DNA Base Expansion

Laura Neuman, a rape victim, is fighting to expand this country’s DNA database.  Specifically, she wants anyone arrested for a violent crime to have their DNA put into the database.  Had this been done earlier, the rapist that attacked her–and quite possibly at least 20 other women–would have been discovered and charged much sooner.
This sounds [...]

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 [...]

It’s Here! It’s Here! The Vagina Monologues are Here!

Exciting news: a group of Marquette’s own Vagina Warriors are performing The Vagina Monologues off-campus. The production will raise awareness about sexual violence and, with your help, will also raise some funds for the V-Day Campaign to end sexual violence.
Where: Ruby G’s (address: 2043 W. Wells)
When: Friday May 2, 7-10 p.m.
Suggested donation: $5-10
While it’s [...]

Way to go, Pope

I was really impressed by the Pope’s outward recognition of and apology for the sexual abuse scandals that have gone on in the Catholic Church.  This article nicely highlights his meeting with three of the victims and their responses to that gathering.  As the article notes, “The meeting was believed to be the first between [...]

V to the 10th: Another Perspective

Here is a great Salon article reviewing The Vagina Monologues from a slightly less enthusiastic point of view. Part of the reason those of us at Marquette are so TVM-happy is that, at our university, such dialogue is censored on campus. (*gasp! women have private parts!*) So, Eve Ensler’s loud and [...]

V to the 10th Recap, part 4: The Ninth Ward

The day after the performance, we were preparing to road-trip back to Wisconsin. However, we thought that it was important to witness some of the Katrina devastation so that our experience of New Orleans included more than just the glitzy, rebuilt, touristy areas. So, led by one of our members who had volunteered [...]

V to the 10th Recap, part 3: The Performance, part B

Once again, I have to apologize for the amount of TVM recapping that is going on, but there is just so much to say!
Anywho, back to some more of the performance highlights:

V to the 10th Recap, part 2: The Performance, part A

After a long day of Superlovin’ and French Quarter visitin’ (Bourbon Street = fabulous jazz, fabulous food, disturbingly unfabulous sexual exploitation and strip joints), the nine of us headed to the Arena (right next door to the Superdome), where the performance was going to take place. We got there pretty early to find our [...]

V to the 10th Recap, part 1: Superlove

We’re ba-ack!
Nine of us made the arduous trek from Milwaukee, WI down to New Orleans to attend V to the 10th, the 10th anniversary of V-Day.  It was an exciting event, filled with humor, tears, information, and activism–and it blew my mind.
Here are some of the highlights of the event:

Countdown to New Orleans

In roughly 28.5 hours, yours truly, dashaway, and six other lovely souls will be trekking down to good old New Orleans, Louisiana to attend V to the Tenth!
That’s right folks–this is the 10th anniversary of The Vagina Monologues, and this year’s national commemoration of the event will involve taking back the Superdome, where a lot [...]