On August 27th, The Huffington Post published an article criticizing products like Undercover Colors, claiming they "perpetuate rape culture." The same day, Time published an op-ed blog post writer Soraya Chemaly, which argued that the anti-rape nail polish placed responsibility on women for avoiding rape. In two days, the post gathered more than 3,600 votes (92% upvoted) on the /r/AdviceAnimals subreddit. The same day, Redditor atrain444 posted a sarcastic reaction image macro titled "How the guys who invented a date-rape drug detecting nail polish feel after being attacked by feminists for promoting rape culture" (shown below). On August 26th, political reporter Andrea Grimes posted a tweet joking that it would be difficult to make men wear rape prevention nail polish, which gained over 8,100 favorites and 8,000 retweets in the first 48 hours (shown below). On August 26th, the pop culture blog Animal New York published an article titled "Date Rape Drug-Detecting Nail Polish Won't Work," which speculated that the nail polish would have limited accuracy. Volcanoes (Mapping Earth Forms)Melanie Waldron, Rigby Flying Colors: Single Copy Collection BlueRIGBY. On August 22nd, The Daily Mail reported on On August 24th, the women's interest blog Jezebel published an article about the nail polish. On April 15th, the Undercover Colors Facebook page was launched to provide updates and news related to the anti-rape nail polish product. On January 16th, the domain for the company's official website was registered, containing links to the company's social media feeds and a donation page. The company is still in its start-up phase so there doesn’t appear to be any news on whether there will be a line of different coloured polishes or just a topcoat that sits on top of other shades to change their colour, but it’s definitely a fantastic idea that you can find out more about on their Facebook page here – link – and you can donate to help them further their creations here – link.In early 2014, the company Undercover Colors was founded by North Carolina State University undergraduates Tyler Confrey-Maloney, Stephen Gray, Ankesh Madan and Tasso Von Windheim.
They hope to “make perpetrators afraid to spike a woman’s drink for fear of getting caught” which makes sense if it isn’t possible to tell whether someone is wearing the polish or not, so it’s extremely empowering. Rispetto delle idee altrui, rispetto della vita altrui, rispetto delle diversità. Occorrerebbe insegnare ai nostri figli il rispetto per il prossimo in generale. Non so quanto questi metodi possano rivelarsi efficaci ma è già qualcosa.
The four students – Ankesh Madan, Stephen Gray, Tyler Confrey-Maloney and Tasso Von Windheim – have declared themselves to be “the first fashion company working to prevent sexual assault” and on that basis I would guess they have other ideas in the pipeline. La Undercover Colors sta raccogliendo fondi proprio per la prevenzione della violenza sulle donne.
Grew company from 2 original founders to 12 full-time employees. It was a scary, out of control experience who knows what the result would’ve been had I not been lucky enough to get myself out of the situation? According to the Undercover Colors Facebook page, in the US, 18% of women will experience some form of sexual assault in their lifetime, which works out to be almost 1 in 5. Undercover Colors Lead company operations, finances, manufacturing, and human resources. Now, everyone will be safe Everyone wearing Undercover Colors that is The guys, Ankesh Madan, Stephen Gray, Tyler Confrey-Maloney and Tasso Von Windheim wanted to protect loved ones and women who may not have anyone present to watch out for them, according to Undercover Colors’ Facebook page.
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Thankfully I immediately knew something was wrong and got myself to A&E just to be on the safe side, but it was a terrifying experience and I do believe I knew how to react quickly as I was a Drugs Youth Worker at the time, so I’d spent a lot of time researching and discussing the effect and symptoms of drug use, plus I was with my boyfriend and friend so they were able to take me seriously and get me to safety ASAP. Isn’t that fantastic? When I was in my late teens I had a drink spiked with something whilst on a night out. A new type of nail polish has been created by a group of four students at North Carolina State University that detects date-rape chemicals in drinks the person who’s wearing it just stirs the drink with their finger, then if the chemicals are present, the polish will change colour.
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