Feminist Alliance Against Rape Explained

The Feminist Alliance Against Rape (FAAR) was formed as a sub-group of the DC Rape Crisis Center in 1974 as a way to network among feminists in the anti-rape movement. FAAR published a monthly newsletter that invited others to join the discussion on violence against women and provided resources and practical information for grassroots organizers.^{[1] [2]}

From the introductory article of the newsletter: Writers for the FAAR newsletter included Larry Cannon and William Fuller, who wrote about prison rape, Deb Friedman, Freada Klein, Linda Kupis, Mary Ann Largen, Sue Lenaerts, and Jackie MacMillan.

FAAR functionally disbanded in 1978 and later became the D.C. Area Feminist Alliance. ^[3]

External links

• Deb Friedman collection of feminist anti-violence records at the Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College

Notes and References

1. Web site: Collection: Deb Friedman collection of feminist anti-violence records Smith College Finding Aids. 2020-05-27.
2. Reframing the Narrative of the Battered Women's Movement – Gretchen Arnold, Jami Ake, 2013. 2013. 10.1177/1077801213490508. 23759664. Arnold. G.. Ake. J.. Violence Against Women. 19. 5. 557–78. 206667997.
3. Book: Thuma, Emily L.. University of Illinois Press. 978-0-252-05117-3. All Our Trials: Prisons, Policing, and the Feminist Fight to End Violence. 2019-03-02.