Seeking justice for sexual assault, especially campus assaults, is an uphill battle fraught with obstacles for survivors. Their judgment, behavior, clothing choices and alcohol consumption are often paraded as reasons to cast doubt on their allegations, while society quietly tolerates… Read More ›
A new national study has put some hard numbers behind what many women, people of color and those identifying as LGBT have long experienced and feared: street harassment. Commissioned by Stop Street Harassment and authored by Holly Kearl, the report underscores how… Read More ›
The killings last week in La Isla, California, in which four men and two women were killed by the scion of a wealthy Hollywood family, cannot be ignored or explained away. With an eye to posterity and potential infamy, the… Read More ›
Carl’s Jr. clearly doesn’t trust its burgers to sell themselves. For several years now, the fast-food chain has distracted its customers from the gray, questionably-sourced meat on its menu with a different sort of flesh, that of scantily clad models… Read More ›
A new video, obtained by French news agency AFP, shows the leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, alongside half of the Nigerian girls kidnapped last month. In it, Shekau claims that he will not release the girls until all imprisoned militants are freed. Sitting… Read More ›
Last week, a list of 55 universities under Title IX investigation for their handling of sexual assault on campus was released. This list is staggering, to say the least, and as I read to the bottom of it, I realized I could… Read More ›
Last month, more than 250 Nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped by extremist militants and are reportedly being married off to their kidnappers in mass weddings. While they have not publicly claimed responsibility, it is strongly suspected that members of the militant Islamic movement known as… Read More ›
To kick off Sexual Assault Awareness Month at the beginning of April, sherights partnered with the Good Men Project and the North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault for a Tweet chat to launch our #feministmen series. Johnson-Hostler has been the executive director of… Read More ›
Note: Article originally appeared on Brown Girl Magazine. Republished with permission. I’m so mad about this case that my brain is on fire. RadiumOne CEO’s Gurbaksh Chahal is dodging jail time for allegedly beating and kicking his girlfriend 117 times during… Read More ›
The sort of language used to assert men’s dominance over women has a pretty recognizable pattern across the cultural landscape. Men, we are told, are in charge of things because they have something women (supposedly) lack: physical strength, honor, higher… Read More ›
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