Carnival Against Sexual Violence

Welcome to the 9th Edition of the Carnival Against Sexual Violence hosted here at Talk About It. For other editions you can visit abyss2hope.

Thank you to everyone who nominated a post or who wrote a post against sexual violence whether it was nominated/selected or not. If you support the purpose of the carnival, you can help get the word out about it and all of the posts included in the carnival.

Here are the selections for the 9th edition of the carnival against sexual violence:

Legal
In Rape Trials are Gender Performances posted at Alas, a blog we get a perspective on the rape laws.

Futhermore, a lengthy discussion focusing on Beyond A Reasonable Doubt, The Rape/Consent Spectrum, And Restorative Justice we talk more about the legality of rape at Alas, a blog

Media Watch
At Women's Space/The Margin we are reminded of just how close to home violence can be with Male Terroism, Today's News: Colorado Gunman Wanted the Girl.

In Savage lauds Wash. Times employee allegedly soliciting girl for sex as a "normal pervert" who "should get a reward that it wasn't a boy" posted at Media Matters we hear a disturbing story about rewarding violence.

In Domestic Violence is Equal Opportunity posted at Holly's Fight to Stop Violence we hear more about domestic violence, statistics and one woman's fight to stop it.

In On going AWOL because of rape and sexual harassment posted at The Happy Feminist we hear about a military case invovling sexual harassment.

In Wrongful Convictions: The Jeffery Deskovic Case posted at Rachel's Tavern we learn more about the story invovled a man who walked free after 16 years for rape and murder of a classmate.

In GOVERNOR BUSH LIAISON EMAILS ME BACK! SHOCKED YES! WILL HE DO ANYTHING! posted at Holly's Fight to Stop Violence an email back to Holly from Governor Bush over a sex offender emailing her.

In Fox News Portrays Foley as A Democrat posted at Tennessee Guerilla Women a short blurb about a politic flub up.

In Miami Herald news, editorial pages claimed Foley emails were "ambiguous" and "innocuous" but didn't note most suggestive content posted at Media Matters we have more about the story invovling a political leader, Foley.

In LETTER TO MY ABUSER(S)posted at Holly's Fight to Stop Violence Holly is working on a collection of letters by other survivors to the men/women who abused them. She I asking men and women from all walks of life, to contribute their own letters to a book entitled, Letters to My Abusers.

Gender
In When Rape Isn't in Black and White posted at New Black Man we hear a perspective on how violence isn't a one race issues.

In Male Terroism or "tunnel vision" posted at Sinister Girl we hear an opinion about the latest school shootings and how the media is not focusing on the issue at hand. (Please note this post does have some graphic language)

Politics
In Foley drops out of re-elect campaign posted at Pandagon, we read about a congressman who was breaking the law with minors.

Raising Awareness
In When all else fails, blame the victim posted at The Dees Diversion there is a short post about the recent story invovling victim blaming.

In The war of terror against women posted at A Speakout on Male Sexual Violence there is another perpective on the violence against women.

In Child Sexual Abuse posted at Broken Bodies - Broken Dreams the epidemic of child sexual abuse is addressed.

In Link Between Pornography and Rape posted at MIn The Gap we hear a voice about the objectification of women and it's relationship to rape.

In What we learned from a school shooting posted at MIn the Gap we talk more about the Amish School killings; such a sad story.

Solutions
Is being an ass a valid reason to rape, posted at abyss2hope: A rape survivor's zigzag journey into the open we read a story about the need for conversations about "good touch, bad touch" at SUCH a younger age.

In FBI caught lying to reporters about Foley child sex predator scandal posted at AMERICAblog we hear more about the Foley story.

In MCSR Press Release - School Safety Requires Solution to Violence that Addresses the Attitudes and Behaviour of Men posted at Men Can Stop Rape we have one non profit addressing the recent events happening in OUR world and suggestions for solutions.

Creative Expressions

Poetry Thursday posted at Get Your Daily Knickers we have power poem about rape.

In Mark Foley and Coercion posted at Everyone needs therapy? Lessons from a family therapist we read about coercion and it's relationship to the Foley saga.


Personal Stories
In Foley Scandal: How Letting the Attack Dogs Blame the Victims Plays to Past Victims posted at View from the Sandbox we hear a personal story and how events in the media are impacting those survivors.

That concludes the 9th edition of the carnival against sexual violence. Thank you for taking the time to visit this carnival and thank you to the authors of all the posts included in this edition.

The next submission deadline is Saturday, Oct. 28 at 11 pm. The 10th edition will be out on Nov. 1 at abyss2hope.

To nominate a post (your own or someone else's) to the next edition of carnival against sexual violence, use our carnival submission form. Links to everything related to the carnival can be found on the new blog dedicated to this carnival, http://carnivalagainstsexualviolence.blogspot.com/

Thanks for visiting this Carnival!