Creating a Culture of Joyful Consent

Part 2 in an Agency series: Confronting Sexual Assault on Campus I’ve never called myself a survivor of sexual assault. What happened to me wasn’t exactly rape, but it wasn’t exactly consensual either. Somewhere around my senior year of college, I began partying a lot. One evening, I dropped acid with a male acquaintance. Things […]

Changing the Conversation: The Need for an Anarchist Lens on Campus Sexual Assault

Part 1 in an Agency series: Confronting Sexual Assault on Campus In May, despite administrative efforts to prevent her from doing so, Emma Sulkowicz, a former Columbia University student dragged the mattress where she was allegedly raped by fellow student, Jean-Paul Nungesser, onto the commencement stage. Known for working to raise awareness about sexual assault […]

Seattle Weekly, “Punk Rock Is Not Bullshit,” December 30, 2014

Punk Rock Is Not Bullshit Kelton Sears, Seattle Weekly, December 30, 2014 Agatha, a queer punk band split between Olympia and Seattle, sprang out of a similar intentional space, forming around a group called “For Crying Out Loud,” an organization of punks, anarchists, and weirdos who wanted to confront, talk about, and address sexual violence […]