Thursday, December 29, 2005

A lot has been said about how to prevent rape.

Women should learn self-defense. Women should lock themselves in their houses after dark.
Women shouldn't have long hair and women shouldn't wear short skirts. Women shouldn't leave drinks unattended. Fuck, they shouldn't dare get drunk at all.


Instead of that bullshit, how about:


If a woman is drunk, don't rape her.
If a woman is walking alone at night, don't rape her.
If a woman is drugged and unconscious, don't rape her.
If a woman is wearing a short skirt, don't rape her.
If a woman is jogging in a park at 5am, don't rape her.
If a woman looks like your ex-girlfriend you're still hung up on, don't rape her.
If a woman is asleep in her bed, don't rape her.
If a woman is asleep in your bed, don't rape her.
If a woman is doing her laundry, don't rape her.
If a woman is in a coma, don't rape her.
If a woman changes her mind in the middle of or about a particular activity, don't rape her.
If a woman has repeatedly refused a certain activity, don't rape her.


If a woman is not yet a woman, but a child, don't rape her.
If your girlfriend or wife is not in the mood, don't rape her.
If your step-daughter is watching TV, don't rape her.
If you break into a house and find a woman there, don't rape her.
If your friend thinks its okay to rape someone, tell him it's not, and that he's not your friend.


If your 'friend' tells you he raped someone, report him to the police.
If your frat-brother or another guy at the party tells you there's an unconscious woman upstairs, and that 'It's your turn', don't rape her, call the police, and tell the guy he's a rapist.


Tell your sons, god-sons, nephews, grandsons, sons of friends, it's not okay to rape someone.


Don't tell your woman friends how to be safe and avoid rape.
Don't imply that she could have avoided it if she'd only done/not done x.
Don't imply that it is in any way her fault.
Don't let silence imply agreement when someone tells you he 'got some' with the drunk girl.
Don't perpetuate a culture that tells you that you have no control over or responsibility for your actions. You can, too, help yourself.


If you agree, repost it. It's that important.



Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Instead of drafting essays, I have just spent the best part of this evening beavering away on my old website, and it is now up again. Click here if you wish. Admittedly, it is nowhere near complete by any stretch of the imagination, and considering how I work, I doubt it ever will be. Those who know me well enough will understand perfectly.
I have amended the links page, adding more and removing others, mainly of the dead variety. If anybody requires a link to their site, please let me know and I will see that it is done, provided it is inoffensive and porn-free. The old galleries will be uploaded in due course as and when I have the time. I would appreciate feedback, naturally, unless it is to recommend the use of Flash. This is on my 'to do' list, but my studies must come first, as I am certain you can all appreciate, probably more so now.
For example:
One 2,500 word essay for Social Policy and the Welfare State. Theme ~ Universalism and Selectivism. Deadline ~ 11 January.
One 2,500 word essay for Modern Industrial Societies. Theme ~ Classical Theory and the dynamic forces of modern industrial societies. Deadline ~ 13 January.
One 2,500 word essay for European Studies. Theme ~ The First World War. Deadline ~ 20 January.
I also have two exams to revise for. One for British Politics, the other for Research Skills for Social Scientists, both in January.
Frankly, I will be relieved when these are out of the way!

I hope your 2006 is as bounteous as can be, dear readers.
Rachael.... ♥

Monday, December 26, 2005

Wifeage™ and I have just returned from a marvellous evening spent in the company of some very dear people. Lisa and her delightful offspring entertained us in the most delightful manner, and we both feel so privileged to be thought of as friends to these beautiful people. Personally, being somewhat of a social phobic, feel rather humbled to be accepted 'just as I am', my darling wife being one of the only others to do this, warts and all.

I am very very lucky.

I hope you all had a great Holiday season, and that your 2006 is a bounteous one, dear readers.

Rachael.... ♥

Saturday, December 24, 2005

I have just been stereotyped as a heroin and methadone user by a police officer.
I noticed about an hour ago that my epilepsy meds wouldn't get me to the New Year, hence my walk out to endeavour to locate a pharmacy. All I did was ask where the nearest open dispensary was, his reply being 'Need your meth', then?'.
Consequently, I am not happy.
I may be no looker, of which I have never disputed, but this really was the final straw for me this week. I am now more homesick than I believed possible.
I want to go home.
One Way.
NOW!