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Studies show that approaching youth with a bystander-intervention model is actually a lot more effective for reducing sexual assault, and it is also more enthusiastically received than programs that bill themselves as anti-rape.

We can tell youth that they are basically “rapists waiting to happen” (anti-rape initiative), or we can tell them that we know they would intervene if they saw harm happening to someone and we want to help empower them to do that (bystander intervention). The kids jump in with both feet for the latter! It was amazing to see children (and young boys in particular) excited to do this work and engage their creativity with it. Also, studies show that not only do they go on to intervene, but they also do not go on to sexually assault people themselves. Bystander intervention also takes the onus off the person being targeted to deter rape and empowers the collective to do something about it. It answers the question in the room when giggling boys are carrying an unconscious young woman up the stairs at a house party, and people are not sure how to respond and are waiting for “someone” to say or do something.

Richard M. Wright, “Rehearsing Consent Culture: Revolutionary Playtime” in the anthology Ask: Building Consent Culture edited by Kitty Stryker

i hate the idea that heartbreak is exclusive to romantic relationships. some of my most serious heartbreaks have been about platonic friends, and at least in romantic relationships it’s expected to have a talk about breaking up, but with friends there’s no framework. i wish we valued friendships as highly as we do romantic partnerships because it’s serious emotional shit

Could you imagine if edward had just been some regular dude like fucking around with bella and she said with the utmost confidence “i know what you are…..you’re a vampire” and he’s just out there alone with her in the middle of the forest like

Saw this in a book and immediately thought of Black Panther

“Do you think God stays in Heaven because he, too, lives in fear of what he’s created here on Earth?“ –Spy Kids 2: the Island of Lost Dreams

I just found out that video dating was a thing in the 80′s and this man is hitting that respect women juice HARD

New wave. Stupidgoth. Don’t care about existentialism or any ‘thinking’ shit we ain’t chumps!! Wear black cus I like it no concept behind it I look good that’s it. Don’t know math either

me, a POC *with eyes watering from spicy food*: yes … im hhandling this spicy food well…, gotta earn this POC cred,. Gotta make my MOC (mama of color) proud … mm spicy food …….

what if there were professional text post critics