Rape-Culture-Smashing Website

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From ThinkProgress.org:

http://thinkprogress.org/culture/2014/07/25/3464149/rape-culture-smashing-website-stands-in-solidarity-with-victims/

Last Thursday, Lindy West (writer at Jezebel) launched the Tumblr called “I Believe You | It’s Not Your Fault.” -- because "there are huge numbers of young women who never hear about these concepts, who don’t have the vocabulary for what’s happening to them."

Excerpt: "The idea is to be a really candid safe, space for people to talk about things that have happened to them and women who have been through those things to respond. We’ve gotten a lot of that: women wanting to know that they’re not alone. There’s so much pressure to not tell, especially if it’s a family member who has abused you, or someone that you love, despite the abuse. And people don’t want to ruin their family. So that’s been really, really hard to read but really powerful."

A much-needed and powerful site: http://ibelieveyouitsnotyourfault.tumblr.com/