The Mattress Girl Saga

After being spurned by a lover, Emma Sulkowicz and the feminist establishment set about destroying the young man's life with false allegations. Taking advantage of the media storm, Sulkowicz incorporated her lies into an art project that saw her saddled with the monicker "Mattress Girl". 

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• Petition for transparency https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe3Tvo0yTp6u470783srrdDFSJP7RwXjV5FVV_9eqDCKsvegw/viewform
• BoJ Statistics https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=5176
• Breakdown of the case with anonymous names https://archive.is/S7dfC
• Protests https://archive.is/77CUw
• Gilibrand seeking fund to fight sexual assault cases http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/04/07/sen-kirsten-gillibrand-seeks-funds-to-fight-college-campus-sex-assaults/
• Reported on in the NY Times https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/04/us/fight-against-sex-crimes-holds-colleges-to-account.html?_r=0
• Graffiti of "rapists" on campus http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/05/columbia-graffiti-names-rapists-on-campus.html
• Sulkowitz finally reports to police http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/05/columbia-spectator-prints-name-from-rape-list.html
• Begins mattress performance http://columbiaspectator.com/multimedia/2014/09/02/emma-sulkowicz-cc-15-mix-performance-art-protest/
• Senior thesis of "Carry that Weight" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9hHZbuYVnU
• Huffpo now call it a rape http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/03/emma-sulkowicz-mattress-rape-columbia-university_n_5755612.html
• MSNBC picks up the story - Yes means Yes bill http://www.msnbc.com/melissa-harris-perry/watch/how-art-can-be-used-to-address-rape-culture-326001731699
• Reaches the New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/22/arts/design/in-a-mattress-a-fulcrum-of-art-and-political-protest.html
• Sulkowitz creates a full-fledged "protest movement", why the mattress https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/columbia-students-performance-art-catalyzes-a-full-fledged-protest-movement-102061
• More matress protestshttp://rebloggy.com/post/rape-sexual-assault-carry-that-weight-emma-sulkowicz-campus-sexual-assault/101347787194
• Open letter from Sulkowitz's parents http://columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2014/10/02/open-letter-president-bollinger-and-board-trustees/
• Carry that weight website and donationshttps://archive.is/uGIas
• "Most important atworks of 2014" https://news.artnet.com/opinion/columbia-students-striking-mattress-performance-92346
• Best of art shows 2014 http://www.vulture.com/2014/12/19-best-art-shows-of-2014.html
• Brooklyn Museum centre of feminist art https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/video/videos/carry-that-weight
• Sulkowitz speaks at the State of the Union address http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/gillibrand-defends-activist-critics-calling-fake-article-1.2086128
• Referenced by UN ambassador http://www.huffingtonpost.com/samantha-power/my-barnard-college-commen_b_7304670.html
• Will the mattress end up in a museum? http://www.vulture.com/2015/05/does-sulkowiczs-mattress-belong-in-a-museum.html
• Nungesser's Lawyer speaks of her "celebrity" http://observer.com/2014/10/pro-due-process-does-not-equate-to-pro-rape/
• Paul Nungesser interview, cleared of all charges in 2012 https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/22/nyregion/accusers-and-the-accused-crossing-paths-at-columbia.html
• Paul Nungesser's side of the story http://www.thedailybeast.com/columbia-student-i-didnt-rape-her
• Sulkowitz respondshttps://mic.com/articles/109446/the-treatment-of-emma-sulkowicz-proves-we-still-have-no-idea-how-to-talk-about-rape#.xexiWPAte
• Nungesser sues Columbia https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/nyregion/accused-of-rape-a-student-sues-columbia-over-bias.html
• Nungesser sues Columbia http://www.newsweek.com/anti-mattress-protest-paul-nungessers-lawsuit-against-columbia-university-326319
• Complaint https://www.scribd.com/doc/262956362/Nungesser-Filed-Complaint
• Sulkowitz claims the "fuck me in the butt" message is out of context https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/5gjpw3/how-campus-rape-became-a-national-scandal-513
• Not allowed to bring the Mattress  to graduation http://columbiaspectator.com/news/2015/05/18/sulkowicz-may-not-be-allowed-bring-mattress-cc-class-day/
• Mattress graduation event https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/20/nyregion/mattress-protest-at-columbia-university-continues-into-graduation-event.html
• Sulkowitz takes Mattress to graduation http://www.thedailybeast.com/columbia-rape-accuser-takes-mattress-to-graduation
• President of Columbia refuses to acknowledge Sulkowitz https://www.thecut.com/2015/05/columbia-president-ignores-emma-sulkowicz.html
• Sulkowitz' friends accuse, story less credible http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/friend-of-mattress-girl-also-accused-nungesser-story-even-less-plausible/article/2564787
• "Adam" makes a similar accusation http://reason.com/archives/2015/05/20/columbia-rape-saga-lingers-after-mattres
• FakeRape twitter account https://archive.is/uGvy0
• Pretty Little Liars poster campaign http://time.com/3892020/dunham-sulkowicz-campus-rape-columbia-posters/
• "I am not a pretty little liar"http://jezebel.com/i-am-not-a-pretty-little-liar-1705996719
• New art display https://news.artnet.com/art-world/emma-sulkowiczs-rape-referencing-video-305180
• Uploaded to Pornhub https://www.pornhub.com/view_video.php?viewkey=1567744572
• This is not a rape http://www.thefrisky.com/2015-06-05/emma-sulkowiczs-ceci-nest-pas-un-viol-an-explainer/
• Cyberattackshttps://www.bustle.com/articles/88974-emma-sulkowiczs-ceci-nest-pas-un-viol-site-was-temporarily-disabled-by-cyberattacks-but-her-opponents
• Emmatron performance piece http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-emma-sulkowicz-los-angeles-coagula-emmatron-20160228-story.html
• Sulkowitz receives National Organisation for Women's "Woman of Courage" award https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=7759
• ID https://news.artnet.com/art-world/emma-sulkowicz-id-performance-art-party-714530
• Emma and Violet http://www.emmasulkowicz.com/emma-and-violet/
• Play-acting as a therapist http://www.thedailybeast.com/emma-sulkowicz-from-mattress-to-therapists-couch
• Healing Touch Wellness Center http://philadelphiacontemporary.org/the-healing-touch-integral-wellness-center-post/
• Channelling rage https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/d3gqaw/mattress-girl-emma-sulkowicz-is-backand-channeling-her-rage-through-bdsm
• Bondage performance "The Ship is Sinking" - masochism is matriarchy https://news.artnet.com/art-world/emma-sulkowicz-ship-is-sinking-976988
• Columbia settles with Nungesser http://www.newsweek.com/paul-nungesser-columbia-lawsuit-settlement-emma-sulkowicz-633708
• Columbia settles http://time.com/4858979/columbia-university-paul-nungesser-mattress-girl-emma-sulkowicz/