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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMattress Carrying Columbia (University) Senior to Attend State of the Union
Last edited Sun Jan 18, 2015, 10:13 PM - Edit history (1)
Columbia University senior Emma Sulkowicz - who gained attention last year for carrying around the mattress on which her alleged 2012 sexual assault took place - is headed to the State of the Union address.
Sulkowicz was invited to attend the State of the Union by New York's Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who is making a big push for the currently pending Campus Accountability and Safety Act. Presumably Gillibrand is trying to prove the incredibly salient point (to all the very nice old white men in our government) that campus sexual assault needs to be handled a lot more seriously than it is now.
Sulkowicz, a visual arts major, has been carrying the mattress around for her senior thesis, and sees the act as way to raise awareness around campus sexual assault; her alleged attacker was cleared by the University of any wrongdoing.
Sulkowicz was invited to attend the State of the Union by New York's Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who is making a big push for the currently pending Campus Accountability and Safety Act. Presumably Gillibrand is trying to prove the incredibly salient point (to all the very nice old white men in our government) that campus sexual assault needs to be handled a lot more seriously than it is now.
Sulkowicz, a visual arts major, has been carrying the mattress around for her senior thesis, and sees the act as way to raise awareness around campus sexual assault; her alleged attacker was cleared by the University of any wrongdoing.
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Mattress Carrying Columbia (University) Senior to Attend State of the Union (Original Post)
tammywammy
Jan 2015
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jberryhill
(62,444 posts)1. "Columbia senior"
The headline conjured up an image of a little old lady from South Carolina.
tammywammy
(26,582 posts)2. I added university to the title.
I was hoping more people would comment. Her carrying the mattress was/is a pretty big statement about sexual assault on college campuses.
mountain grammy
(26,620 posts)3. I'm glad to see this. I admire this young woman.
sheshe2
(83,751 posts)4. Kick.
tammywammy
(26,582 posts)5. kick
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)6. I love this project.
(And I'm sorry to nitpick -- there should be a hyphen between "mattress" and "carrying"; otherwise, the mattress is the one attending the SOTU.)