2008 Woodie Awards
Clothesline Project shares tales of violence
Brian Fanelli
Issue date: 4/26/05 Section: News
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The Women?s Center sponsored the Clothesline Project in front of Sykes and Main Hall Wednesday and Thursday to raise awareness about domestic violence, rape and sexual assault by displaying T-shirts with messages of survival and strength.
The Clothesline Project began in 1990 and was launched by a core group of women living in Cape Cod, Mass., who experienced some form of personal violence. The project formed as a way to give a voice to women who were victims of domestic violence, rape and sexual assault.
"The idea of using a clothesline was a natural," says the project ?s Web site, Clotheslineproject.org. "Doing the laundry was always considered a woman?s work and in the days of close-knit neighborhoods, women often exchanged information over backyard fences while hanging their clothes out to dry."
Wednesday morning and afternoon, the T-shirts were hung outside and inside of Sykes on the railing of the main staircase. Thursday morning and afternoon, T-shirts were displayed outside of Main Hall in the Academic Quad.
The T-shirts? various colors symbolize different forms of violence. The white Tshirts honor women who died from violence. Yellow Tshirts symbolize women that were battered or assaulted, while the red, pink and orange T-shirts were for survivors of rape or sexual assault.
Black T-shirts were for the women attacked for political reasons. The purple T-shirts represent women attacked because of their sexuality, and the blue and green T-shirts were for survivors of incest and sexual abuse.
Community members, faculty, staff and students created the words and messages on the shirts. The T-shirts hung on the clothesline to support survivors and victims of rape, violence, abuse and to remind people that rape, domestic violence and sexual assault are serious problems. "No matter how many more years it takes to find myself, I will and then help others to find themselves," one of the blue T-shirts said.
Other T-shirts inspired people to stand against sexual abuse and violence. "No condom, no consent, no respect," one of the orange Tshirts said.
The Clothesline Project began in 1990 and was launched by a core group of women living in Cape Cod, Mass., who experienced some form of personal violence. The project formed as a way to give a voice to women who were victims of domestic violence, rape and sexual assault.
"The idea of using a clothesline was a natural," says the project ?s Web site, Clotheslineproject.org. "Doing the laundry was always considered a woman?s work and in the days of close-knit neighborhoods, women often exchanged information over backyard fences while hanging their clothes out to dry."
Wednesday morning and afternoon, the T-shirts were hung outside and inside of Sykes on the railing of the main staircase. Thursday morning and afternoon, T-shirts were displayed outside of Main Hall in the Academic Quad.
The T-shirts? various colors symbolize different forms of violence. The white Tshirts honor women who died from violence. Yellow Tshirts symbolize women that were battered or assaulted, while the red, pink and orange T-shirts were for survivors of rape or sexual assault.
Black T-shirts were for the women attacked for political reasons. The purple T-shirts represent women attacked because of their sexuality, and the blue and green T-shirts were for survivors of incest and sexual abuse.
Community members, faculty, staff and students created the words and messages on the shirts. The T-shirts hung on the clothesline to support survivors and victims of rape, violence, abuse and to remind people that rape, domestic violence and sexual assault are serious problems. "No matter how many more years it takes to find myself, I will and then help others to find themselves," one of the blue T-shirts said.
Other T-shirts inspired people to stand against sexual abuse and violence. "No condom, no consent, no respect," one of the orange Tshirts said.
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