WesternUWoman

Time to say it out loud. Sick of being silent. Student at Western with a problem with how it treats women and POC. What are we gonna do about it?

[WesternUWoman @WomanWestern]

THREAD: Gotta call out crap I keep seeing at Western. Starting w #FOCO/PurpleFest. Today, there's Tyga. The guy treats women like objects & has a history of sexual assault. Pole dancers as props? Really Western? https://t.co/zn55rlTeRO #MeTooWesternU #MeToo #LdnOnt
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[WesternUWoman @WomanWestern]

They should use it to pay for all the support services women need from the culture this event promoted. #justsayin #MeTooWesternU #LdnOnt #MeTooOnCampus

[Western Gazette @uwogazette]

"The University Students' Council said they would not be offering refunds. But the doubtless thousands of dollars in ticket money, not spent on the rapper's contract, are hanging in the air." https://t.co/5xzI0hAnPC

[Farrah Khan @farrahsafiakhan]

I'm so tired of Conservatives only caring about feminism to bash the Liberals when in power all they did was decimate funding for women's groups in Canada. #elxn43

[WesternUWoman @WomanWestern]

Caught between relief to know it's not just me - ppl across the globe r thinking the same - and sadness that its so spread out. Check out #MeToOnCampus - a UK hashtag. #MeTooWesternU

[Report + Support @reportsupport_]

Just listened to @BBCSounds #BeyondToday podcast: "Sexual assault: what happens after students speak out?" It's the story of three sexual assault survivors from @uniofleicester, who tell us what they're doing to push for change. Listen here: https://t.co/XcrldqpJSQ #metoooncampus

[David Lesbarrères @sudburyfrog]

Could not agree more...@CAGS_OTTAWA @legogradstudent #AcademicResponsibility #metoooncampus We are all complicit in harassment and abuse https://t.co/5tRaGBF2s3

[WesternUWoman @WomanWestern]

And how is this different than #WesternU last weekend? At least Kansas knew they owed an apology. Guess its cool with Western & its students to have this on our campus. Guess what? I don't want to go to class at a nightclub. #MeTooWesternU #LdnOnt https://t.co/64Ani8xXZq

[WesternUWoman @WomanWestern]

A step in the right direction...but why didn't we say this first? No surprise that its a woman that has to stand up, say the difficult words and shoulder the emotional labour. 👀Accepting responsibility means you have to admit when you get it wrong, y'know. #MeTooWesternU

[Western University @WesternU]

"Universities are engines for social change. #WesternU has a responsibility to address gender based violence & the expertise to do so. We must bravely acknowledge the challenges we face and commit to action as a community." - Jennifer Massey, AVP Student Experience (1/6)

[WesternUWoman @WomanWestern]

This lady was so scared that she had to take her cat and stay in a hotel. Seriously folks. How can ppl not see that this is a culture that is terrifying for women? #fixtherealproblem #MeTooWesternU #ldnont

[CBCLondonMorning @LondonMorning]

NEXT: Partiers damaged an 89-year old woman's house at #FOCO. Bess Srahulek spoke to the CBC's @AndrewLuptonCBC. That conversation is next at 7:46. #ldnont https://t.co/B8LT35NsTR

[WesternUWoman @WomanWestern]

@DrMichaelKehler @CBCLondon @RebeccaZandberg Yeah. I'm disappointed that Tyga performed right on our campus. How can we deconstruct a culture that we're actively propping up? We gotta do better. Our leaders need to educate themselves. #MeTooWesternU

[WesternUWoman @WomanWestern]

Good interview on @CBClondon this morning w @RebeccaZandberg. But here's the thing. These signs absolutely are violence, bc its is a spectrum. On one end you have physical violence & on the other a culture that encourages violence by dehumanizing women. #MeTooWesternU

[WesternUWoman @WomanWestern]

#MeTooWesternU

[WesternUWoman @WomanWestern]

@oconnor_jordyn @WesternU @WesternUSC Mmmmhmmmm. This right here. ☝️

[WesternUWoman @WomanWestern]

@RebeccaZandberg @emtayler16 @uwogazette I don't think its wrong to say that women don't feel safe at Western. Safety isn't just being safe from someone jumping out from a bush and attacking you. It also means safe to speak out, to be included, and feel valued. I know a lot of women here don't. #MeTooWesternU

[WesternUWoman @WomanWestern]

@hope_mahood @uwogazette Thank you for writing this. It feels like no one else sees it when talking with ppl on campus. #MeTooWesternU

[WesternUWoman @WomanWestern]

#MeTooWesternU

[Amanda Margison @margisoncbc]

I am proud of my @CBCLondon colleagues for starting this conversation in #LdnOnt. When a #FOCO party-goer yelled FHITP to me & @AndrewLuptonCBC when we were filming, I was angry. Then sad. I grew up two blocks away. This is not my community. Not my home. https://t.co/QlyHVuxwnq

[WesternUWoman @WomanWestern]

@RebeccaZandberg I just hope this isn't hanging on what the students say. Cause they'll probably say it's a joke. This isn't safe to talk about this at Western. I will def be listening. Thanks for being the only media covering this.

[WesternUWoman @WomanWestern]

Is that really the question? If students say its just a joke, are you gonna leave it at that? Why wouldn't you also talk to someone who studies this? Pretty sure they're a product of the culture that Western teaches. #MeTooWesternU #FOCO #LdnOnt

[Rebecca Zandbergen @RebeccaZandberg]

Are signs like this indicative of a bigger problem at @WesternU? There were a series of disparaging messages to women at this wknd's #foco event. We'll hear from students and from @uwogazette news editor @emtayler16 at 8:10.
#LdnOnt

[WesternUWoman @WomanWestern]

@camilleintson Thx. Tell all ur friends!

[WesternUWoman @WomanWestern]

Someone should do this next year. #MeTooWesternU #LdnOnt #Foco

[Camille Intson @thecamiliad]

If I was still a Western student, I would use FOCO as a space to test out disruptive performance pieces - create my own anti-rape signage, do my own Rhythm 0 - why didn't I think of this years ago? Would have been BOLD. Putting this on the back burner for when I return to Canada.

[WesternUWoman @WomanWestern]

Hard to swallow #FOCO being called a success. Might have been less drunks at the hospital & no one died, but how many women were assaulted? We'll likely never know bc it's not safe for them to tell. But FAR from a success. What planet are these ppl on? #MeTooWesternU #LdnOnt

[CBCLondonMorning @LondonMorning]

NEXT: #FOCO on #broughdale is finished for another year. With no major injuries or incidents, some are calling it a success. Reporter @AndrewLuptonCBC was on the ground Saturday and joins us at 8:10 with his take. #ldnont
https://t.co/BbfShC5wqJ