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"No Sir, I Did Not Ask To Be Rape" -- The Spread of Rape Culture

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Let me share with you a very clever analogy about sexual assault that I wish I was the one who came up with it. Unfortunately, I found it on twitter. Here goes:

នគរបាលបានប្រាប់ពួកខ្ញុំថាការបណ្តើរឆ្កែជាក្រុមខុសច្បាប់នៅប្រទេសកម្ពុជា

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We were excited to go, not knowing what awaited us រសៀលថ្ងៃទី ៥​ ខែ មេសា នេះ មិត្តភក្តិខ្ញុំប៉ុន្មាននាក់បានរៀបចំកម្មវិធី "Say No To Dog Meat" ដែលជាកម្មវិធីដើម្បីបញ្ឈប់ការញ៉ាំសាច់សត្វឆ្កែ និងឆ្មា។

Dog Walking Is Now Illegal In Cambodia

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On Sunday, April 05, 2015, some of my friends decided to organize a "Say No To Dog Meat" event, which has been conducted in so many countries before. I was extremely excited to join. As a matter of fact, I have been waiting for months just to go to this event.

Bras: Supporting Breasts Or Restraining Women

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I am not one of the extremists who advocates for women to stop shaving and burning bras. However, lately, I've been exploring a lot of new ideas, and I start wondering why is it that women have to wear bras all the time. Frankly, and I'm sure most women would agree with me, bras are very uncomfortable. The best part of coming back home is taking off my bra. But since it's so uncomfortable, why do we keep on doing it to ourselves?

50 Shades of BSDM

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The movie "50 shades of Grey" hit theater yesterday. Due to the nature of the film, it's banned in my country, so obviously, I haven't seen the movie yet. However, I have read the books, or at least, I tried to read the books. I could only go about halfway through the first book. That's how much I despised it. I am curious about the movie, though. If the books were so awful, the movie surely can't get any worse, right?

Valentine's Day: Love, Romance, Rape or Culture-Violation

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Image via hercampus.com Love is in the air. It's that time again -- it's Valentine's Day, also known as Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine. I never intended on writing this post at all until the controversies revolving around this celebration that arose several days ago. I'm all up for love, so I love Valentine's Day. It's a rosy day filled with all sorts of cheesy romantic stuff. However, Cambodia has somehow condemned this celebration.

New Year's Eve in America: Tale of a Lost Passport

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If you're on my Facebook friend list, your newsfeed might've been flooded with rants about me being stuck here in the U.S. If you've been feeling bad about how 2014 has turned out for you, I can assure you that reading this will make you feel better. It also happens to be the reason why I'm still here in the U.S. celebrating Christmas, and now, New Year's Eve all alone. As much as I'd love to believe that what I'm about to tell you is made-up, it's truly one of the most embarrassing and messed up things in my life.