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Here's something cool:
We were updating the Paper Crane website and did a little Google searching. In doing so we found an awesome post by blogger MShaiq! We had never seen the post before - it was written back in 2012 when we were first crowdfunding via Kickstarter and fundraising to get this film made. MShaiq is awesome: "A 20 something lawyer in Pakistan, passionate about feminism, women’s, animal’s and human rights; with an opinionated view on justice." Check out her post Paper Crane film – Surviving Rape: The Emotional Repercussions Thank you for supporting us MShaiq! (Twitter/Instagram: @mshaiq)
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It's a cold, sunny day here in Chicago and today is a very exciting day for Paper Crane! We have been composing music for weeks and we are finally in the studio for our first recording! Enjoy some behind the scenes photos and we can't wait to bring this beautiful music to the film and share it with all of you :)   Composer/Post-Production Sound Supervisor Efe Tufan recording in the studio  Composer Philip Marx plays guitar for the end sequence of the film   One of my friends posted this news on Facebook today with the comment:
"Instead of 'women, don't be trusting,' how about we say, 'men, don't be raping murderers'?" Basically, yes. Victim-blaming is all too common. From the article: "The danger of victim-blaming, however, is that it makes the focus of the story or the solution to the problem solely about the victims and what they could've done differently. It means we end up ignoring the fact that 100% of the time, the perpetrator of the crime is the one at fault — that they are the one who should've done things differently, and they're the one who should be held accountable for their actions." An interesting thing came out of this tragedy - a stranger spoke up for these women... As one of the victims. "'Yesterday I was killed,' Acosta's post begins. 'I refused to be touched, and they burst my skull with a stick. I got stabbed and was left to die bleeding.'Her post continues, contrasting the pain of death with the humiliation of being blamed for it: 'Worse than death, was the humiliation that followed. From the time they had my dead body nobody asked where the son of a bitch that ended my dreams, my hopes and my life was. No, rather than that they started asking me useless questions... What clothes did you wear? Why were you alone? Why would a woman travel alone? You got into a dangerous neighborhood, what did you expect?'" After sending a prayer or a hopeful thought for these girls and their families, take a moment to share this Upworthy article, spread the word that victim-blaming is NOT okay. Hey guys!
Something cool happened this fall and we were just made aware of it - California has implemented mandatory sexual consent lessons in high schools! "The new law mandates all school districts that have made health a graduation requirement to lecture students about sexual violence prevention and affirmative consent starting next year." Education really is the first step to ending rape culture. Future generations can grow up with a better consciousness about rape and hopefully break the cycle. Obviously we still have a long way to go, but this a good first step. Let us know what you think! Read more about it here! |
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