Hey, Jian Ghomeshi, I Call B.S.!
A brief history of ridiculous things we've been asked to believe after famous men were accused of rape.
Kate Harding
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Kate Harding is the author of 'Asking for It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture.' 'Never to Be Yourself—And Yet Always' was the title of her Ph.D. thesis in creative nonfiction.
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