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Sexual violence is less of a women’s issue than we thought.

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This issue goes beyond celebrities, beyond social media, and beyond the trends which may or may not reach out to everyone.

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A mobilization of activists is almost expected to ensue.

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I’ve had a lot of conversations with Suey through social media that eventually led to the idea of publicly touring together to talk about our experiences and what we’ve both worked through in the past couple years. I pitched her the idea of putting one of our dialogues up for publication as a snapshot of where she and I are coming from when we talk about our time in the “hashtag wars” and how arguing with people on the Internet has changed us.

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Like manna from heaven this hashtag is giving us life. Here are our favorite tweets:

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There have been few other movements to spark as much controversy, confusion, and gut-wrenching passion as social media activism.

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This was hardly an isolated incident; thousands of young men and women have taken to the streets – cameras in hand – to protest against the New York State Psychiatry Association.

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