Earlier this week, Anna North, a writer at the women’s blog Jezebel, posted an article about a video uploaded to YouTube which appeared to show, in graphic detail, a woman being gang raped. Just writing that sentence made me shudder, as the thought of someone brutally raping a woman, filming it, and then putting it […]
The Wall Street Journal is about as publicity stunt-y as The New York Times’ Style section in terms of publishing articles guaranteed to kick up a fuss. But the WSJ, being owned by Rupert Murdoch’s NewsCorp (Fox News, etc.), leads with a conservative slant. This week’s case-in-point is an op-ed by lawyer Judith Grossman, whose son was […]
I’ve been dating my boyfriend for three months and things are going great. I really enjoy his company, I respect him, and I feel safe around him. The problem is, three years ago my ex-boyfriend raped me. It took me a while to come to terms with the fact that I was raped (because he […]
People use Kickstarter to raise money for all sorts of dubious projects. Celebs funding movies. Celebs funding albums. Tips on how to rape women. Wait, what? Oh yes. Behold, Above The Game: A Guide To Getting Awesome With Women, by Ken Hoinsky of Connecticut, a new book that conflates advice on how to date rape […]
A fifth woman has come forward alleging that she was assaulted by James Deen twice during two separate porn shoot. Adult film actress Kora Peters shared her story first on Twitter and then in a more detailed testimonial with Porn Valley Media. She says that on two different occasions, Deen anally assaulted her, the first being when she was […]
Emma Sulkowicz has created a new performance artwork titled “Ceci N’est Pas Un Viol” (“this is not a rape”), which I’m just going to go ahead and break down here because it’s complicated and brilliant. The artwork consists of three parts: A graphic video simulating a rape in a college dorm room, featuring Sulkowicz and […]
Parents and faculty all across Fort Myers, Florida now have every right to keep a proverbial (or literal; I’m sure that exists) GPS on their kids after a group of teenagers had sex in a high school bathroom this week. According to a Lee County Sheriff’s Office incident report, cell phone footage showed at least two […]
Two weeks ago, my gentle and loving boyfriend of three months held me down and forced me to have sex with him against my will, and then told me I had asked for it. And technically, he was right. Jacob and I had only been dating about a month and a half when I intimated […]
We’re all for rape prevention, but when you can’t stop the crime, why not score immediate payback with the help of a little latex and some barbed plastic? That’s the idea behind rape-prevention condoms by RapeX. Basically, if you feel like you may be in danger one evening — exploring a foreign city alone, getting […]
