February 2012
36 posts
BU Hockey Star Arrested on Rape Charge →
“My concern on a much larger level is that we have students on this campus who don’t know how to treat each other. We have students who have been in situations where they are sexually assaulting others. I want to make sure we engage all our students in thinking about and understanding the serious nature of such allegations.’’
Listen to KO Barstool members talk on four-eyed... →
Check out the BC anti-Barstool protest on Jezebel! →
laughinginflowers asked: Hey, I just came across this blog and just wanted to say, I fully support what you're doing. I go to BC, and signed the petition with enthusiasm today. When my brother (Northeastern boy) told me he was going to Barstool and I thought it was just another party, but then I really looked into it and was disgusted. I just hope he decided not to go. Keep prevailing! Rape should NOT be the butt of...
BC students rally against Barstool!
Some Boston College students have started a petition against Barstool Sports and their Barstool Blackout Tour, which is scheduled to take place for BC students on the same evening as their Take Back the Night event.
You can check out their facebook group here.
The petition is online here.
It’s awesome to see students at other schools rallying back against Barstool! NU students are in...
Moving forward to education
One of our goals for the future of our movement is to focus on education. A lot of people have been hearing us talk about rape culture, but many are still confused on what it is. Education is powerful!
We’re having a teach-in on rape culture this Thursday, 6 PM in 19 International Village on NU’s campus. The panel is TBA but will include both students and faculty. Spread the word!
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gidemo asked: So I found this blog today and been reading through it. A common message you all seem to get is 'why not focus on something else? this is just a small blog and it's funny.' Obviously these people are missing the point. Since it is considered small and funny everyone takes it as something normal and acceptable and I am glad to finally see someone standing against this. Also it...
altraragazza asked: Thank you for all you've done! I took some photos from the protest and they're on my tumblr...just let me know if there are any pictures that you'd want taken down or more info added to them.
alexgoestoboston asked: Will you be posting the meeting time this weekend online? I would love to attend.
The march was AMAZING today! Thank you to everyone who came out. We’ll be meeting sometime this weekend to discuss future actions.
Tomorrow’s the big day! Rally at 6:30 in the Freshman Quad at Northeastern, start moving to the House of Blues at 7:30!
Bring signs, megaphones, glow sticks, boomboxes, smiles, pamphlets, shouting voices, party hats, noisemakers, whatever you’d like!
Check out our article in the Boston Phoenix! →
deluminatemyheart asked: You guys are doing great. The "stoolies" that call you misogynist words to try and prove their point makes them look even worse. Besides, hearing a guys says "Stoolie for life" and "Viva la Stool" only makes me think stool = poo and I can't help but laugh that little bros.
ladyshipwreck asked: I'm a recent Northeastern grad, and I'm behind you completely. This sort of thing has gone on far too long, and conversations need to be started and sustained in order to spread awareness. Keep up the great work!
The following was written by a nineteen-year-old woman and sophomore at Northeastern University.
If you are not outraged, then you are not paying attention.
Hi, everyone. I am a sophomore at Northeastern University. As many of you may have heard, the Northeastern Barstool Blackout Tour is taking place on Thursday, an event sponsored by the website Barstool Sports, which focuses more on the...
kneesocks asked: "Why do you care so much about what people think? Don't care so much about your image and live life." "Why do you care so much" is a really lame way of trying to belittle someone, to whoever posted that. KObarstool has every right to not want NU associated with rape culture and misogyny-peddling excuses for bloggers. Also, I really applaud what you guys are doing -- just...
January 2012
39 posts
dashuri asked: I would love to get to know whoever is running this blog. You are all absolutely brilliant and reading all of these posts and learning about the KO Barstool movement is completely inspiring. I love how you respond to all the negative messages with positive ones - hateful words only breed hatred. I'm surprised that there aren't more positive responses to this blog; all of my friends, both...
racingthroughmybrain asked: I just wanted to say that I read the article about KO Barstool on Jezebel, and I am extremely proud of what the group is doing. If something like this happened at my school, I would do the same thing. Good luck with everything!
Check out our article in Jezebel!
Like us on Facebook!
The march will be on Thursday 2/2! Meet at the NU Freshman Quad at 6:30. March to House of Blues at 7:30!
Together we can KO Barstool and help stop rape culture and sexual assault on our campus!
To all those men who don’t think the rape jokes are a problem:
“This post in particular is addressed to men, not because women don’t rape and women don’t make/laugh at rape jokes and not because men can’t be raped, but because, by nature of the existing gender disparity, men are in a unique position to be taken seriously when they raise objections to casual language and humor regarding...
tbww33 asked: I would like to know why you say you respect Barstool's right to free speech, yet also say you filed a police report against them. That seems pretty hypocritical if you ask me, to say you respect their rights then call the authorities (over what, I might add.)
thatkidgz asked: You said... "One in four college women will be sexually assaulted. We at KOBarstool will no longer stand idly by and let this happen." --- Barstool Sports is not going to be responsible for one in four women getting sexually assaulted so you've proven no point there... Also, please keep this protest going because I literally laugh at every time Barstool puts up a post about making...
phrigg asked: So, You keep claiming you want to have BSS removed from the campus. I have to ask, did you bother to protest against Russell Brand (a self proclaimed womanizer) when he came to do standup at NU? How about protesting the Drake/Ludacris concert last year (whose song lyrics often promote womanizing/"rape culture")? I don't see any blogs about trying to prevent other supporters of...
bbritt9050 asked: I am a 21 year old female and read the boston and new york blogs every day. I think the comments are hilarious. Saying that el pres and his staff promote rape is absurd. Pres knows his audience. He's just saying what everyone else is thinking. A lot of his blogs actually bring up valid points. As a female, I'm not offended cause I'm confident enough to not feel belittled by a...
“If you’re alone in gym with this guy and he lays on a mat and starts looking at...”
– http://boston.barstoolsports.com/around-barstool/does-this-look-like-the-face-of-a-man-caught-beating-off-to-a-chick-on-the-treadmill-at-the-gym/
“We want hot sluts not dump trucks.”
– http://www.barstoolsports.com/barstoolu/super-page/pr-company-in-hot-water-for-sending-out-email-saying-no-ugly-people-were-allowed-at-club-party/
“Oh and don’t teabagg girls either unless you’re the only one in the room.”
– http://boston.barstoolsports.com/around-barstool/the-infamous-alabama-teabagger-gets-arrested/