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The Chaos at Woodstock ‘99 Shows How Societies Normalize Violence Against Women

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Content warning: This article discusses sexual assault, violence against women, sexual exploitation, and includes imagery of rape. If I could describe the docuseries “Trainwreck: Woodstock ’99” in one word, it would be “chaotic.” The series did an outstanding job outlining salient elements bringing the three-day festival to its absolute worst. The terrible planning, execution, infrastructure,…

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Here’s Why Rape Culture Is a Problem in Egypt

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Content warning: This post discusses violence against women, to include rape culture, sexual assault, rape, and street harassment. Women across social media have been coming forward about their sexual assault cases and exposing their harassers, and Egyptian women decided to finally speak out as well. This year has been full of surprises and unexpected events….

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Why Are We Failing in the Fight Against Rape Culture?

By Noor el Houda Fedala

In a community where we are not only restricted by ethics and social norms, but sometimes by religion as well, we are still extremely ignorant towards rape culture and its outcomes and influence on the Muslim youth. Being exposed to rape culture has been overly normalized by the Muslim community due to the cavalier attitudes…