12 Apr Building a Cyber-Sexual Safety Literacy
Unpack the complexities of incomplete state responses to cyber-sexual violence and offer alternative ways to think critically about our current digital landscape.
From 3:00 PM until 4:00 PM ET
At Online
Free
Presented by the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault / Sam Skaller sam@svfreenyc.org
Around 2010, the term “revenge porn” began to be popularized in describing the common action of non-consensually posting intimate photos and/or videos of someone with the intent to embarrass them publicly. For more than a decade, “revenge porn” remained one of the most popularly used terms to describe any sexual violence that occurs online. In fact, the recent passage of various state laws criminalizing this form of digital violence often explicitly uses this term. But why is the term “revenge porn” so limiting for survivors and victims? Who is really criminalized with these new “revenge porn” laws?
Through a non-carceral approach, guest speaker Tracia Rovaris-Banuelos will unpack the complexities of incomplete state responses to cyber-sexual violence and offer alternative ways to think critically about our current digital landscape. Together, we will debunk common problematic conflations between cyber-sexual violence and consensual cyber sex. Participants will leave this workshop not only with a better understanding of the digital sexual violence, but also non-carceral ways in which to look toward the future of cyber-sexual abuse prevention and response.
Tracia Banuelos-Rovaris (she/they) is an Afro-Latine educator and emerging social researcher. She currently works as a facilitator and lecturer for higher education anti-sexual violence education and programming. Tracia has skills in developing toolkits, resources, and webinars to support the on-the-ground sexual violence prevention work. She is currently pursuing her Master of Science in Applied Social Research at Hunter College, with a keen interest in intersectional and radical approaches to social change. Tracia has sat on the Board of Abortion Conversation Projects since 2018 where she provides technical assistance and support to ACP’s grant partners. Before moving to New York, Tracia was named a 2018 Kansas Civic Health Hero and won the Next Generation Award from Kansas Voices for Choice for her work in reproductive justice and comprehensive sexual education.