There are 32 countries that allow marital rape. Of the 150+ countries that do, some explicitly criminalize it, some it is simply considered the same as non-marital sexual assault etc. Some of those countries may in theory not exclude marital rape from being a crime, but those laws have never been tested, in effect meaning […]
Metaphorical Purity
For my final project, I decided to create three art pieces analyzing different harmful aspects of purity culture. This installation includes a quote from Elizabeth Smart in her address at John Hopkins on anti-human trafficking. Elizabeth was abducted while in middle school and held captive for 9 months. At one point in her speech, Smart […]
The Intersection of Purity Culture and the #MeToo Movement: PowerPoint & Poetry
(Content Warning: The topics covered in this project concern sensitive topics such as sexual assault and abuse.) PowerPoint: Personal Poetry: Recognizing My Victimization You told me that I was the perpetrator That my actions caused the assault When all I did was just be myself But somehow it’s all my fault – I lie alone […]