It's Not About Jeffrey Epstein.
Last week, billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein was arrested on charges that he trafficked dozens of minors for the purposes of sex...
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May 15, 2019
This Is What We Mean By Rape Culture
On one day in early May, two stories caused outrage across social media and beyond. In the first, a New York bus driver pled guilty to...
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Jul 12, 2017
Details of Cosby Juror Deliberations Show We Have a Long Way to Go
Recently, the sexual assault trial against Bill Cosby ended in a mistrial, with the prosecutor vowing to seek a retrial. After a judge...
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Sep 21, 2016
Why Are Judges Giving Light Sentences to Rapists?
Over the past months, the internet has been abuzz with the news that a judge has — once again — given a convicted rapist an incredibly...
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Feb 24, 2016
On Kesha + Justice for Victims of Sexual Assault
In 2014, recording artist Kesha (also known as Ke$ha) publicly accused her producer, Dr. Luke (Lukasz Gottwald), of drugging and raping...
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Nov 11, 2015
Stop Calling It Sex
At least once a week, we see a headline in the local or national news discussing the latest case of child sexual assault (or rape). ...
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Sep 16, 2015
We’re Protesting The Wrong People
In August, news broke that the Pittsburgh Steelers had signed Michael Vick as a backup quarterback. The backlash was immediate: animal...
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Jul 29, 2015
Rape Culture Is When...
In recent weeks, it’s become apparent to just about everybody that Bill Cosby is a serial rapist. The first known rape occurred in the...
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Jan 14, 2015
Blackburn 101: What Is Rape Culture?
If you follow us on social media or read our blog, you’ve seen that phrase hundreds of times: “rape culture.” It’s become a shorthand...
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Dec 10, 2014
We Must Believe Victims
Last month, Rolling Stone printed an explosive story of a gang rape at a University of Virginia fraternity, which quickly became the...
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Nov 28, 2014
Why Victims Wait to Report
This originally was published in LNP on Sunday, November 23, 2014 As allegations against Bill Cosby resurface and new alleged victims...
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Nov 18, 2014
It’s Time to End Pick Up Artist Culture
If you follow pop culture, you may have heard of a community of men known as pick up artists — or PUAs — who give advice in books, online...
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Nov 12, 2014
What Exactly Is Sexual Assault, Anyway?
Campus sexual assault has been a hot topic in the news over the past year, between student protests, high profile cases and the formation...
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Sep 25, 2014
Using Peer Pressure for Good
Campus sexual assault is a hot issue right now, with a Presidential task force dedicated to the problem and stories of college students...
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Sep 4, 2014
Memory Does Not Define Rape
Singer Cee-Lo Green recently made headlines after pleading no contest to supplying a woman with Ecstasy; these charges arose from an...
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Aug 8, 2014
This Is Rape Culture.
If you follow current events (or our social media pages), you have probably have seen the term “rape culture” used to describe a variety...
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