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How a Perpetrator Gets Away with Sexual Harassment at CU Boulder 26 Aug 2013 | 05:42 pm
Originally posted at Scientific Femanomoly. Reposted with permission. Someone’s status of being “accomplished in his field” should never be used in an investigation. ***Trigger warning for discussio...
Surviving and Speaking Out: Where Is Our Safe Place? 22 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
Babysitting has always been an easy source of cash for predominantly teenage girls. I’m no exception; I babysit at least once a week to fund my increasingly expensive social life. One natural side eff...
Yale to Students Found Guilty of Rape: “Don’t You Ever Do That Again!” 15 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
In the state of Connecticut, a person convicted of felony sexual assault can face up to five years in jail — up to one year if convicted of misdemeanor sexual assault. Unless, that is, that person hap...
We Need to Make #TwitterNoise, Not #TwitterSilence 15 Aug 2013 | 05:45 am
It’s become pretty obvious just recently that Twitter has a huge problem with misogyny. That might not be news to a lot of women who use the site; we’ve been getting this kind of abuse for our entire ...
USC to Rape Victim: If Your Rapist Didn’t Orgasm, It’s Not Really Rape 6 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
Yes, you read that right: according to one student who reported a sexual assault at the University of Southern California, campus police told her that they had determined that no assault had taken pla...
Book Review – No Kidding: Women Writers on Bypassing Parenthood 6 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
No Kidding: Women Writers on Bypassing Parenthood by Henriette Mantel My rating: 5 of 5 stars. No Kidding: Women Writers on Bypassing Parenthood covers a lot of ground in remarkably humorous and tou...
What I Learned At the Women’s eNews and WAM!NYC Workshop on Best Practices for Writing on Rape and Sexual Assault 5 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
I previously mentioned my excitement about the workshop Women’s eNews and WAM!NYC held on best practices for covering sexual assault. I spoke to my awkwardness in writing about and describing the act...
See You There: WAM NYC and Women’s eNews Present “Reporting on Rape and Sexual Assault” 9 Jul 2013 | 09:00 pm
On Wednesday, I’m going to an event held jointly by Women’s eNews and Women, Action, and the Media’s NYC chapter on best practices for writing about and reporting on rape and sexual assault. (It’s at ...
“Blurred Lines” Crosses The Line Before The Music Even Really Begins 4 Jul 2013 | 09:00 pm
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months, you’ve probably heard Robin Thicke’s new song “Blurred Lines,” a smash-hit that also features rappers T.I. and Pharrell. The song has be...
We Need To Hear Women’s Voices: Sexual Violence in a Revolution 4 Jul 2013 | 03:55 am
This post originally appeared at Feminist Campus. At least 91 women have been sexually assaulted since last week as part of Egypt’s ongoing protests. It is not the first time that women were sexually...
