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...slow-motion genocide. To cut off popular support for the rebels, the Burmese army drove hundreds of thousands of Shan, Lahu, Pa-O and Akha villagers from their homes across Shan state in an orgy of looting, burning, torture and massacres. Human-rights monitors have documented the rape by Burmese soldiers of hundreds of women and girls, some as young as five years old. Thousands of families fester in military concentration camps, and depopulated areas are designated "free-fire zones," where rampaging Burmese troops shoot anything that moves, including famished villagers returning to salvage what's left of their crops...
...about scratching that biological itch, about satisfying an internal hunger. In contrast, love is essentially selfless. It is about giving to another to the point of pain and even death without thought of reward. Sex and love can exist completely independently. There are many examples of sex without love-rape, prostitution and maybe even regular sex between couples. And you can love your parents, dog, God, country and football team without wanting to have sex with them. Mike Shields Jarrow, England...
...that Crimson columnist Travis R. Kavulla ’06 is addressing the issue of sexual violence on Harvard’s campus, it is unfortunate that he has misrepresented the positions held by the Coalition Against Sexual Violence (CASV) in his most recent column (“Rape and Non-Rapists...
Carr's story has the stuff of drama; Vreeland's novel does not. She doesn't have the advantage in this book of Gentileschi's personal turmoil: her rape by one of her father's studio assistants, leading to a well-documented trial. Time and again, Carr encounters the same obstacles: hostile critics, philistine neighbors. Time and again, folks point out that she's a rebel. Eventually, she triumphs anyway. In the future, Vreeland might want to choose a more absorbing artist or give her a more complex internal life. Georgia O'Keeffe, call your agent...
Harvard Men Against Rape will also lend a hand to this year’s Take Back the Night (TBTN) activities...