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DESCRIPTION:Take to the streets one week after the misogynist murders in Santa Barbara, 
 in resistance against the whole culture of rape, violence against women, 
 and patriarchy.  Join people in cities across the country in bringing these 
 messages and more into rush hour, into the public square, and into the 
 conversation.\n\nIn response to the mass murder in Santa Barbara by a man 
 who openly proclaimed his hatred for women, stand up to STOP violence 
 against women in every form.\n\nProtest, Rally, Speak Out\n\nIt is true, 
 and a very good thing, that not all men violate, beat, and disrespect 
 women.\n\nBut it is INTOLERABLE and OUTRAGEOUS that #YesAllWomen face 
 degradation, harassment, derision, ridicule, shame, and violence -- or the 
 constant threat of violence -- and sexual assault.\n\nWe must go from 
 tweets into the streets -- to express our outrage, to stand together 
 publicly, and to draw forward others to stand up and say NO MORE!\n\nNo 
 more rape, rape jokes, gang-rape, or rape porn… no more acid attacks, 
 "honor" killings, or kidnappings… no more street harassment or roofies… 
 no more anti-abortion restrictions or denial of birth control… no more 
 forced motherhood or sexual objectification… no more misogyny and no more 
 excuses.\n\nWe can and must END the enslavement and degradation of women in 
 all its forms.\n\nWhat better time than now? What better place than here? 
 Who else, if not all of us and YOU?\n\nThe Story:\n\nAfter UCSB student 
 Elliot Rodgers went on a shooting spree on May 23, 2014, to exact his 
 revenge on women for not having sex with him, social media exploded with 
 conversations and stories about misogyny, male entitlement, the oppression 
 of women, rape culture, and patriarchy, under the hashtag 
 #YesAllWomen.\n\nIn a video he recorded the day before he shot several 
 students in Santa Barbara, Rodgers revealed his plan:\n\nOn the day of 
 retribution, I am going to enter the hottest sorority house of UCSB and I 
 will slaughter every single spoiled, stuck up, blonde slut I see inside 
 there.  All those girls that I’ve desired so much, they would have all 
 rejected me and looked down on me as an inferior man. If I ever made a 
 sexual advance toward them, while they throw themselves at these obnoxious 
 brutes.  I’ll take great pleasure in slaughtering all of you.  You will 
 finally see that I am in truth the superior one, the true alpha 
 male.\n\nThe initial conversation on Twitter about this tragic incident as 
 a product of a male supremacist system and culture was met with backlash 
 under the banner of #NotAllMen (as in, don’t blame men, this is a gun 
 control issue, this is a mental health issue, this is any other kind of 
 issue than the oppression of women).  The result was an outpouring of 
 stories and the wide acknowledgement of a culture that objectifies women 
 and feeds male entitlement.\n\nSome of the #YesAllWomen 
 Tweets:\n\n@S_Indus: #YesAllWomen Because media portrays women as sexual 
 objects and men as ordinary human. #EndPatriarchy\n\n@Auragasmic: There's a 
 reason Elliot Rodger wanted women's rights abolished - it's for the same 
 reason the Antichoice community does - control.\n\n@RoxyV3000: Bc when he 
 attacked me & I called for help, cops arrested ME for assault when I 
 admitted to "pushing him off me to dial 911" 
 #YesAllWomen\n\n@idareyoudarling: Girls in college are buying pepper spray 
 and rape whistles while guys buy condoms #YesAllWomen\n\n@avada_kaydavra: 
 #YesAllWomen because we aren't a "trophy" or a "prize". We're human 
 beings.\n\n@Dahlia_Addams: #YesAllWomen being told we're too sensitive & 
 need to learn to relax/have a sense of humor about our objectification & 
 oppression.\n\n@caroledgarian: Women kidnapped in Nairobi; gunned 
 down/raped on campus; abortion rights negated & folks r spooked by the word 
 Feminist? #YesAllWomen\n\nJoin in Friday and take to the streets to tell 
 the truth: male entitlement, rape culture, ongoing violence against women, 
 and patriarchy are all real, AND they are not permanent.  Let’s tell the 
 stories of women and stand together to end patriarchy.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/05/29/18756544.php
SUMMARY:#YesAllWomenLIVE - From tweets into the streets
LOCATION:24th & Mission St
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/05/29/18756544.php
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