BALOBESHAYI

African Women Voices

“Rape is Rape” in Washington

The night before the last presidential debate, the activist collective Luminous Intervention projected stories of survivors of sexual violence on the Capitol Building in Washington DC, including the phrase “RAPE is RAPE” to counter rhetoric like Todd Akin’s noxious “legitimate rape” and insist the issue be addressed in the national dialogue (source V-Day). Photos Casey McKeel

 

 

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