| Nothing but Red | | Author:
| Cameron, Skyla Dawn Aguirre, Ann Armstrong, Mechele Bagshaw, Judy Baker, David Barringer, Anne Bea, Kimberly Blank, Hanne Bledsoe, C. L. Blount, Melinda Boland, Jill Budd, Kerry Corvidae, Elaine Craig, Kevin Dougherty, Maggie Dragoon, Leigh Egan, Catherine Elliott, Sasha Evans, Dana Frank, Elizabeth Gayle, Stephanie Gnup, Valentina Green, Gila Hamilton, Liza Hardy, Reina Hastings, Janna Hill, Stacey Houser, Jody Hulley, Tom Hunt, Barbara Iyengar, Abha Jacobson, Dale Kendall, Lee Klumb, Julie Lackey, Laure Lancaster, Guy Landry, Nora Lindley, Rae Lore, Virginia Lurie, Bobbi Macaire, Jennifer Masud-Elias, Mehrin McCord, Ellen McRae, Virginia jules, M. Monteleone, Nick Neigh, Scott O'Halloran, Gill Proietta, M. K. Ray, W. J. Remy, Alex Remy, J. E. Roach, Clare Rupcic, Sonia Saintcrow, Lilith Santos, Jasmine Scheer, Wayne Schleipfer, Lisa Schnelbach, Leah Sheeley, Ellen Tait, Lynn Todd, Angela Tudor, Jessica Walker, Ruth Whedon, Joss Whidden, Lise Wong, Peter Zawinski, Andrena | ISBN: | 978-1-4357-3366-4 | Publication Date: | Apr 2008 | Publisher: | Lulu Press, Inc.
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In April 2007, a group of men pulled seventeen-year-old Du'a Khalil Aswad into a mob. They proceeded to stone and beat her to death, a supposed "honor" killing for allegedly falling in love with a man of a different faith. Several camera phones recorded the entire incident from the front row, and videos later surfaced online. One month later, popular filmmaker Joss Whedon expressed his despair and outrage at the misogyny in all cultures on a fan-run blog. "Because it's no longer enough... More DescriptionIn April 2007, a group of men pulled seventeen-year-old Du'a Khalil Aswad into a mob. They proceeded to stone and beat her to death, a supposed "honor" killing for allegedly falling in love with a man of a different faith. Several camera phones recorded the entire incident from the front row, and videos later surfaced online. One month later, popular filmmaker Joss Whedon expressed his despair and outrage at the misogyny in all cultures on a fan-run blog. "Because it's no longer enough to be a decent person," he wrote. "It's no longer enough to shake our heads and make concerned grimaces at the news. True enlightened activism is the only thing that can save humanity from itself. I've always had a bent towards apocalyptic fiction, and I'm beginning to understand why. I look and I see the earth in flames. Her face was nothing but red." The arts anthology Nothing But Red was conceived as a way to raise both awareness of the issues he spoke of, as well as money for the charity Equality Now. | |