Lincoln, Nebraska is home to a court case that should have all women sitting up and paying attention.
Tory Brown brought charges of rape against Pamir Safi. On October 31, 2006, she awoke to find Safi on top of her, having sex that she does not recall consenting to.
The judge on this case has decided that no one is allowed to use the words rape, victim, assailant or sexual assault kit during this trail. Brown is being told she has to refer to the alleged event as ‘sex’.
Brown is quoted in the Lincoln Journal Star as saying “The word ‘sex’ implies consent,” she said. “I never once would describe (what happened) as sex. He’s making me commit perjury.” And according to this same article, Brown is not willing to commit perjury.
This is a small thing, but I’d like to let Ms. Brown know that I support her and her right to speak freely and accurately about her experience.
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Greetings from Rosemarie Jones of Kansas City, Ks.
May19th, 2007
I need your urgent attention and assistance regarding my niece and her children in Oman. They are in need of getting help to get them all safely back to the United States. Immediate repatriation out of Muscat, Sultanate of Oman is needed.. Although she was awarded full custody of her children by an Oman Supreme Court decision; she now risks being deported from Oman without her children on June 1, 2007. Our family wishes to let her story be known, I am asking your help is spreading the word of her plight. Contact your U.S. Senators, Congressmen, the U.S. Ambassadors to Oman, and the Omani ambassador to the United States. Also contact any media source you may have local and national newspapers, radio, T.V. Stations and networks. News of her deportation just occurred. Time is of the essence and action needs to occur very soon!
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Feminism(s): Strengthening the Ties
From the site: The Vancouver Feminist Action Project, a group of undergraduate students and community activists, is hosting a conference on third wave feminism(s) in May 2007. This group was inspired to come together after the first national conference on third wave feminism(s) in Edmonton, May 2006. This second annual conference is titled Feminism(s): Strengthening the Ties and will be held in Vancouver, BC. This conference will continue to focus on the work of undergraduate feminists, while including other academic feminists as well as people from the activist and business communities. Our goal is to begin bridging the gaps between different feminist groups so that stronger networks and a more cohesive movement will emerge. |
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