Rebecca Nagle Explained

Rebecca Nagle is an American activist, writer, and public speaker.[1] [2] She is a citizen of Cherokee Nation.[3] [4] Nagle is one of the founders of FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture,[5] [6] an organization led by artists and activists dedicated to promoting a culture of consent.[7] Nagle has also served as a coordinator of the event "PINK Loves CONSENT."[8] [9] [10]

Career

In 2012, Rebecca Nagle and Hannah Brancato launched a website called "Pink Loves Consent," which coincided with the Victoria's Secret fashion show. The website was designed to resemble the Victoria's Secret website and featured underwear with anti-rape slogans such as "Consent is Sexy," "No Means No," and "Ask First." None of the items on the website were for sale; instead, it provided information about rape education.[11] [12] [13] However, on December 4, 2012, lawyers representing Victoria's Secret forced the website to be taken down, citing customer confusion as the reason for their action.[14]

As a part of Nagle's project to create a national monument for sexual assault survivors, FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture released a giant floating poem in the Reflecting Pool in front of the Washington National Monument.[15] The floating poem read: "I Can't Forget What Happened But No One Else Remembers."[16] Alongside Hannah Brancato, co-founder of Force, Nagle created The Monument Quilt to establish “a public healing space by and for survivors of rape and abuse”. Over 1700 sexual assault survivors have contributed segments to this quilt.[17] [18]

In 2019, Nagle hosted the podcast This Land produced by Crooked Media, which was nominated for Peabody Award in 2021. The podcast focused on the case of Carpenter v. Murphy, a pending Supreme Court case to determine the land rights of various Indigenous groups in Oklahoma.[19]

Nagle has been critical of Massachusetts Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren's claims of Cherokee ancestry, emphasizing that "[t]ribal affiliation and kinship determine Cherokee identity — not race or biology."[20] [21] [22] She has spoken out about the issue in numerous print, television, and online media outlets.[23] [24] [25] [26] [27]

Recognition

In 2012 and 2013, Nagle was named one of Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People.[28] [29] Nagle was also named one of the National Center of American Indian Enterprise Development's 2016 Native American 40 Under 40.[30] Nagle was named the 2016 Sondheim Art Prize recipient, and she was listed on the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts 2015 100 List for innovators and thought leaders.[31] Nagle won the 2020 American Mosaic Journalism Prize for work on the podcast This Land and the Washington Post article “Half the land in Oklahoma could be returned to Native Americans. It should be.”[32] [33] [34]

Personal life

Nagle lives in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Her sister is the attorney and playwright Mary Kathryn Nagle.[35] Nagle identifies as a two–spirit woman and is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation.[36] [37] She is a survivor of child sexual abuse.[38] [39] Nagle is directly descended from 19th century Cherokee leaders Major Ridge and John Ridge,[40] who signed the Treaty of New Echota, which caused the Trail of Tears for the Cherokee people.[41] She uses this ancestry to highlight points in parts of her This Land podcast.

References

  1. Web site: Rebecca Nagle - SheSource Expert - Women's Media Center. www.womensmediacenter.com. en. 2018-09-07.
  2. News: Rebecca Nagle Speakers Bureau - Everyday Feminism. Everyday Feminism. 2018-09-07. en-US.
  3. Web site: EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN MAKING HISTORY: FIVE FAST FACTS ABOUT REBECCA NAGLE, THE INDIGENOUS ACTIVIST UPSETTING RAPE CULTURE. 2018-03-19. The Extraordinary Negros. 2018-07-20.
  4. News: Cherokee Woman Blasts Elizabeth Warren: 'We've Asked Her to Stop' Claiming Our Ancestry. 2018-01-28. Fox News Insider. 2018-09-07. en.
  5. Web site: 'I Can't Forget What Happens, But No One Else Remembers'. Chemaly. Soraya. 2013-02-15. Huffington Post. 2018-07-20.
  6. Web site: Home. FORCE. en-US. 2018-07-20.
  7. Book: Heing, Bridey. Critical Perspectives on Sexual Harassment and Gender Violence. 2017-12-15. Enslow Publishing, LLC. 9780766091603. en.
  8. Web site: The Feminist Facebook Army: How FORCE Spoofed Victoria's Secret With Social Media (And Didn't Get Sued). Mirk. Sarah. 2013-02-13. Bitch Media. 2018-07-20.
  9. Web site: Why Pink Loves Consent Is Important. Cheung. Erica. 2012-12-10. Huffington Post. en-US. 2018-07-20.
  10. News: The Anti-Rape Panties of 'Victoria's Secret'. The Cut. 2018-07-20. en.
  11. News: Sidell. Misty White. Pink Loves Consent: An Anti-Rape Victoria's Secret Spoof That's Gone Viral. 2012-12-11. The Daily Beast. 2020-03-04. en.
  12. Web site: The Anti-Rape Panties of 'Victoria's Secret'. The Cut. 4 December 2012 . en-us. 2020-03-04.
  13. Web site: Why Pink Loves Consent Is Important. 2012-12-10. HuffPost. en. 2020-03-04.
  14. Web site: PHOTOS: Victoria's Secret's Latest Line?. 2012-12-04. HuffPost. en. 2020-03-04.
  15. News: Force Founders Hannah Brancato(left) and Rebecca Nagle (right). Paper. Baltimore City. citypaper.com. 2018-09-07. en-US.
  16. News: We Need a National Monument to Survivors of Sexual Violence. Bitch Media. 2018-07-20. en.
  17. Web site: 'I Can't Forget What Happens, But No One Else Remembers'. Chemaly. Soraya. 2013-02-15. Huffington Post. en-US. 2018-07-20.
  18. Web site: Rebecca Nagle National Indigenous Women's Resource Center. www.niwrc.org. en. 2018-08-01.
  19. Web site: "This Land" Focuses On Tribal Land Rights. 23 May 2019 . 3 June 2019.
  20. Web site: Nagle. Rebecca. 2019-08-23. Elizabeth Warren Has Spent Her Adult Life Repeating A Lie. I Want Her To Tell The Truth.. 2020-07-11. HuffPost. en.
  21. Web site: Nagle. Rebecca. 2017-11-30. Op-Ed: I am a Cherokee woman. Elizabeth Warren is not.. 2020-07-11. en-US.
  22. Web site: Nagle. Rebecca. 2018-11-18. Elizabeth Warren's 'part' Cherokee claim is a joke, and a racist insult to Natives like me. 2020-07-11. USA TODAY. en-US.
  23. Web site: Rebecca Nagle - SheSource Expert - Women's Media Center. 2020-07-11. Women's Media Center. en.
  24. Web site: Cherokee Nation says Warren must apologize before a 2020 run. 28 January 2018 . 29 January 2018.
  25. Web site: Betz. Bradford. 2018-10-16. Citizen of Cherokee Nation slams Warren's political ambition. 2018-10-17. foxnews.com.
  26. Web site: Jilani. Zaid. Chávez. Aída. 2018-02-16. Native American Activist Critical of Elizabeth Warren Says Her Speech Was a "Step in the Right Direction". 2020-07-11. The Intercept. en-US.
  27. Web site: Dugyala. Rishika. 2019-08-27. Native American critics still wary of Warren despite apology tour. 2020-07-11. POLITICO. en.
  28. News: Most Creative People in Business 2013 . Fast Company. 2018-07-20. en-US.
  29. News: Rebecca Nagle, Most Creative People Fast Company. Fast Company. 2018-07-20. en-US.
  30. Web site: 40 Under 40 Awards National Center Awards. awards.ncaied.org. en-US. 2018-07-20. 2017-09-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20170911211800/http://awards.ncaied.org/40-under-40-awards/. dead.
  31. News: Rebecca Nagle. 2018-09-07. en-US.
  32. Web site: Tahlequah freelancer wins journalism prize. 2022-02-09. Tahlequah Daily Press. 6 February 2020 . en.
  33. News: Schilling. Vincent. Cherokee author awarded $100,000 for journalism excellence . 2022-02-09 . Ict News. 6 February 2020 . en.
  34. Web site: World. James D. Watts Jr Tulsa. Cherokee journalist wins $100,000 prize. 2022-02-09. Tulsa World. 5 February 2020 . en.
  35. Web site: Rebecca Nagle—Journalist, Activist, Host . Humanities for the Public Good . 2024-05-19.
  36. News: Extraordinary Women Making History: Five Fast Facts About Rebecca Nagle, The Indigenous Activist Upsetting Rape Culture. The Extraordinary Negroes. 2018-09-07. en-US.
  37. Web site: Op-Ed: I am a Cherokee woman. Elizabeth Warren is not.. Nagle. Rebecca. 2017-11-30. Think Progress. 2018-07-20.
  38. Web site: Rape is a Social Justice Issue. Nagle. Rebecca. 2016-04-05. Baltimore Sun. 2018-07-20. 2018-07-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20180730235756/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-sexual-violence-20160405-story.html. dead.
  39. Web site: Artists Rebecca Nagle and Graci Horne Help Women Confront Sexual Violence at Standing Rock from Art Movements. podbay. 2018-09-07.
  40. Web site: This Land, Episode 4. The Treaty. 2021-07-12. Crooked Media. en.
  41. Web site: Rebecca. Nagle. 4. The Treaty. Crooked Media.

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