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April 26th, 2013 at 7:43 PM
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OT: UConn student terrified by new husky dog logo

Well , it's not exactly the logo itself that "terrifies" Carolyn Luby, but the traits she sees represented by the new logo.  As Luby, puts in her open letter to UConn president Susan Herbst,

Instead of giving ... problematic aspects of male athletic peer culture at UConn a second look or a giving the real face of athletics a true makeover, it appears that the focus of your administration is prioritizing the remodeling of the fictional face of the Husky Logo.

.           .           .               .

What terrifies me about the admiration of such traits is that I know what it feels like to have a real life Husky look straight through you and to feel powerless, and to wonder if even the administration cannot “mess with them.”

http://thefeministwire.com/2013/04/an-open-letter-to-uconn-president-susan-herbst/

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April 26th, 2013 at 7:45 PM
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wat?

wat?

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April 26th, 2013 at 7:49 PM
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Huh?

Huh?

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April 26th, 2013 at 7:49 PM
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I was hoping

For video.

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April 26th, 2013 at 7:57 PM
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What?

What did I just read?

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April 26th, 2013 at 7:57 PM
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So she's saying use a real

So she's saying use a real husky as their mascot? Sounds like an awesome idea



/s in case

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:01 PM
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this country has turned

this country has turned today's kids into a bunch of wimps. They cater to the minority for every little thing so they dont get offended.

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:10 PM
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welcome to America, since

welcome to America, since forever

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:57 PM
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Slaves, native Americans and women say hello

Catering to the minority represents very little of American history.

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April 26th, 2013 at 10:06 PM
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And all those things are

And all those things are fairly recent. And I'm not sure how Barack Obama being elected president means slaves were catered to....

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April 27th, 2013 at 7:43 AM
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most of the policital system

most of the policital system in the US is designed to avoid the "tyranny of the majority" and it can be argued that this is why the republic has lasted as long as it has.

would you all like some examples?

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April 27th, 2013 at 9:05 AM
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Well the people groups I

Well the people groups I listed would have a say about how well it has prevented the tyranny of the majority. But I'm not going to argue about it here b/c of board policies. I bid you adieu

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April 27th, 2013 at 9:16 AM
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you're talking about tyranny

you're talking about tyranny of the powerful over the powerless/unrepresented based on race/class.

 

I'm talking about majority rule limitations based in the constitution and structure for the republic: the senate, the fillibuster, 2/3 suremajority votes, the electoral college, and the checks & balances system in general.

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April 27th, 2013 at 9:35 AM
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Are those groups of people

Are those groups of people not minority groups that were discriminated against in this country? If you were talking about the political system, you should have specified in your first post instead of making a general statement.

I would agree our political system does not cater to the majority. It caters to the minority of the rich and powerful and was designed that way in the counter revolution after we won independence.

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:10 PM
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Funny

That's what Eric Bolling said about the firing of Mike Rice. This article is fractally absurd and thus humorous, but making blanket get-off-my-lawn statements is rather petty.

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April 26th, 2013 at 11:56 PM
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?

"fractally" absurd?

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April 27th, 2013 at 12:52 AM
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"no matter what resolution

"no matter what resolution you look at it, it's still ridiculous"

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April 26th, 2013 at 9:11 PM
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right on

I ordered a Negro to shine my boots the other day, and he got mad at me. Can you believe it?!

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:03 PM
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I don't get it.  Was this

I don't get it.  Was this woman writing raped by a Husky at some point in her life?

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April 26th, 2013 at 9:06 PM
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And it looked straight through her...

Sad

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:10 PM
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Wait...what?

Is she saying that she had a bad experience with a husky and that the new logo is so realistic that it reminds her of it? What the hell?

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:08 PM
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I just took a major ride on

I just took a major ride on the lollercoaster.

EDIT:  After reading the whole thing, it makes slightly more sense.  Kind of.  Not really.

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:05 PM
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On the bright side (the way the week has gone)

I bet she isn't in a sorority.

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:11 PM
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However, she may be drunk.

However, she may be drunk.

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:09 PM
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I mean....come on

I mean....come on

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:12 PM
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This woman needs to get a life...

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:13 PM
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Is this the drinking thread?

Is this the drinking thread?

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:22 PM
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I have a growler from the

I have a growler from the Kuhnhenn of their DRIPA. It's really good, but at almost 10% I don't get to drink as much as I'd want. It's Friday so i'll have a second glass, though.

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:26 PM
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Lets just make the drinking

Lets just make the drinking thread in replies of my post and yours.

I picked up a 22 oz bomber of Three Floyd's Rabbid Rabbit saison ale. Really good.

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April 26th, 2013 at 9:21 PM
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Now on to Unibroue's

Now on to Unibroue's Ephémère. Very champagne like, good and doing the trick.

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:15 PM
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Isn't UConn most known for

Isn't UConn most known for its WOMEN's basketball team? Of all the schools that prioritize "male athletic peer culture," UConn ain't so bad.

As for the rest of it....see above comments of confusion.

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:22 PM
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Hey, just because I like

Hey, just because I like football doesn't mean I don't have a feminine side.  Really, though, I was glancing through the Purdue blog Boiled Sports and there was mention of the story in the Twitter feed on the blog.  So, which would be more pathetic, spending my Friday evening looking at a Purdue sports blog or a feminist magazine?

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:51 PM
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You need to think outside the

You need to think outside the box. Next time, avoid either option.

No charge for the advice.

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April 27th, 2013 at 10:02 AM
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Huskies.... Feminists..... 

Huskies.... Feminists..... 

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:16 PM
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I'm just wondering

what the OP was doing reading The Feminist Wire when he stumbled across that article.

 

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:18 PM
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LOL

You beat me by a minute, Butterfield.  Your great mind is just slightly faster than my almost-great mind, I guess...

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:17 PM
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That Husky is LITERALLY

That Husky is LITERALLY raping me with it's gaze.

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:20 PM
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So you're saying

It's eye-fucking you?

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:53 PM
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That is not synonymous with

That is not synonymous with rape and it's people like you that allow others to thin it is.

 

/feministed

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:59 PM
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I stand corrected.

"Unwanted Eye-Fucking."

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:26 PM
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Here's the Police Line-up

of possible suspects:

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:33 PM
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The 54 year old polar bear

The 54 year old polar bear looks guilty.

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:43 PM
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In the 1960's the University of Connecticut

Was apparently part of Disneyland.

He doesn't look like he's raping anyone.

Hmmmm, maybe just with his eyes....

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April 27th, 2013 at 8:38 AM
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Patriot Husky is armed in the

Patriot Husky is armed in the photo, I can tell you as Patriot Husky's attorney that this is an outrageous violation of Patriot Husky's rights. Highly prejudicial.

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:17 PM
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The obvious answer to fix U-Conn's problems.

Move their home football game to Michigan Stadium to de-emphasize sports.

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:19 PM
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I'm here for the gangbang.

I'm here for the gangbang.

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:20 PM
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Easy fix for her:

Rename the mascot a Huskerete.

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:22 PM
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I mean, I guess they are in

I mean, I guess they are in fact both dogs:

http://thefeministwire.com/2013/04/why-is-uconns-mascot-a-rape-meme/

Just a PSA, we're all being real misogynistic by commenting on this.

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:26 PM
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How do we know the dog in the logo isn't female?

Should I feel threatened?

And geeze, how often does U-Conn change their logo? Talk about branding concerns...

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:35 PM
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^ This should be the

^ This should be the president's response. That's gold. And is probably accurate if we're talking about an angry husky. 

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:49 PM
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It's not even a rape meme.

It's not even a rape meme. It's Insanity Wolf. 99% of it isn't about rape. It's about crazy insane shit.

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:20 PM
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very buzz-wordy

The letter is way too over-written with buzz words and rhetorical flourishes, so it's hard to figure out exactly what she means, but I think she's making 2 points: 

1. UConn has had a number of embarrasing incidents recently (APR-based postseason ban; athletes in trouble with law, specifically violence against women), and the administrations to be responding by re-branding rather than addressing the underlying issues.  This seems like a reasonable complaint on its face, though I don't know enough about the issues to figure if the criticism is accurate or not.

2, and the really confusing part.  The administration is playing into the worst aspects of stereotypical jock culture by creating a "fighting dog" image that "can't be messed with."  Personally, I think that's reading too much into a logo and a standard-issue coach's quote.  On the other hand, when the writer says "I know what it feels like to have a real life Husky look straight through you and to feel powerless, and to wonder if even the administration cannot “mess with them,"" I think the "real life Husky" she's referring too is a UConn athlete and not a, you know, actual real Husky.  If she has been the victim of violence or fealt threatened by an athlete, I can understand her reading too much into a logo and a quote even if I don't agree with it.

Of course, as I said, it was hard to make heads or tails of much of the writing in the letter, so I could be completely wrong in my interpretation.

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April 26th, 2013 at 9:40 PM
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agreed

She was about a quarter of the way home to making a good point about about not sweeping on-the-ground issues under the rug with rebranding, but everything unraveled pretty badly when she associated a cartoon dog with sexual assault. I'm also not sure why the kid who was charged with tresspassing while on spring break needed to be mentioned.

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:25 PM
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Some perspective

I am a prosecutor, and I exclusively prosecuted domestic violence cases for a couple years. Violence towards women is a serious problem that is often ignored in our society. Rape victims are ostracized and often are judged more harshly than defendants at trial. Domestic abusers control their victims by threatening to take away or harm their kids. Many, if not most, homicides are the result of domestic violence.

I could go on, but my point is that a fucking new husky logo is not the problem. This woman is an idiot.

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April 26th, 2013 at 9:48 PM
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This woman is an idiot.

You, sir, have boiled this kerfuffle down to its essential vapors.

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April 26th, 2013 at 10:41 PM
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They sell RL at Kohls now?

They sell RL at Kohls now?

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:37 PM
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I'm just saying, if I had a

I'm just saying, if I had a choice between hooking up with Maryland sorority chick and UConn Husky complainer chick, I'm heading to College Park 10 time out of 10.  

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:39 PM
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She apparently needs to be far more direct.

I have no idea what exactly her issue with the new logo was. I can understand the rebranding being an issue if they're just trying to slap a new face on a department with some serious issues, but she completely loses me when she links all of these gender issues to a new husky face.

To comment on what I think I read, "powerful and aggressive" is just as desirable on the female side of the athletic department as it is on the mens; I guarantee Hutch and Barnes Arico aren't out recruiting players they would describe as meek and passive.

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April 26th, 2013 at 8:57 PM
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Hide ya kids, hide ya wife

Hide ya kids, hide ya wife

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April 26th, 2013 at 9:08 PM
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Fun fact: UCONN has had

Fun fact: UCONN has had three players already selected in the 2013 NFL draft. The B1G has had only four selected. Rape Huskie FTW.

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April 26th, 2013 at 9:12 PM
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And all picked since this thread went up.

Coincidence?

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April 26th, 2013 at 9:18 PM
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Science?

Science?

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April 26th, 2013 at 9:11 PM
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slow day

slow day

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April 26th, 2013 at 9:13 PM
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Young lady has every right

Young lady has every right to her opinion.  It's a silly opinion though.

That's a good logo.  It could be a female or male husky.

Still, it's better to be a Wolverine.

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April 26th, 2013 at 9:19 PM
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It could be a she-male.

It could be a she-male.

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April 26th, 2013 at 9:15 PM
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my 2 cents

I think Becca from UMD should have written that letter. It would have been Christopher Walken-esq bliss.

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April 26th, 2013 at 9:20 PM
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You have to admit

A conversation between the two would be interesting.

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April 26th, 2013 at 9:28 PM
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Reading the letter, it

Reading the letter, it doesn't sound like she really objects to the logo in itself so much as she objects to the logo in what she perceives as its context. From her perspective, male violence against women is a systemic issue with UConn athletics that has gone unacknowledged by the school administration. Rebranding in the midst of this is a bit of a white washing, is what she seems to be arguing. I think her comments about the logo being aggressive and emblematic of male athletic peer culture are just rhetorical devices to try to get her point across. She wanted to discuss violence against women at UConn, and the imagery of the logo happened to provide a convenient way of doing that. At least that's how I interpret her letter. 

I think there are good reasons to disagree with her, but I think some of you are being uncharitable to her position. 

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April 26th, 2013 at 9:39 PM
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Where is anyone joking about rape?

They're joking about logo rape, which is ridiculous. If anything people are making fun of the fact that she's trivializing serious concerns about the subject with such an overblown, self-important screed. Likening the "look" of a dog logo to real violence against women is offensive, not mocking her for it.

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April 26th, 2013 at 10:17 PM
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Yes, and all of those are making fun of

Her odd dog/logo reference. If she has in fact been raped by an actual dog I think everyone will feel guilty. Even more so if there's been a rash of rapes by logos on the U-Conn campus. But I'm not overly concerned that it's the case. More likely it's someone who is just looking for stuff to be offended by and thus put themselves on an enlightened high horse, using horrible metaphors. With your track record of posts, I'm sure you can relate.

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April 26th, 2013 at 9:47 PM
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Yeah, this thread

is hardly bringing out the best in this blog's readership.

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April 26th, 2013 at 9:55 PM
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No one is "trivializing

No one is "trivializing rape".  The criticisms are about this girl's complete inability to make a cogent argument.

Her argument that "making a new logo means the administration at UConn doesn't care about violence" is roughly the logical equivalent of people complaining that "spending 5 minutes filling out an NCAA bracket means the president doesn't care about America".

She can complain about the athletic department all she wants, and she may have a valid point.  But she's trying to connect two things that aren't connected.  Her argument is rambling, disjointed, and makes some strange leaps.  Even if she has valid complaint about the state of the UConn athletic department, she comes off as someone who's just looking for things to be upset about.  

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April 26th, 2013 at 9:56 PM
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People are making fun of her

People are making fun of her making a stink out of a school mascot change to a ferocious looking husky and the comparison of it as being the same as a rape meme which it it's not. Why doesn't she complain about the Notre Dame Fighting Irishman who is clearly a depiction of an actual violent man? Lets stop the dog discrimination in America, it's gone too far.

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April 26th, 2013 at 10:09 PM
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Lets stop the dog discrimination in America

As any experienced dog owner can tell you, it's not the Huskies or the pit bulls or the Rotties you should be concerned about.

Stay the fuck away from Akitas.

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April 26th, 2013 at 10:15 PM
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I have two shiba inu and let

I have two shiba inu and let me tell you, while they are smaller than their Akita cousins they are 10 times brasher and bolder. Internment camps have started popping up in states across the west and this discrimination can't be tolerated. Their intentions are misconstrued and even though it sounds like they are trying to kill your dog trust me they are not. They just want to play.

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April 26th, 2013 at 10:06 PM
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Let's make a distinction here

I have a wife, a daughter, a sister, and numerous female cousins who I love very much. I have a number of female friends and/or colleagues who I have a great amount of affection and respect for.

For that reason alone, my attitudes about rape boil down to this: castrate the motherfucker. Without painkillers. Yes, I know we don't do that, but that's my impulse. That's what laws and Constitutions are in place to protect against.

To equate the mere adoption of an athletic logo with active or tacit support of a rape culture is simply stupid and juvenile, and indicates a thoroughgoing misunderstanding of our cultural nuances. That's what you get with 20-something college students. I was an undergraduate in the early '70s, so I have a deep familiarity with earnest but comically naive jeremiads against popular culture.

But, subjecting her to mocking threats of rape and other kinds of abuse is equally stupid, and to the extent possible under the law, the idiots making those threats should be prosecuted.

Moral of this story: the internet is flypaper for morons.

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April 26th, 2013 at 10:24 PM
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So...

I think she was saying they should use this as their mascot?

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April 26th, 2013 at 10:34 PM
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All I needed to see was the

All I needed to see was the word "feminist" in the URL for me to not click it. 

As a wise man named The Rock once said, "Know your role.....and shut your mouth!"

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April 26th, 2013 at 11:15 PM
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Aaannnnnndddddd everything I said defending the thread

Right out the window. Sigh.

(though on second look "I'm here for the gangbang" was a poorly timed meme)

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April 26th, 2013 at 11:42 PM
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Yeah...

Terrible idea for a post. Second Bolivia trip is two months (third would be four, ect.).

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April 27th, 2013 at 12:00 AM
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Lol

Ah, I knew it was coming eventually. No big deal. I shall meet Professor X, WingsNWolverines, goblueram etc there.

Bolivia is getting pretty crowded. Luckily I still have my hut from my last trip.

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April 26th, 2013 at 11:05 PM
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Carolyn Luby sounds like a

Carolyn Luby sounds like a crazy person.

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April 26th, 2013 at 11:37 PM
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Sounds good to me

Breaking news: the Husky mascot has just been linked to the Lincoln assassinaton.

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April 26th, 2013 at 11:42 PM
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There probably exists a

There probably exists a problem of entitlement with respect to student athletes at certain universities. Her scant presentation of evidence with respect to uconn doesn't really tell me that much, but it seems like this can and should be a concern on certain campuses.



That said I fail to see the connection to feminism or violence against women or the attempt to change the logo of the school. A few more English/writing classes probably would not hurt this young woman. No more than a husky logo anyway...

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April 26th, 2013 at 11:42 PM
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Well then

That happened. 

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April 27th, 2013 at 12:25 AM
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Hmm...

First, this is a very poorly written piece that does a terrible job of expressing coherent thoughts. As some have mentioned above, I think the author's point is largely that the university should not be spending its resources on re-branding and should instead focus on addressing serious problems in its athletic culture.

However, the reason I felt compelled to post here is that I think there might be a meaning to the last paragraph that we're not picking up on. I think her "real life Husky" line (note the capital "H") is a reference to a specific UConn athlete, and given the context probably one who assaulted/attempted to assault the author.

If that's the case, it changes the whole meaning of the piece (at least in my mind) from misguided rant to coping mechanism. I can't fault a victim of assault/sexual assault for having a knee-jerk reaction to something that reminds them of their experience, and the over-emotional, poorly presented argument in this piece reads exactly like that type of reaction.

In short, I sincerely hope that if the author of this piece IS a victim of sexual assault that she is receiving support and help in response to her letter as opposed to scorn.

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April 27th, 2013 at 12:55 AM
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even if that's true

She's still talking about a PICTURE! A picture cannot sexually assault you. No matter how advanced it is.

Note: This is a fake explanation for thep hoto. It's just a picture of a mother and her adopted child. But none the less, it makes the point.

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April 27th, 2013 at 1:24 AM
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You've missed my point entirely.

Imagine for a second that you're a victim of sexual assault, and because your assailant is a member of a sports team you forever associate that sports team with your experience. Then that sports team redesigns their logo with the purpose of making it more "aggressive." I think its perfectly reasonable to expect a severe emotional reaction in that situation, and that is what we're seeing in this piece.

She's not trying to promote a rational point that logos promote rape, she's drawing an emotional connection between UConn athletics and her own experience and trying to put that connection into words. That is an extraordinarily difficult thing to do, and I don't fault her in the least for turning out a disjointed, unclear series of comments.

Again, IF she was sexually assaulted by a UConn athlete, then I think this piece is part of her personal attempt to cope and come to terms with her experience. And if that's the case, then regardless of its content or how incoherent it seems, I salute her for the bravery it takes to put such a difficult thing into words and post it for the world to see.

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April 27th, 2013 at 1:29 AM
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No

That's not a reasonable reaction. By your logic, if she were assaulted by a black man, she should hate and fear black people and anything that promotes or exemplifies black culture.

A group is only defined by the members that make it up in as much as those members embrace the rules, regulations and charter of the group. Unless you can show that UCONN athletics in some way supports sexual assault, then holding any sort of grudge, resentment, or even mild fear, aggravation or negative sentiment towards UCONN athletics because of the actions of one person whom was dismissed is hate, not rational fear.

This woman may not realize it, but her fear of assault has turned her racist.

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April 27th, 2013 at 1:48 AM
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Not "should", but certainly will

This is a serious psychologically damaging event. Obviously it shouldn't prejudice a person against an entire group they identify their assailant as a part of, but it will. Pretty much every time. Logic and reason are notoriously terrible at overcoming visceral fear and emotion in situations like this.

I would also argue that in the mind of a victim, the several cases she cites of unethical behavior going unpunished could easily represent evidence that the university essentially sanctioned her assault. To you and I this may seem like a clear misreading of the facts, but (unless you have something you'd like to share) we're not victims of sexual assault.

The main thing I would try to get across to you is that you shouldn't assume that if you were faced with this situation you would be able to handle it any more reasonably than she did. She's just another human being trying to cope with a terrible situation. She's now the laughingstock of the internet, and I don't think she deserves that.

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April 27th, 2013 at 2:01 AM
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By the way,

Just found this article about the fallout from the Feminist Wire piece, and it confirms the author is a rape victim.

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April 27th, 2013 at 5:09 AM
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The news that she is being

The news that she is being threatened for expressing her opinion is absolutely disgusting. The responses she received say a lot more about this issue than the contents of her letter.

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April 27th, 2013 at 7:52 AM
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Agreed

I called her an idiot in a comment above. I do not think she's an idiot for being raped or for carrying the emotional scars of being raped. She's probably an intelligent woman, but her letter is idiotic on several levels. One, as I stated above, a university's decision to change an athetic department's logo is in no way related to rape. Two, she attacks the university for low APRs and a few criminal incidents involving athletes and assumes that the university is doing nothing about its problems because it created a new husky logo. Three, she is projecting her horrible experience onto all of the male athletes in the athletic department.

I was involved in intercollegiate athletics as a coach of an Olympic/non-revenue sport years ago. I coached men and women. Most of the young men I coached were wonderful young men who would not tolerate a rapist on their team. Although my sport was not an "agressive" sport, some of these young men played "aggressive" sports like football, basketball or hockey in high school and some did not. I did not look at some of my athletes and think, "Look at those potential rapists over there who played football growing up." That would be a generalization, and thus wrong.

Blanket generalizations about any group (athletes, Christians, Jews, Muslims, blacks, whites, etc.) are unproductive and harmful towards members of those groups. See Duke lacrosse.

Also, my background as a prosecutor has showed me that rapists and abusers come from a wide variety of backgrounds. The only thing they have in common is that they are pathetic losers. 

If the university covered up this young woman's rape, then that is a huge problem that she should publicly speak out against. However, there are better ways than writing an article filled with innuendo about a husky logo. Regardless, the people who are threatening her are the biggest idiots here.

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April 27th, 2013 at 1:16 PM
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But does it confirm she's a rape victim of an athlete?

Because the article certainly doesn't indicate her ex played for U-Conn. If not her blanket statement towards athletics is worse because it shows that any student could be a perpetrator. And even if so, it's not fair to lump them all together.

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April 27th, 2013 at 12:55 AM
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Droid

i thought she was taking about animal cruelty. also, i think it looks tight

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April 27th, 2013 at 1:04 AM
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Of course

Of course the young lady's letter reveals emotional turmoil.  God bless them all, there's too much toxic stress for young people these days. 

Probably not exactly a perfectly balanced world for you or I as well.     

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April 27th, 2013 at 1:18 AM
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Yeah

Goodness knows, when you can find the gumption to write a formal complaint over a university athletics logo because somebody associated with university athletics once committed sexual assault, you're really a tortured soul exposed to the absolute worst times of humanity.

*Students attend school via radio from a bomb shelter in WWII England. They do not bitch about the pilots' decisions on erotic or misogynist aircraft nose art.

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April 27th, 2013 at 10:17 PM
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Your spell check is broken.

Your spell check is broken.

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April 27th, 2013 at 1:18 PM
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You decided to post for the third time in a year for THIS?

I'd say it was nice knowing you, but not really.

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