Category: Culture
Female Teachers Are Sounding the Alarm: What Are Boys Being Taught About Women, and Who Is Protecting the Girls in Their Classrooms?
What happens when a generation of girls is expected to learn alongside [...]
10 Lessons for Survivors from Melba Wilson’s Crossing the Boundary: Black Women Survive Incest
Melba Wilson wrote about something that Black women had certainly been [...]
Marcia Johnson, Part 2: Follow the Chain. Why Was Her Safety Riding on $5,000?
At first glance, the story of Marcia Johnson can produce a very simple [...]
Tina Turner Told Us She Was Raped. People Still Made Jokes: What That Reveals About Rape Culture
Tina Turner did what we so often tell women to do.
She spoke.
She to [...]
Rape Myth Acceptance: 10 Ways We Blame Women for Being Vulnerable Instead of Blaming People Who Exploit Them
Some ideas about sexual violence have been around so long that peopl [...]
When Personal Expression Becomes Women’s Required Participation: What Exactly Are Institutions Asking Women to Do?
There is a difference between allowing another human being freedom and [...]
The Brochure Says “We Take Your Safety Seriously.” But What Happens When a Survivor Actually Reports?
Institutions know how to write beautiful promises.“We take all rep [...]
What Happens When the Woman We Call Strong Tells Us She Was Hurt?
Listening tells you so much about where we really are as a society. A [...]
Drug-Facilitated Rape: What Women Need to Know About Ketamine, Alcohol and Emerging Drugs
For years, women were warned about the “date-rape drug.” Watch your dr [...]
Featuring Bunmi: Who Benefits When Women Are Encouraged to Leave Their Sexual Boundaries Open to Revision?
Who benefits when women are encouraged to understand their sexual boun [...]