‘By Choice, and Not By Choice…Time Is Going To Change You.’ By Zan Romanoff Feature Nina MacLaughlin discusses her retelling of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. “[In] my very vague high school memories…there was no discussion of the fact that this book is just rape after rape after rape.”
Same Sh*itty Media Men, Different Day By Sari Botton Highlight Rebecca Traister asks how NBC can possibly change its misogynist culture if it keeps the same bad actors at the top.
It Comes in Waves By Lilly Dancyger Feature Years after her cousin was killed, Lilly Dancyger is haunted by images of murdered women in the news.
How the Cosby Story Finally Went Viral — And Why It Took So Long By Longreads Feature A journalist who reported on the accusations long before they went viral wonders, “What kind of profession am I in, where stories have no logical reason for unfolding?”
How One Artist Publicly Dealt With the Aftermath of Her Rape By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight For one woman, holding her employer accountable meant painting the story of her rape on a billboard above a busy LA freeway.
What to Read After ‘Leaving Neverland’ By Danielle Jackson Reading List A list of longreads to make sense of ‘Leaving Neverland.’
Speak Truth to Power By Longreads Feature We must speak truth to the power of all that threatens to keep women and girls silent in the face of sexual violence.
Did We Learn From Anita Hill? By Danielle Tcholakian Commentary Or will Democrats sell out Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser, too?
Listening for a Way Out By Niya Marie Feature Growing up, Niya Marie sought refuge in Whitney Houston’s ethereal notes; as an adult, Marie found recognition in her silences.
She’ll Be Everything He Isn’t By Michelle Weber Highlight An MRI sparked gymnast Selena Brennan’s interest in sports medicine, and Larry Nassar isn’t going to take that away from her.
Is New York the Most Corrupt State in the Nation? By Danielle Tcholakian Commentary A robust local media is important to rooting out corruption, but so is a well-informed electorate.
On Junot Díaz’s ‘The Silence’ and Our Uncomfortable Reckoning By Danielle Jackson Commentary The aftermath of trauma sometimes means that victims become victimizers, but we have to find a way to talk about it.
My Abuser’s Gender Made Me Doubt My Experience By Caroline Catlin Feature After an assault, Caroline Catlin questions the safety of queerness.
Brendan Fraser’s #MeToo Moment By Sari Botton Highlight Actor Brendan Fraser reveals he was touched inappropriately — and says it’s behind why he vanished from the scene for more than a decade.
We’re Not Done Here By Laurie Penny Feature How the MeToo movement became a feminist sexual revolution.
When Will the Auto Industry Succumb to the #MeToo Revolution? By Sari Botton Highlight The New York Times investigates ongoing sexual harassment and misconduct at Ford.
Women in the Workplace Are Not Out To Get You By Danielle Tcholakian Commentary What do you need to do to have a consensual, romantic work relationship? The same things that make any workplace respectful and considerate.
The Consent of the (Un)governed By Laurie Penny Feature “Freedom” is just another word for being under the thumb of a powerful white man — for now.
Observe the Bumbler’s One Weakness By Michelle Weber Highlight Bumbles sink. (Hopefully.) On men, sexual violence, and feigned ignorance.
Gossip and News, Strange Bedfellows By Danielle Tcholakian Commentary Recent stories exposing powerful, abusive men suggest there’s value in taking rumors seriously.
In the Wake of Weinstein and #MeToo, Why Does R. Kelly Still Have an Audience? By Danielle Jackson Highlight Women of color who have been singled out by sexual predators deserve our collective fury too.
We’re Going Through Hell, and Men Need to Join Us There By Danielle Tcholakian Commentary The momentum is happening and it’s exhausting for women.
Where Do We Go From Here? By Danielle Tcholakian Commentary We are finally taking sexual harassment and abuse seriously. Now what?
How the Brazen Are Falling By Danielle Tcholakian Commentary On Harvey Weinstein, a man whose grave I can’t wait to dance on.
Gloria Allred’s Personal Crusade By Sari Botton Highlight First-hand knowledge of the trauma of sexual assault has informed Allred’s fight against it.
Chasing the Harvest: ‘It Used to Be Only Men That Did This Job’ By Gabriel Thompson Feature In this oral history, a produce truck driver and former lettuce worker recounts the sexual harassment she faced while working in the fields of Salinas Valley, California.
‘Women and Girls Were Not Jumping Up and Down to be Interviewed’: Rukmini Callamichi on Interviewing ISIS Sex Slaves By Sari Botton Highlight The New York Times correspondent tells the story behind the story to Columbia Journalism Review.
‘Equally Victimized by this System as By the Guy Who Raped Me’ By Sari Botton Highlight At Cosmopolitan, Jillian Keenan reports on Dinisha Ball’s nightmare experience of being denied rape kits in more than one ER, for both legally invalid and “valid” reasons, after being drugged and sexually assaulted in Houston.
The Wrong Woman to Eff With: Mary Karr on Being Groped in NYC By Sari Botton Highlight In the New Yorker, memoirist Mary Karr recounts a recent, casual sexual assault by a “crotchgrabber” on the street in Manhattan.
Being a Girl: A Brief Personal History of Violence By Michelle Weber Highlight Anne Thériault, on The Belle Jar, traces a lifetime of gendered violence, assault, harassment, and threats starting at age six in this brutal but important read.
