May 2010
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Debunking Double X: Slate's Mischaracterization of...
Last week, Slate published an article that alleges the Rethinking Virginity conference was aimed at encouraging young women to “reconsider abstinence”. This is a misrepresentation of the event, which was aimed at challenging the heteronormative definitions of virginity and critiquing mainstream discourse about sexual abstinence. Though Slate alleges that the speakers...
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Post-Conference Press & Recaps
If you weren’t able to make it to Rethinking Virginity, check out the #rethinkingvirginity hashtag on Twitter to relive the conference through live comments and photos from the event.
You can also read about the conference in the following outlets:
Harvard Virginity Conference Pops Its Cherry, The Boston Phoenix
Slut Panel Postmortem: Shame, Shame, Go Away, Feministing
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