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Students Nationwide Carry Mattresses to Protest Campus Rape

By  Andy Thomason
October 29, 2014

Students on college campuses across the country are dragging their mattresses out of their beds as part of a “national day of action” expressing solidarity with survivors of rape.

The demonstrations, united under the slogan “Carry That Weight,” were sparked by a

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Students on college campuses across the country are dragging their mattresses out of their beds as part of a “national day of action” expressing solidarity with survivors of rape.

The demonstrations, united under the slogan “Carry That Weight,” were sparked by a Columbia University senior’s protest, in which she has vowed to drag her mattress with her across the campus until her rapist is expelled. Emma Sulkowicz has been carrying her mattress since August.

Below is a roundup of images from the protests, collected from Twitter:

My Carleton students are participating in #carrythatweight today to show support for survivors http://t.co/eyRuTRav4L pic.twitter.com/WUCqLfiemp

— Laura Anne Haave (@lahaave) October 29, 2014

#carrythatweight pic.twitter.com/heuByvUf9K

— OurHarvard (@OurHarvard) October 29, 2014

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Students at Williams supporting the #carrythatweight campaign pic.twitter.com/vTPY3nvpp8

— LaurenAbman (@laurichka) October 29, 2014

Mattress at the faculty meeting at @OlinCollege. #facultysupport #carrythatweight pic.twitter.com/bGFtxXjU5N

— Alison Black (@seacoastrunner) October 29, 2014

Hamilton College helps #carrythatweight in solidarity with survivors @NOW_NYC pic.twitter.com/nIuGITE1tZ

— Hillary Jean (@Foul_Crone) October 29, 2014

@knowyourIX #carrythatweight at UNC pic.twitter.com/WRkjzKNZ1P

— Alice Wilder (@Alice_Wilder) October 29, 2014

.@SyracuseU students #carrythatweight #solidarity @Columbia pic.twitter.com/bWkh1erPLp

— DK (@DKProjectSU) October 29, 2014

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Carry that Weight @ Michigan #carrythatweight #ItsOnUs pic.twitter.com/IgRrQJ7rGq

— Sarah Cissell (@sarahciss15) October 29, 2014

Andy Thomason
Andy Thomason is an assistant managing editor at The Chronicle and the author of the book Discredited: The UNC Scandal and College Athletics’ Amateur Ideal.
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