Solidarity: Some Femiblogging Self-reflection
Since I am nearing the end of my time at Marquette, I have been doing some serious contemplating about what have been the most important experiences for me. And, I do find that working on this blog has ranked among the more formative experiences of my education. Not only has it forced me to put some of my drifting thoughts to “paper” (so to speak blog), but I have had my eyes opened to a new way of disseminating information and expressing views about feminism or other current events. The blogosphere is a fascinating world, and I am glad that this blog has forced me to explore it.
This is why I find it so sad that there are certain people who, in their trolling way, seek to shut up or shut down other feminist bloggers. In particular, I would like to express The Word Warrior’s solidarity with Cara from The Curvature blog–a witty and well-informed take on feminism from Cara, who is also a contributor to Feministe (yet another of my femiblog faves).
Cara posted an angry, but called-for, reaction to the recent story of the disgusting comedian Johnny Vegas’s sexual assault of a woman onstage, while the crowd did nothing to stop it. However, a bunch of folks–mostly Rev. Stuart Campbell and the readers of HIS blog–wrote some nasty, insensitive, and inane responses to Cara’s post, defending Vegas, minimizing the sexual assault, and accusing Cara of being unreasonable because she herself is a survivor of sexual assault. Cara is now taking a few days off to catch up and get over some of the stress caused by these trolls.
Please do me a favor and visit Cara’s site, explore it, and show her your support. Moreover, reading some of the trolls’ comments (if they have not been deleted yet–and they do deserve to be deleted) will show you how pervasive rape culture really is. Not only is it a culture in which people would laugh at forced penetration, but it is a culture in which people will accuse anyone critical of the perpetrator of being “hysterical” or irrational.
So, kudos to Cara, and I hope you come back soon!
Filed under: Sexual Violence, blogosphere
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Hey Femmemeister and thank you! I promise that I will be back before you can say “addicted to blogging.”
Thank YOU Cara! Glad to hear you’ll be coming back soon!