Actually, That's Sexual Assault

In the middle of the night after a bar crawl in college, while I was passed out sleeping, my roommate’s friend crept into my bedroom, climbed on top of me, and assaulted me. He kissed me, he took off my pajamas, and put his hands on and in my body. It was not...

It's Time for Men to Stop Letting Women Get Catcalled

Too many times in my life, I have had to suffer through street harassment alone. I’ll be walking by myself, minding my own beeswax, more often than not holding in a burp and wearing yesterday’s laundry, and some jabroni on the sidewalk thinks I will feel...

How Taylor Swift's Victory Could Affect Sexual Assault Cases

Taylor Swift was awarded exactly $1 for her victory in civil court Monday, but the award could represent much more for victims of sexual assault. After a Denver jury found that a preponderance of evidence showed that former radio DJ David Mueller had groped the pop...

How The Term “The Friend Zone” Perpetuates Rape Culture & Sexism

There’s no such thing as the friend zone. Yeah, I said it, and it’s probably about time we stopped using it as an excuse for not getting what we want. Really, the ‘friend zone’ is a socially constructed coping mechanism used primarily by men to make their female...