Call Me A Pussy

1 in 3, if not more, vaginas have experienced sexual assault in their lifetime. 



my vagina doesn't need to be censored, sewn up, called a slut, regulated, hated or feared. 


unfortunately, so many vaginas experience just that. 


we all came from a vagina. think about that. 


vaginas are strong, fearless. 


so go ahead, call me a pussy. 


THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES


Saturday, March 24 - 12th floor lounge
Sunday, March 25 - South Lounge
8 pm




$8 tickets go to Hope's Door & VDAY. 

Happy Donut Day

Because every day is donut day. Today the V Rebels want to take a moment to give y'all a little information regarding our beneficiary.

This year we decided to donate our proceeds to Hope's Door, a non-profit organization in upstate New York dedicated to providing a safe haven for survivors of domestic violence. The programs offered at Hope's Door are free, confidential, and offered in English and Spanish. Programs and services include a 24-hour hotline, a 16-bed shelter service, safety planning, counseling, support groups, legal referrals, teen dating abuse prevention, and community education. The shelter aims to end domestic violence and support survivors during their healing process.

Hope's Door is an organization that has changed and will continue to change the lives of many women living in the New York area. To show your support for Hope's Door and the Vagina Monologues, buy a ticket to the performance! Tickets will be sold on the plaza next week, $8 for students and $10 for everybody else, and don't forget the dates: March 24/25 at 8pm. 100% of the proceeds are donated to the spotlight campaign on the women and girls of Haiti and Hope's Door. 

Come One, Come All 2 the Vagina Artz n Craftz Show!

We're baaaaaccccckkk *maniacal feminist laugh* !!! *which is rly just a regular person laugh tbh


Let's kick off V-DAY season with VAGINA ARTZ N CRAFTZ. Create your own (or your favorite wink wink wink V-A-G-I-N-A) 


None of that representational, hidden, secret, Georgia o keefe s*** either!

like srsly Georgia O.K. our vaginas have hair 1st of all?

Let's B tru artists here, O.K.? Real artists do real (and/or surreal) vaginas mmmk? This is a part of a larger vagina artists movement that we're pretty sure exists. A movement that combats erection (of buildings). Like who built these penis monuments, me wonders?

Said monument and/or nuclear power* plant. yes a POWER plant. #patriarchy ?

If entire buildings and machinez r based to look like penises the LEAST we can do is make some arts and crafts of our vaginas - otherwise how will future generations even KNOW what vaginas look like? Isn't that what art is about... showing people what things look like? 

ex. this shows what my brain looks like after midterm week...or fending off sexists...or lobbying for birth control (ALL OF THE ABOVE ALL THE TIME!)

Was going to use this rocket as vibrator, but way 2 sharp *FEMINIST PROBLEMZ* Did you know vibrators are illegal in some states? ROCKETZ SHLD B ILLEGAL EVERYWHERE, THEY'RE LIKE 100 X BIGGER THAN VIBRATORS
D-U-H!

So when the feminist dreams, we dream of houses, art, and sculptures that look like vaginas... oh wait that already exists? V-DAY SAFE HOUSES! They're all over the world - where we help women fight against sexual violence! This is where $ from Vagina Monologues goes to. That's pretty much why we do everything we do, ever. Crafty vaginas or not. 

V day safe house for girls in Kenya, a shelter and education center for girls against genital mutilation. 

But hopefully one day we won't need safe houses because the world will be a safe place for girls around the world. 


Hopefully Vagina Artz n Craftz will soon b blase because of all the vagina shaped buildings being erected (eh em or should we say... coming?) to town. 


#FEMINISTGOALS




VAGINA ARTZ N CRAFTZ TOMORROW, THURSDAY 2.23 
7 PM 8TH FLOOR LOUNGE
BYOM (bring ur own markers n materials if u like, we'll have some too though!) 


More about VDAY safe houses around the globe:VDAY OFFICIAL WEBSITE

Remember When We Said...?

That we're sick and tired of sexual harassment being viewed as simply a "notion" on the Fordham Campus?

Turns out Congress feels the same, as Representative Steve King stated, sexual harassment is merely "a terrible concept". Read more here: "Herman Cain's Conservatives Denying Very Existence of Sexual Harassment"

Herman Cain (that slow smiling guy running for office) has turned the realm of sexual harassment into a boxing ring: you're either on his side or hers.

Unfortunately, sexual harassment in this country and many others is a game of victim versus "alleged" innocent-until-proven-guilty-perpetrator.

Who wins? Depends on who you're less sick of seeing every day in the media, who annoys you more to take the time to listen to, who are you less bothered by? Depends on: who you believe more.

If we keep playing this game, how do survivors of sexual violence stand a chance? No wonder 60% of assaults are not reported to the police. Look at the arena one has the face.

Here's what we're saying: Regardless of whether Herman Cain is guilty or innocent, if we grant him the benefit of the doubt not to slander his name, then let's AT LEAST give sexual assault survivors the justice they deserve and not belittle their cause all-together.

Thank you to everyone who came to Take Back the Night. The world may be full of Cain's and Kings, but at least we're fighting back.

Honey Badger Hits the Press!

Congratulations and more so... THANK YOU to the lovely Isis' honey badger Raven Diltz who wrote this inspiring and inquisitive piece on SlutWalkNYC 2011!

Doing justice through words!

An excerpt...

“Slut!” the word cut the air until it split, cracking onto my back like a whip. Sitting on the steps of the New York Public Library on 42nd and fifth with a book in my hands, I was wearing a pair of jeans, boots, and a sweater. Somehow, I knew the word was aimed at me. My head shot up, and my eyes focused on a small group of boys. They were teenagers, full of arrogance and obviously looking for a reaction.......

I closed my eyes for a second and smiled at the irony. The teenage boys were looking for a negative reaction to a violent word. But nothing they could think of doing to me, nothing that followed the violence of the word with violent actions, nothing at all, could keep me from being myself. So, I gave them a reaction. A simple smile and a wave. They were too confused to make another comment, and when I looked at them again, they had vanished into thin air.  

A Rant on the Rally

It's hard not to make comparisons between SlutWalk and Take Back the Night. Both are rallies against rape.

Take Back the Night was founded in 1975 on the notion that women should feel safe to walk the streets at night without the fear of being raped.

SlutWalk was founded in 2011 on the notion that women should feel safe about wearing what they want without the fear of being raped.

When urging friends or family to join Isis in marching at SlutWalk or simply showing up to Take Back the Night, I find I often have to explain and defend to them the above "notions".

The notion that women (and men) should not be raped. And if they are, there is no excuse.

Between the Brooklyn groper and the officer who offered the advice: "Don't you think your shorts are a little short?" it's evident that this whole "anti-rape" thing is not a trend nor is it a notion.

Ending violence against women and breaking the silence that surrounds it is far from a radical idea, it is an imperative to justice.

Creator of Vagina Monologues and founder of V-DAY Eve Ensler said, "The fact that we accept it, the fact that we don't think it's extraordinary, that it's outrageous. That it's obscene that this many women are being abused is the problem."

Our ultimate hope is that one day Take Back the Night, SlutWalk and Isis itself will be unnecessary...redundant. Redundant because hopefully one day women will receive equal rights in every way, every where. That the entire world will agree: yes, there is no excuse for rape, ever. We may not be changing the world Wednesday night, but at least we're showing up.

Stand up for some one. And if you don't know some one, stand up for yourself.

Take Back the Night.

Wednesday 10/26 6PM Student Lounge.

These SLUTS are made for WALKin'

Fear not, my friends.  The V-Rebz come bearing good tidings.

The first of October - save the date, kiddiez.  

SlutWalk NYC 2011 is happening, and ISIS will sure as suga' be bringin' the naughtiness.

What is SlutWalk, you ask?

It's a march against victim blaming, against slut-shaming, against invasions of our sexual and human rights, against things we deal with in our daily lives that should not be happening.

Still a bit confused about the details of this parade for respect?

What is a "slut," anyway?   Do they even exist?

Come to the SlutWalk INFO meeting on Wednesday (9/28) @ 6 in the Student Lounge to learn and discuss.

Check da FB event!

See you there, lovers and friends.

Ready For Club Day

Fallin in love with Fordham n' Feminism tomorrow on the plaza (Thursday 9/22 11:30- 2) 

Give us a free tee. We gon' cut it up. 

How Many Girl Rappers Can We Take?

Only one apparently. Akua Naru, the feminist rapper who visited Fordham LC tonight (and soon to be Rose Hill this Friday @ 8 pm) pointed out that there's only room for one female rapper, but that didn't always used to be so. Remember Queen Latifah? Lauryn Hill? Female rappers who write about real issues of economy and sexuality have lost favor to songs about "superman" and "applebottomjeans." When will we make room for ladies to take hold of the mic again? Rap resurrects with Akua Naru.

This is the Isis soundtrack.

New Mascot

2010/2011 our icon was (ra-ra-like-a-dungeon-dragon) Nicki Minaj

But all good things must come to an end...for something GR8TR = 

<3 THE CRAZY NASTYASS HONEY BADGER! <3

WHY IZ THE HONEY BADGER THE ISIS MASCOT?

DOTH LET US COUNT THEE WAYZ....

1. badass

2. most fearless animal in all animal kingdom

3. doesn't rly give a shit

4. so nasty

5. loose skin

6. nothing can stung us wen we hungry

7. poisoned by cobra? take a nap

8. still poisoned? get back up

9. STILL DON'T GIVE A SHIT!!!!!!!!

cobras r sexists. we will EAT them. warning: this is not a metaphor. we actually eat cobraz. met a cobra @ a bar once, was super sexist n' mean. ate his head off. took a lot of tissues to wipe the blood off, but all in all a good night. gin n' tonix rly help get that metallic-y clot taste out...ANYWAYZ...

I digress: if u rel8 to the honey badger, you should probably join Isis...or at least eat a cobra 2 get ur angst out. Heard Isis is meeting next Wednesday (unofficially) maybe u shld show up or something.

Summer Styles: Show Your V!

Is it any surprise that vaginas are totally IN this summer season? No! 

Summer=good, Vaginas=better = Summer=Vagina=Trendy=A DO! 

We give this guy 4 points for irony (a whole 4? well aren't we the generous folk today)

Point 1: He is smirking (universal face signal of snarky teens everywhere)

Point 2: It appears he is in a laundromat (eco & economically friendly!)

Point 3: He is bi-lingual ("viva" es espanol y "vagina" es american)

Point 4: Re-usable tote bag

The judges had some debate: is he a true v-rebel or just a communist in disguise (i.e. the viva, the communal laundromats), but we decided to leave politics aside and grant him the full four anyways.

So if this ironic QT is IN, then what's OUT? Thong-one-piece swimwear! Why? For the simple reason that it looks like that nylon fabric is tuggin' real hard on her coochie snorcher! We v-rebels are anti anything pro-vagina-ouch.

*This has been a message from your fashion correspondent @ vrebels*

Listen Up, Fordham:

Guilty as charged. Just finished up our last dress rehearsal for The Vagina Monologues. What started out as seemingly stressful, naughty, hilarious, rebellious and fun all of a sudden turned very serious and very real. While running through the monologues, it was soon realized that we were sitting with someone who had been raped. That "someone" is a cast mate, friend and Fordham student. It all started making sense: this is why we do Vagina Monologues. She said that until now, until she heard some one else act out their own confession that she too could break her own silence. 

Fordham doesn't want to talk about sex, they don't want to talk about your needs, they don't want to talk about what happened to you or what they can do for you, they don't want to talk about rape. If they won't then we will. 

Why does it take a banned play in the South Lounge that happens once a year  for the topic of sexual violence to arise, be discussed, and exposed on campus? And yes we realize there is a freshman year handbook-sexual-policy seminar: we're not referring to that. It doesn't count. But then again, neither do we I guess? We're not supported by student affairs are we?

All the more power for us to keep doing what we do. Why? Because perhaps no one else will.

But moreover:

Because we fucking can.

Thursday April 7

Friday April 8

Sunday April 10

8:30 pm

$7 Tickets @ South Lounge 8PM

It's coming...are you??

Vagina Monologues this weekend people! April 7, 8 and 10! Please come and show your support, buy tickets in advance otherwise your seat is gonna be all lonely and empty. A good show it will be indeed! INDEED!  Fordham's prestigious Lowenstein plaza is where you can purchase a ticket and explore the frontiers separating Fordham and the Vagina Monologues! Here is an inspirational quote to get you in the mood:
"I have defeated this earthworm with my words. Imagine what I would have done with my fire breathing fists" The ever wise one, Charlie Sheen. 

IT'S OUR PARTY WE CAN PARTY IF WE WANT TO!

nuff said. be there.

Food Critics Agree...

The reviews are in & the critics agree: 5 stars for VAGINA CUPCAKES! A true tour de force! And what's better: we're sellen em cheap. $1 goes to charities that end violence against women. Get em on the Plaza tomorrow afternoon! Check out our schedule here!

Just emerged from the kitchen with my wand and wizard hat: fresh vag-cake completion!
It takes hours to get these things just right. Our bakers have graduated special culinary schools and studied vagina-craft for years, not to mention special witch and gypsy tricks. Duh, we're women.

The taste testers are going wild! Notice how this man licks in suggestion of how yummy his experience with vagina cupcakes are. Can you believe the love we're getting? We can.

These cupcakes are made specially, hand crafted with the love, sweat of a llama and tears of cherubim. That's why they taste so good! Oh, What's this in our e-mail inbox? Martha Stewart just contacted us inquiring to turn our love-sweat-tears recipe into a cookbook.

We got our ingredients to take a group pic...

+

= VAGINA CUPCAKES!!! try em today!

*DISCLAIMER!!!*

*THESE ARE NOT PAID ENDORSEMENTS*

*PEOPLE JUST LOVE VAGINAS*

*DON'T BELIEVE US? COME TO VAGINA MONOLOGUES APRIL 7, 8 & 10*

Until the Violence Stops!

Us V-Rebels, we're sick of a lot of things. And lots of people don't understand our big fuss, our loud hoopla, our outrage about the Vagina Monologues ban at Fordham University. The Vagina Monologues are true stories about sexual violence and survival. The Vagina Monologues raises money to shelter and empower women across the globe.

We're angry because Fordham doesn't talk about rape.

Here a clip of a Libyan women who broke the silence, risking her  safety and well-being to expose her perpetrators:

"Eman al-Obeidy, a Libyan woman from Benghazi, burst into the Rixos Hotel housing the foreign press in Tripoli this morning and fought off security forces to tell journalists that she had been raped and beaten by members of the Qaddafi militia. After nearly an hour, she was dragged away by Muammar Qadaffi's security forces while screaming."

How is this happening in 2011? The idea that the victim of sexual violence should be punished seems simply archaic. But it happens. Not just in far off lands like Libya, but right here in our own back yard.

How many times do we have to hear, "she was asking for it", "they're just boys" etc etc etc etc BULLSHIT!

People don't want to talk about it? Fine, we'll scream about it.

It Starts With a Statistic

This video posted on Ensler's vgirls blog is probably the most perfect way to sum up the V-DAY movement.

It starts with a fact: 1 in 3

1 in 3 girls will experience sexual harassment, violence, or rape in their lifetime.

V-DAY is about ending that statistic.

Watch the video here! What is V-DAY?

Shame On You McKinley/NY Times!

Read the article, sign the petition, do the damn thang!
Basically an 11 year old girl is experiencing victim-blaming by fellow Texans and even James C. McKinley (journalist who wrote the article for NY Times) after news broke about her being gang-raped. In his article McKinley perpetuated the belief that this girl had in some way brought this rape upon herself because she *gasp* hung out with boys? Dressed provocatively? You gotta be kiddin me!

http://www.bust.com/blog/2011/03/09/the-latest-victim-blamers-the-new-york-times.html

Pussy on the Plaza

Thank you photobooth for keeping my anonymity intact! Anyhoo I'm writin to ya'll from sunny plaza paradise, waiting for you guys to come buy some pussy pops. $2 and you get yer own tasty chocolate pussy?! What are you waiting for! But on the real get 'em before they dip. Dip as in peace out. We are here all week! MM just got some on my keyboard, it melted, slipped through the cracks and it will remain forever embedded under the D key. 

Eat Pussy!

Do you like eating pussy? It's never too late to start. After a week long seminar in genital-baking culinary class, the Vagina Vigilantes are ready to release their premiere debut: Vagina Cupcakes!

Lined up like true vigilantes...

Can you spot the clit?

Vagina-by-design: Pia shows off the fruits of her labor

We got labia, we got clit, we got sprinkle-pubes. These are not for the faint of heart. But let's be real, who doesn't love a little anatomy in their baked goods? We're sellin' em cheap $1 a piece, profits go to V-DAY organization & GEMS.

And remember, every vagina is different. Some of them even taste good.