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Against Rape: poets and artists speak out against sexual violence
MICHELLE MCGRANE and SOPHIE MAYER of the Against Rape collective explain the aims of a unique online arts campaign
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Against Rape is a protest, an international collective of poets and artists speaking out against sexual and interpersonal violence.
The online campaign was initiated on October 2 2013, co-ordinated within a month, and will run on contemporary poetry blog Peony Moon (http://peonymoon.wordpress.com) for seven consecutive days beginning on Monday November 4 and ending on Sunday November 10.
Each contribution - poem, artwork, photograph and message - from around the world has been received in the spirit of solidarity. This is not poetry and art for poetry and art's sake but a protest. The contributors are multigenerational and of all genders. Some are prize-winning poets and artists, others are students having their first poems published as part of this demonstration. We value each voice.
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