Desire and Consent: Discussing Recent Rape Apologies
by: Rachel Luban Trigger Warning: discussion of sexual assault and victim-blaming follows. By now you may be acquainted with the firestorm set off by the Good Men Project’s publication of […]
Category Archives: Rape Culture
Better Than a “Sure Thing”: Pink Loves Consent, If Only
by: Kara Crawford I am not a big fan of either Victoria’s Secret or their PINK line. I have no fundamental problem with lingerie; in fact, I fully affirm sexy […]
Street Harassment and Being Treated Like a Lady
by: Rebecca Kling I was listening to Citizen Radio while driving down to the Chicago Fringe Festival tonight. It’s a fantastic, independently-produced, liberal news and commentary podcast, and I highly […]
On Men Who Think Street Harassment Would Be Awesome
by Miriam Mogilevsky Whenever women are discussing street harassment and what causes it and how to prevent it, a man inevitably comes along to inform us that, actually, our feelings about harassment […]
What a Disgusting Facebook Page Tells Us About a Woman’s Need to Be Desired
by: Emily Heist Moss Note: This post was also published on Role/Reboot and republished with permission. You can find the original here. In this piece, Emily Heist Moss discusses the […]
Is Slutwalk The End of Feminism?
by: Yasmin Nair Without a critical self-awareness and a willingness to address and act upon the structural, economic, and political problems that face women and others, Slutwalk is in danger […]
Consent Does Not “Ruin the Moment”
by: Miriam Mogilevsky People who oppose sensible things like anti-harassment policies at conferences keep bringing up the same tired myths about dating, sex, and romance: that it’s very important to […]
HuffPo and the Changing Iconograpy of the Abortion Debate
by: Emily Heist Moss Yowza, kinda smacks you in the face, doesn’t it? I’m not a huge fan of journalistic sensationalism, of which this most certainly suffers, but sometimes the […]
A Special Interest: On Defunding Domestic Violence And Sexual Assault Prevention In South Carolina
by: Kathryn Carlisle Gov. Nikki Haley stuck her foot in her mouth again last week, posting on her Twitter and Facebook pages referring to domestic violence prevention coalition and “special […]
My Mom’s Rape Story and a Confused Relationship With Feminism
by: Clarisse Thorn Note: This piece was originally featured on the girl-power site Off Our Chests and the author’s blog. You can find the originals here and here. My mother is a rape survivor. In 1970, […]
