Feminists United Club Member Grace Mann Murdered After Months of Threats of Sexual Assault and Violence
After University of Mary Washington Feminists United Club president Paige McKinsey spoke up at a student senate meeting about the culture of sexual hostility among the university’s fraternities and the university’s unwillingness to do anything about it, the anonymous social media app Yik Yak exploded with insults and threats of physical and sexual violence toward McKinsey and other campus feminists.
After the rugby team was recorded singing a song about raping dead whores, prompting FUC members to report the incident to the school administration, the threats got even worse.
Then, on April 17th, Grace Mann was murdered by her roommate, a former rugby player.
You can literally be murdered for being a feminist.
Omg my god, this is horrifying.
Jesus christ
I cannot stress how amazing and brilliant Grace was. I, and MANY others, were deeply impacted by her as an advocate for victims of sexual violence and LGBT+ people. I know people say this a lot about others, but Grace was genuinely someone who was making the world a better place. I cannot put into words how badly she is missed or how horrific her passing was. Please do not write off online threats and harassment. Please do not underestimate the violence of misogyny. It took a beautiful person from this world. (I would like to note that, as of now, no motivation has been made public but let’s not kid ourselves.)