Word: tbtn
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...This is a week where we have a voice," said TBTN organizer Jennifer L. Fines '99. "Issues about women's violence, defined very broadly, come to the fore...
...addition to finding our voices, TBTN has aggressively encouraged women to reclaim our bodies. Tuesday's "eat-in" provided an opportunity for women and men to indulge guiltlessly in pizza, ice cream and soda (diet not allowed). This event was a direct attack on '90s pop culture figures such as Ally McBeal--the feminist icon of our times, according to People and Time magazines--and Kate Moss. These women's ridiculously unattainable bodies often motivate an extra 10 minutes on the treadmill and create the will power to continuously decline dessert...
...TBTN's activities are not limited to aggressive attacks on the social sources of violence evidenced by silenced voices and grumbling stomachs...
...beyond. In the time you have taken to read this column, 12 women will have been victims of physical, emotional or verbal abuse from husbands, boyfriends and lovers--every 15 seconds a woman in America becomes a victim of domestic violence, according to a panelist at a Tuesday night TBTN panel...
...furthermore, TBTN has identified and raised awareness the more subtle sources of violence, endangering women and often men. The past week's events showed that these often hidden dangers are slowly creeping into...