Category: Legal/Courtroom

Why Is Everybody Debating What a Woman Is Instead of Asking Why People Fear Male Violence?
You don't have to worry about who we women are—since you don't seem to [...]

If Men Can Organize to Challenge Women’s Boundaries, Why Can’t They Organize to Challenge Male Violence?
I am interested in the men who are willing to challenge male vio [...]

Jeffrey Marsalis Was Called a “Prolific Rapist.” But What About the System That Kept Failing Women?
When people discuss Jeffrey Marsalis, they often describe him as a "pr [...]

Black Women Have Carried the Community Long Enough. When Will OUR Safety Become a Priority?
If your vision of justice requires Black women to accept more danger, [...]

When Blackness Is Clear but Womanhood Becomes a Debate: A Question for Black Leaders
When you are a woman—an adult female human being who has overlapping d [...]

Swatting Rape Survivors Should Carry Serious Criminal Penalties
Swatting a rape Survivor should be treated as a serious criminal offen [...]

Before He Killed Again: How Many Women Tried to Warn Us?
What I love about Octavia Spencer's production direction of "The Lost [...]

When a Woman’s No Is Called Hatred: What Does That Say About How Men View Women’s Boundaries? (with free pdf download)
Why women's refusal, independence, and desire for safety are so often [...]

Why Must a Rape Survivor Prove She Was a “Good Victim” Before We Believe Her?
The crime was the perpetrator’s choice, not the victim’s failure to be [...]

“He Was Only Looking”: Serial Killers, Peeping Toms, and the Danger of Dismissing Voyeurism
What the histories of convicted violent offenders teach us about sexua [...]