For Every Parent: 'I Taught My Son How Not To Be A Rapist'

It’s a normal Sunday afternoon. After brunch, my 14-year-old son and I curl up on the couch to read while my husband works on a project in the garage. But no matter how hard I try to concentrate on the pages of novel in my lap, my mind keeps returning to the...

This Is What Sexual Trauma Does To Your Brain

“My independence, natural joy, gentleness and steady lifestyle I had been enjoying became distorted beyond recognition. I became closed off, angry, self-deprecating, tired, irritable, empty.” These chilling words, penned in a letter that a woman known only as “Emily...

Stanford Rapist Brock Turner Has A New Sex Offender Registration Pic

Brock Turner, the convicted rapist from Stanford that was all over the news last summer, has updated his photo on the Ohio Sex Offender Registry.  The Survivor, Emily Doe, read a powerful letter to her attacker in court that went viral on the internet and was read...

The Problem With Letting 'Boys Be Boys'

On January 18th, 2015 in the early hours of the morning Brock Turner raped an unconscious twenty-two year old woman and penetrated her with a foreign object. He was apprehended initially by two Stanford international students from Sweden, who stated that they...

One Woman's Scathing Letter To Her Coworker About Brock Turner & Consent

An open letter to my coworker: It’s a Monday morning and we’re making small-talk. Like, “How was your weekend?” “You see that fire out in Calabasas?” “It’s been so cloudy lately.” “So, how about that rape letter?” you say. Yeah, you saw I’d posted about it “like seven...