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• James Madison University Allows Students Found Guilty of Sexual Assault to Graduate

  By Maureen on June 19, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›

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• WaPo and #yesallwomen Denialism

  By lindsaymf on June 14, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  In case you missed it, The Washington Post had a really bad week according to our “making the world a safer place for women” meter. On the coattails of publishing a column by George Will, instructing universities to stop coddling… Read More ›

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• Links We Love

  By amblitstein on June 13, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Russian President Vladimir Putin justified why he avoided a debate with Hillary Clinton by commenting, “It’s better not to argue with women.” See TIME and the Huffington Post. Hello Giggles asked children what feminism means to them and determined that the… Read More ›

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• Abortion Stigma Meets Its Match in ‘Obvious Child’

  By lindsaymf on June 7, 2014 • ( 7 )

  

  Women are given a lot of feedback about how they’re supposed to feel about their abortion. Sad. Remorseful. Traumatized. Unsafe. Penitent. Ashamed. Alone. The narrative is a minefield of misconceptions about what an abortion even entails. And forget trying to… Read More ›

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• Links We Love

  By amblitstein on June 6, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  An op-ed columnist for the New York Times explains how fighting sexism and misogyny is not just women’s work. The new hashtag #AllMenCan shows us what real male feminists look like. See the Huffington Post. PolicyMic demonstrates how Maya Angelou’s past… Read More ›

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• National Study Highlights the Prevalence of Street Harassment

  By Maureen on June 4, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›

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• Spotlight On: Molly Hayward

  By Maureen on June 4, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  Molly Hayward has spent the last eight years traveling around the world studying and working for women’s rights and socio-economic empowerment. She is the founder of Cora, a company that provides U.S. women with customizable, monthly deliveries of organic feminine hygiene… Read More ›

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• Calling Out Misogyny For What It Is

  By J.A. McCarroll on June 3, 2014 • ( 5 )

  

  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 ›

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• Porn, Sexual Over-Stimulation and American Consumer Culture

  By Guest on June 2, 2014 • ( 10 )

  

  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 ›

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• Links We Love

  By amblitstein on June 1, 2014 • ( 3 )

  

  The killing of six people in a gun and knife attack in California provoked a Twitter feminist response of #YesAllWomen. See BBC and Think Progress. PolicyMic highlights 27 inspiring #YesAllWomen tweets fighting back against the UCSB shooting. The Huffington Post underscores the importance… Read More ›

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