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one_voice

(20,043 posts)
Tue Sep 2, 2014, 05:45 PM Sep 2014

She will carry the weight...

in more ways than one...

Columbia Student Will Carry Her Mattress Until Her Rapist Exits School

Columbia University senior Emma Sulkowicz (who we have written about before) has taken her experience attending college with her rapist and turned it into her senior thesis project. "It's endurance performance art piece," Sulkowicz told the Columbia Daily Spectator about the endeavor, for which she will carry her mattress around to every one of her classes until her rapist is either expelled or chooses to leave the school.


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She will carry the weight... (Original Post) one_voice Sep 2014 OP
Go Emma! Glimmer of Hope Sep 2014 #1
The last shot affected me unexpectedly. LiberalAndProud Sep 2014 #2
I haven't watched it yet. johnp3907 Sep 2014 #3
Now that is courage. onecaliberal Sep 2014 #4
K&R Eyerish Sep 2014 #5
Another "uppity woman"...You go, girl. We all will help carry the burden as best we can. libdem4life Sep 2014 #6

LiberalAndProud

(12,799 posts)
2. The last shot affected me unexpectedly.
Tue Sep 2, 2014, 07:28 PM
Sep 2014

Another woman helping to carry the burden ... tears sprang to my eyes.

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