First Person Yvonne Conza Mar 21, 2024

We’ve All Been Forced to Be a “Fearless Girl”

Yvonne Conza Mar 21, 2024

The writer wondered why the statue elicited a strong reaction in her until she realized that everything about it—from the story behind its creation to image itself—evokes what it's like to be female in America.

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Pressing Issues Kylie Cheung Apr 1, 2021

Who Should Cover Stories About Sexual Violence?

Kylie Cheung Apr 1, 2021

The Washington Post's Felicia Sonmez was sidelined from reporting stories on sexual assault because she disclosed she was a survivor. But doesn't journalism benefit from those who understand the real-life stakes of the issues they cover?

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Rape Culture Robyn Pennacchia Sep 23, 2019

How “Purity” and “Pick-Up” Culture Exacerbated Toxic Masculinity

Robyn Pennacchia Sep 23, 2019

Men aren't born hating women. But in a culture that promotes chastity as strongly as it celebrates male conquest, is it really a surprise that misogyny has reached new depths?

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All the Rage Jude Doyle Mar 28, 2019

Are We Raising a Generation of Rapists?

Jude Doyle Mar 28, 2019

In her documentary, 'Roll Red Roll,' about the 2012 Steubenville high-school gang rape, filmmaker Nancy Schwartzman reveals that we still don’t know how to talk to kids about consent. So why do we expect the next generation to save us?

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First Person Christine Grimaldi Oct 11, 2018

If Only ‘SVU’s’ Olivia Benson Could “Lock Them Up”

Christine Grimaldi Oct 11, 2018

Bingeing on the ‘Law & Order’ franchise can be a comfort if you let yourself fantasize about how the lieutenant would put the cuffs on a rogue administration.

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All the Rage Andy Kopsa Oct 2, 2018

This Is Why Women Don’t Report

Andy Kopsa Oct 2, 2018

As we saw at the Kavanaugh hearings, female survivors of assault and harassment are the ones on trial, not the perps. And men still wonder why so many women don't report.

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The Well Actually Andrea Grimes Feb 7, 2018

Is the ‘New York Times’ Trolling Women Now?

Andrea Grimes Feb 7, 2018

The Gray Lady’s feeble attempt at sexual-assault “comedy” in a recent parody video is the latest media misfire that has us wondering what is going on at the “paper of record.”

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Feminism Fiona Landers Oct 24, 2017

We Have Always Silenced Women

Fiona Landers Oct 24, 2017

Whether it’s foretelling political doom or coming forward with sexual-assault allegations, women's voices fall on deaf ears. Will we ever learn not listening to women has dire consequences?

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Bill Cosby Heather Wood Rudúlph Oct 5, 2017

How Rape Culture Made Harvey Weinstein …

Heather Wood Rudúlph Oct 5, 2017

… And Bill Cosby, Roman Polanski, Woody Allen, and all the other predators employed by Hollywood.

Donald Trump Stacey Patton Oct 17, 2016

Why Can’t Michelle Obama Publicly Cry For Women of Color?

Stacey Patton Oct 17, 2016

Last week, FLOTUS gave her most impassioned speech yet in response to Trump’s abuse of White women. After all the racism she's witnessed and endured, why was this her breaking point?