7800

Click through, read the article, and then send off a letter or email to these two educators to give ‘em a piece of your (badass, feminist, brilliant) mind. 

(Source: gordon-crisp, via elytra)

  1. yoctavias reblogged this from lipstick-feminists and added:
    RAPISTS ARE ALLOWED TO ATTEND PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL?!
  2. ratsinthekitchen reblogged this from lipstick-feminists and added:
    That court is completely evading the fact that she is a HUMAN. wtf? at least it seems like her parents are in their...
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  7. sirenmag reblogged this from elytra and added:
    Click through, read the article, and then send off a letter or email to these two educators to give ‘em a piece of your...
  8. elytra reblogged this from lipstick-feminists and added:
    Even better than just getting angry - write the school superintendent and principal to voice your righteous anger and...
  9. sludgefeast reblogged this from lipstick-feminists and added:
    So fucking pissed.
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  15. eggshellblues reblogged this from lipstick-feminists and added:
    This makes me sick, wtf is wrong with the world?
  16. leahjeane reblogged this from gordon-crisp
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  18. legitimatehypnotist reblogged this from lipstick-feminists and added:
    Ugh… when will it end?
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  21. subskyline reblogged this from loverwife and added:
    sisterhoodispowerful:
  22. toogoodtodenyit reblogged this from lipstick-feminists and added:
    This is so outrageous!
  23. savannahstreethassle reblogged this from lipstick-feminists and added:
    Please, GIVE THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT HELL. Call/email them until they’re sick of it. This is reprehensible.
  24. jesuswasacommunist reblogged this from loverwife
  25. lipstick-feminists reblogged this from gordon-crisp
  26. loverwife reblogged this from gordon-crisp and added:
    disgusting. Also, I just want...ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS.
  27. aerialcircus reblogged this from linzo and added:
    Please pass this on...this scumbag superintendent RIGHT NOW, I just did. Since he’s
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  32. spellbounder reblogged this from coulsonisms and added:
    This is honestly the most fucked up thing I have ever read. What the fuck.
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