[Smashpatriarchy] Postering at UBC?

[Peter Gill]

I agree with Darren.  I think it was a mistake to include the blurb about
SAP on the first poster run.  It should be about consent and not about us.
 I don't have much to say about the effectiveness with the media.  But if
there was a cbc story it would have become about us.  Which would have been
super fucked.

I think less public SAP stuff is in order.

Peter


On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 11:23 AM, Darren Chang <darren.chang at live.com>wrote:

> re: previous email
>
> (3) specifically in the context of sexual assaults at UBC, it was
> important to not appear, perhaps even slightly, as though a group of
> (mostly) men are taking advantage of the situation to do some group
> promotion
>
> ------------------------------
> From: darren.chang at live.com
> To: aylon.c at gmail.com; smashpatriarchy at lists.resist.ca
> Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 11:11:55 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Smashpatriarchy] Postering at UBC?
>
>
> Hi Aylon,
>
> There was no collective decision to remove the SAP blurb on the posters. I
> personally made that decision after briefly consulting with another SAP
> member and decided it was a good idea from various angles: (1) uncertainty
> about whether SAP should publicly take credit for the work we do after
> previous discussions and (2) it made sense to keep the posters anonymous
> since the postering itself was done with non-SAP members currently
> organizing against recent series of sexual assaults at UBC.
>
> Does anyone have thoughts on this now that we have seen the effects of
> anonymity in the media? How might the dynamics have been different if this
> CBC report showed the posters were done by SAP with the original blurb?
>
> Darren
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:07:53 +0100
> From: aylon.c at gmail.com
> To: smashpatriarchy at lists.resist.ca
> Subject: [Smashpatriarchy] Postering at UBC?
>
> Hey Folks,
>
> Have we decided to no longer us the SAP blurb on the posters? (I did some
> here in the UK but left the SAP blurb on). Unless SAP wasn't behind this
> and someone else was inspired ;)
> By contrast, the posters — posted anonymously — offer tips to the attacker
> and to others who would consider such a crime:
>
>    - "Don't be a creep! Learn how to manage your sex drive."
>    - "Make consent part of your approach."
>    - "Learn how to deal with rejection."
>    - "Recognize that many women are bombarded with sexual interest."
>    - "If you slip up, and everyone does, learn how to make amends."
>    - "Don't be a rapist! Someone walking alone is NOT an invitation for
>    you to rape or assault."
>
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/don-t-be-a-rapist-posters-get-mixed-reaction-at-ubc-1.2187660
>
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