Undercover Colors

Undercover Colors

Updated Nov 25, 2014 at 01:33PM EST by Brad.

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Undercover Colors is a brand of nail polish that changes its color upon coming into contact with any liquid containing incapacitating agents, such as rohypnol, xanax and GHB, or more commonly known as "date rape drugs." Invented by a group of male students at North Carolina State University in early 2014, the nail polish has received mixed reception in the blogosphere, with some praising the company's efforts at preventing sexual assault on campus, while others criticized the product as an ineffective solution to combating rape culture that places the burden of safety on women.

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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. On January 16th, the domain for the company's official website UndercoverColors.com[4] was registered, containing links to the company's social media feeds and a donation page.


UNDERCOVER COLORS Choice Matters. The First Fashion Company Empowering Women to Prevent Sexual Assault Support Us

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On April 15th, the Undercover Colors Facebook[1] page was launched to provide updates and news related to the anti-rape nail polish product. On August 22nd, The Daily Mail reported on On August 24th, the women's interest blog Jezebel[2] published an article about the nail polish. On August 26th, the pop culture blog Animal New York[6] published an article titled "Date Rape Drug-Detecting Nail Polish Won't Work," which speculated that the nail polish would have limited accuracy. On August 26th, political reporter Andrea Grimes[7] 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).


Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes Follow R--- prevention nail polish sounds like a great idea but I'm not sure how you're going to get men to wear it わReply Retweet ★ Favorite More RETWEETS FAVORITES 8,047 8.155-' G, 、 12:12 PM -26 Aug 2014

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). In two days, the post gathered more than 3,600 votes (92% upvoted) on the /r/AdviceAnimals[8] subreddit.


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On August 27th, The Huffington Post[3] published an article criticizing products like Undercover Colors, claiming they "perpetuate rape culture." The same day, Time[5] published an op-ed blog post writer Soraya Chemaly, which argued that the anti-rape nail polish placed responsibility on women for avoiding rape.

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SacremPyrobolum
SacremPyrobolum

We should therefor do everything in our power to remove all safeguards to help prevent rape because it should not happen in the first place.

Also, we should uninstall our antivirus software and burglar and fire alarms because viruses, fires and burglaries should not happen either.

In fact, lets just dissolve the justice system. People shouldn't break the laws in the first place.

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Le Epic Maymay
Le Epic Maymay

Why is it that feminists say that they are at a disadvantage as females, but when something that can help comes out, they claim it promotes (insert privilege, culture, etc.)?

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