Sometimes I feel like a broken record here,  but unfortunately this had been my biggest barrier to getting any semblance of restitution: lack of money.   Seriously. You are more or less supremely out of luck if you have been raped and want some justice. Legal assistance is expensive and minorities are often swamped with cases. What I’ve ( Read more... )

I notice that my domain registrar keeps giving me reminders that I need to reregister for another year to be able to blog under this name for another year. It prompted me to think about what has happened to me since Tufts “deliberate indifference” to my rape. I must say that not much has changed.

I think this is the problem when a bunch of ( Read more... )

I wrote my story about how I was raped and Tufts didn’t give a shit for a few sites/projects/anthologies. Here is the link to two of them that were published this summer in case you missed it.
Guest Blogger: Raped At Tufts University

at Refuse the Silence: Women of Colour Speak Out.

«Refuse the Silence» is a project that encourages women of color ( Read more... )

Things have been really tough in life… the consequences of what Tufts did to me resonate every day. I struggle not only as a survivor, but a woman of colour. The site was down temporarily and due to a severe lack of funds the site may not continue for long if at all.

For now I just want to share a few updates on my case against Tufts as I get ( Read more... )

I got kicked out of Tufts because I was raped. It is still a concept that I still struggle to gasp. It feels so absurd as I know how Tufts have worked hard to cooperate with students who have drug addictions or eating disorders. Unfortunately, being raped by another student was not a reason for them to have any sympathy. From the very moment that I ( Read more... )

I first created this blog when I had a lot more free time (and a lot more anger) that enabled me to write more things more often. Slowly I have gotten increasingly busy and I just haven’t been able to sit down as often and write. I unfortunately need to split my time amongst other blogs and real-life responsibilities, which is has brought me to ( Read more... )

Kristen Lombardi wrote a blog followup post to the original reports regarding the epidemic of inadequate, traumatic responses to sexual assault on college campuses that shares some potential good news. A few groups have created a draft to help improve college campuses - by making them safer and holding schools accountable.

Lombardi writes, “Dubbed ( Read more... )

I have read in the Daily that their Senate passed a resolution for a better policy to be implemented by next semester. While I am great that more people on the campus are now aware about the current policy’s shortfalls, I know there has been a lack of transparency in the process of improvements. There has been dialogue between the ( Read more... )

The general tone of this blog has been unfortunately very negative, but I wanted to highlight something I found on the Tufts Daily site. I first saw the headline “Panhellenic Council raises funds for rape crisis center in show of solidarity” and was very excited, thinking that Tufts was going to have an on-campus resource to compliment what BARCC ( Read more... )

Jaclyn Friedman - a writer and activist well known for being the editor of Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape - wrote an article for the Washington Post titled, “To combat rape on campus, schools should stop keeping it quiet.” She shared her experience of being sexually assaulted in college in 1992. ( Read more... )