The More Things Change...

[Trigger warning for rape culture, misogyny, racism, and ableism.] So, last night, I decided to watch the pilots of two of the new woman-cen...

Convicted Rapist Shocks World by Being a Jerk

[Trigger warning for misogyny, racism, and rape culture.] What I Don't Find Remarkable: That convicted rapist , spousal abuser , ear man...

Today in Rape Culture

[Trigger warning for sexual assault; rape culture.] I'm no Professional Advice Columnist, but I'm pretty sure that telling someone ...

Rape Culture 101

Not infrequently, male Shakers say in comments of threads about sexual violence that they cannot imagine what it's like to live as a wom...

Today in Rape Culture

[Trigger warning for rape culture; misogyny; exploitation.] Over at AlterNet, Sarah Seltzer has written a very fine article about some of t...

Number of the Day

[Trigger warning for sexual violence; revictimization.] $2 million: The approximate amount ("more than $2 million") of claimed l...

Breaking DSK News

[Trigger warning for rape culture.] Prosecutors trust* rich white man's account of totes not raping slutty brown foreign lady. -- *Note...

Today in Rape Culture

[Trigger warning for rape culture; victim-blaming.] 10 Tips Every Woman Must Know to Protect Herself From Rape . Content provided by Cosmo ...

An Observation

[Trigger warning for rape culture.] Elsewhere on the internetz yesterday, I stumbled quite unfortunately upon yet another thread of gentlema...

Today in Rape Culture

[Trigger warning for sexual violence; revictimization; bullying.] Because my rape culture piece is widely linked, I get a lot of emails fro...

Just Like Jesus Would Do

[Trigger warning for clergy abuse; rape culture.] Priorities! The New York State Catholic Conference has them! And they are terrible ! Acco...

Rick Santorum Is Gross

[Trigger warning for sexual violence; body policing; misogyny.] Rick Santorum, on his extreme abortion views, at the Republican Debate last ...

This is so the worst thing you're going to read all day.

[Trigger warning for violence; sexual assault; gender essentialism; misogyny.] If you haven't already used up ALL the barf bags reading ...

Quote of the Day

[Trigger warning for sexual harassment and rape culture.] "Most people are robust. If a man puts his hand on a woman's bottom, any ...

The Exploiting Exploited Children to Spy on Everyone Act

[Trigger warning for child sex abuse.] One of the greatest ironies of the rape culture is that when legislative bodies, who typically spend ...