Women everywhere developing a capacity for violence does not mean we can prevent all violence, or that we can always effectively defend against it. But it does mean that we are better prepared for it when it comes.
Rape/ Sexual Assault
Acknowledging the work of earlier activists also means acknowledging that we have been here many times before, and, despite these efforts, we have yet to effectively extinguish sexual harassment/violence in our culture.
Sexual violence is a global epidemic that is finally receiving the public attention it deserves, courtesy of celebrity predators, social media,…
“Bill Cosby invites her to his house, and she arrives, in a bare midriff…that’s a question.” (Anonymous Juror — elderly white man) No, it is not a fucking question.
This article was originally published in Vox “Why would any rape survivor ever go to court?” A wide-eyed Lili Bernard…
This new awakening did not happen overnight, it did not happen for everyone, and our country still has a long way to go to truly reform our rape culture. But it is fair to say that survivor activists have made electoral politics a hostile environment for sexual predators.
Over the course of their lifetime, girls and women have a lot of unwanted sex. The term “unwanted sex” is…
College administrators have known about the campus rape problem for three decades, and they have been mandated to address it…
Co-authored with Baillee Brown. Cross-posted at Ms. Blog. There’s one question about campus rape that comes up again and again:…
On October 15th, 28 current and retired Harvard Law professors penned an op-ed calling upon the university to abandon its new sexual harassment policy on the grounds…