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Prison Rape Is Not a Punch Line

by Mirah Curzer
April 30, 2019 at 11:00am
How often have you heard someone chuckle about “dropping the soap”?  Read more »
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Male Rape is No Joke—But Pop Culture Often Treats It That Way

by Mika Doyle
April 30, 2019 at 10:00am
From Wedding Crashers to 40 Days and 40 Nights, films often treat sexual assault of men as a punchline.  Read more »
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Commander in Disbelief: A Timeline of Sexual Assault Allegations against Trump

by Marina Watanabe
April 26, 2019 at 12:00pm
While sexual-assault survivors take hits to their reputations, financial security, and personal safety, what do Trump and other men accused of sexual misconduct lose? Read more »
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Vivien Green Fryd Charts the Feminist Artists Who’ve Painted #MeToo for Decades

by Dahlia Balcazar
April 23, 2019 at 10:59am
Against Our Will challenges us to witness without looking away, exploring sexual violence as a discrete subject of American art with unflinching analysis. Read more »

#ItHappenedToUs: How Chosen Families support Queer Survivors of Sexual Assault

by Maneo Mohale
April 22, 2019 at 10:48am
When I was sexually assaulted, it didn’t just happen to me, it happened to us.  Read more »

Backtalk: That’s Not Consent. That’s Capitalism.

by Amy Lam
April 18, 2019 at 10:13am
This week, Dahlia and Amy get into the newest marketing ploy around consent: condoms that require four hands to open. These kinds of throwaway, viral products commodify ideas around sexual violence without actually working to solve a problem (while hoisting the blame for sexual assault away from... Read more »
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Turn Down for What: Why Media Amplifies Rape Apology

by s.e. smith
April 18, 2019 at 10:00am
Instead of putting women in control at the heart of their own narratives, society talks around them, keeping them voiceless and powerless. Read more »
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Building Trust: #MeToo and Media’s Responsibility to Survivors

by Roslyn Talusan
April 18, 2019 at 9:00am
Publications need to build trust with survivors so that their stories can be told. Read more »
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Punishment Is Not Justice: Defying Definitions After Sexual Violence

by Wendy C. Ortiz
April 10, 2019 at 8:09am
We need to move beyond binary survivor-perpetrator framing. Read more »

I Kissed Consent Goodbye: Purity Culture and Sexual Violence on Evangelical Christian Campuses

by Melissa Mayer
April 5, 2019 at 11:25am
Purity is tarnished by sexual contact, regardless of circumstances, and the only recourse is to pray for a “second virginity.” Read more »

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