2018 Seeing Rape playwright, Yelissa Medina, (The Past Killed It) graduated today with a degree from John Jay College. @barbaragcassidy and I are so happy for our successful students and playwrights. Bravo!
.@seeingrape — the hybrid @JohnJayCollege college course/performance that interrogates media portrayals of rape, consent, & gender roles through plays written by students/performed by professional actors — is staging its shows tonight - Friday.
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1 photo Thrilled to see student playwrights meet with professional actors to begin the process of bringing their original plays to the stage!
@anarkriminology@ElPrezCamacho I don’t think you know what Seeing Rape is. There is no exploitation of women’s suffering. But I would like to read the piece.
.@senatemajldr has scheduled a vote today. No, it’s not to reopen the government and begin paying 800,000 federal workers who’ve gone without pay for 27 days. It’s to restrict reproductive health care coverage. Unbelievable.
Stop attacking women. Open the government.
In the place of every elected official who put their right-wing political agenda over the stories and voices of women, let’s elect one of the record number of women running for office to fight for equality and justice.
Women are watching as the most powerful people in this country disbelieve, distrust and minimize their experiences.
We need to answer this: Are we a country that values women? Do we believe women when they tell us about sexual trauma? Do the stories of survivors matter to us?
The most powerful man in the world just used his position and platform to attack a sexual assault survivor. This is the same man who has been credibly accused of more than a dozen cases of sexual assault or harassment — who has bragged about committing sexual assault on tape!
We’re on the verge of a historic election of women. We’re responding to a president who doesn’t value us. We’ve been building up to this since women dedicated a Saturday to march. And those same women are now helping elect other women or running for office. Change is coming.
The Violence Against Women Act, which gives law enforcement tools to remove guns from abusers, doesn’t have a single Republican co-sponsor seven weeks before it’s expiration. VAWA has been reauthorized three times since 1994 with bipartisan support. https://t.co/qk6UeLTpjg
“Seeing Rape” is one of many important programs I was proud to fund in the FY19 budget. @barbaragcassidy and @ShonnaTrinch are doing critical work with @seeingrape at @JohnJayCollege https://t.co/TZz4UEmKXq