7 Ways To Make Girls Safer Without Discriminating Against Trans Kids

The Trump administration’s recent decision to rescind President Obama’s federal guidance protecting trans students has been applauded by many conservatives who argue it guarantees the safety of women and girls. For instance, last spring, after North Carolina suffered...

Show This To Anyone Who Still Cannot Grasp What Consent Is

It is 2017 and I am utterly amazed that people still do not understand what consent is. Twitter user Nafisa Ahmed eloquently breaks it down with an analogy that even kindergarteners can understand, let alone adults. I don’t get how rape is so hard to...

One Of The Best Definitions Of Consent Is In The Movie 'Hitch'

Consent is simple: Don’t do a thing with a person who doesn’t want to do that thing. Don’t kiss a person who doesn’t want to kiss you, touch a person who doesn’t want to be touched by you, have sex with a person who is too drunk or young...
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Why College Students Are Terrified of Betsy Devos

In a tie-breaking vote cast by Vice-President Mike Pence, Betsy DeVos was confirmed as secretary of education last week. The choice was controversial due not only to her lack of experience when it comes to politics and public school systems, but also, as campus sexual...

4 Sneaky Ways Rape Culture Has Become Ingrained In Our Society

Remember this adorable little guy? Pepé Le Pew is a Warner Bros. Looney Tunes character that first premiered in 1945. Pepé is a skunk who falls in lust with Penelope the Pussycat. Penelope was walking with her owner when she passed a construction site and a painter...

When Does Drunk Sex Become Rape?

In her first semester at the University of Portland, Clara Ell says that her classmate sexually assaulted her while she was too incapacitated to consent. He insists they had consensual sex—and, in a subsequent disciplinary hearing, school administrators agreed with...