violence
The Necessary Escapism of “Law & Order: SVU”
In Dick Wolf’s formulaic world, victims are always believed, cops are dedicated to catching bad guys, and justice is always served, no matter how long it takes.
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Backtalk: This is What White-Supremacist Terrorism Looks Like
This week, Dahlia and Amy are heartbroken over the spate of mass murders at the hands of white men with assault weapons. They talk about the importance of naming the acts of violence as white supremacist terrorism and how marginalized people across all communuties are left vulnerable. Plus, we take... Read more »
We Have a Gun Problem—and It’s on Politicians, Not the Mentally Ill
As gun violence continues to skyrocket, the GOP is looking everywhere but inward on their quest to find someone to blame.
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Value Judgments: A Focus on “Good” Perpetrators is Bad for Victims
We need a reckoning in the courts—and beyond.
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The “Claws” Effect: “Good Girls” Is More Than a Guilty Pleasure
These women are more concerned about paying their mortgages, caring for their children, and fighting complicated custody battles than facing consequences.
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Vivien Green Fryd Charts the Feminist Artists Who’ve Painted #MeToo for Decades
Against Our Will challenges us to witness without looking away, exploring sexual violence as a discrete subject of American art with unflinching analysis.
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Building Trust: #MeToo and Media’s Responsibility to Survivors
Publications need to build trust with survivors so that their stories can be told.
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Believe Me: Genderqueer and Nonbinary Survivors on Visibility and Identity
Those living at the intersection of nonbinary and survivor are forced to reconcile with others reshaping their bodies and needs.
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Punishment Is Not Justice: Defying Definitions After Sexual Violence
We need to move beyond binary survivor-perpetrator framing.
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Gray Matters: How Rape in Pop Culture Became a Matter of Opinion
Time and again, we refuse to believe that people who commit sexual violence specifically get off on the lack of consent, casting them instead as “good boys” confounded by the complex rules of dating in our modern world.
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