The Clothesline Project

I went to the Clothesline project in the Tech Pride room on campus. I was one of many who were “bearing witness to violence against women.” There were white, yellow, beige, red, pink, orange, blue, green, purple, and lavender colored tee shirts each representing something different. The white represented women who have died because of violence; yellow or beige represented battered or assaulted women; red, pink, or orange were for survivors of rape and sexual assault; blue and green represented survivors of incest and sexual abuse; and purple and lavender represented women attacked because of their sexual orientation. The woman who participated decorated their colored shirt with whatever they felt described their situation or themselves. It was extremely saddening to me to see all of the different women who have been hurt in our community. I feel very proud of those who participated, though, because I can only imagine how extremely difficult it must’ve been.