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Punks Against the Patriarchy: Hardcore Fans Organize to Stop Misogyny in the Music Scene
New groups are popping up to help make more inclusive punk spaces.
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Revenge Against Rapists: Friends Seek Vigilante Vengeance in MTV Show "Sweet/Vicious"
College students take matters into their own brass-knuckled hands after the college ignores sexual assaults.
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When the Past is Present: Documentary "After Fire" is a Nuanced Portrait of Women Veterans
After Fire is a sensitive and nuanced portrait of women’s pain: It does not define its subjects by their pain, but neither does it deny their pain or require them to qualify, perform, or justify that pain.
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New YA Novel "Wrecked" Grapples With Sexual Assault on Campus
The thoughtful novel by Maria Padian explores a dark reality many students face.
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In Response to Brock Turner Case, California Passes New Mandatory Minimum Law
Letting rapists off easy isn’t good—but mandatory minimum sentences aren’t the answer, either.
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One Angry Man: Amy Schumer's Kurt Metzger Problem
Schumer can hang out with Metzger on her own time, but if we want to watch her show without abetting rape culture, Schumer needs to provide us with a show that doesn’t have Kurt Metzger in it.
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Supreme Court Upholds Tribal Rights in Key Sexual Assault Case
Dollar General was fighting against the rights of a Native American tribal court to prosecute a sexual assault. They lost.
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The Problems With Bemoaning a Rapist's "Once-Promising Future"
Bringing you up to speed on the Stanford rape letter you’ve been reading about.
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In "The Telling," Zoe Zolbrod Writes a Searing Memoir of Survival
In ferocious diction, Zolbrod chronicles the impact of sexual abuse and years of keeping the abuse a secret.
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As a Sexual Assault Survivor, It's Powerful to See Kimmy Schmidt Grapple With PTSD
The comedy “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” takes on a dark topic in its second season: the lingering impact of trauma.
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