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Incels, Violent Misogyny, and Why No One is Owed Sex

Trigger Warning: This article contains discussion of violent misogyny, gun crime, and murder — Dimitrios Pagourtzis, 17, used a shotgun and a revolver to go into a school in Texas earlier this month and kill ten people, injuring ten more. He was angry. When asked by the police, he admitted …

Time’s Up for Performative Allyship

At the 75th Golden Globes award ceremony, almost every single guest in attendance was wearing black. Supposedly, the choice of hue was more than a simple fashion statement, and was actually a display of solidarity against the culture of misogyny, abuse and sexual assault that has been allowed to run …

Should We Separate the Art From the Artist?

It’s amazing to see survivors finally being able to come forward and name their abusers. It’s even more incredible to see fellow survivors being believed and action being taken against their assailants. However, each new #MeToo story that emerges where the accused is a prominent actor, musician or writer brings with it an …

Should We Name and Shame Abusers on Social Media?

A few years ago, my friend’s and I crowded into the toilet cubicle at a pub that we all frequented and wrote a list of names on the wall. Our toilet graffiti was finished with a heading “list of men to avoid” — an idea ripped from the pages of …

Stop Making Me Relive My Sexual Assault

Trigger warning: Abuse, assault, rape, rape threats and alluding to Harvey Weinstein and the Twitter situation. — Friends, I’m exhausted. I’m emotionally exhausted from reliving my trauma every day on social media. I’m exhausted on behalf of all women and non binary folks that have to constantly share their stories …

The GOP Can’t Ban Abortion, but HB 214 Will Restrict Access for Many

TW: this article discusses abortion, rape and mental health. How do you restrict people’s rights that are protected by law? By using moral justifications to make them so unaffordable that they cannot be accessed. This may sound absolutely incomprehensible. Surely this can’t be how it happens? But it’s exactly what …

Say NOPE to Victim Blaming

Trigger Warning: This post contains mention of rape, sexual assault, and victim blaming — A couple of weeks ago, I saw a tweet that greatly divided the Twittersphere. Grace Victory posted about two girls sharing their account of being sexually harassed at a music festival, British Summer Time, where they found …

Sex After Sexual Assault

TW: explicit discussion of sexual assault. The first time I experienced penetrative sex, it was rape. This is the first time ever I have been able to type that sentence using the ‘R’ word. I have yet to say it out loud. I was in a relationship with a boy that …

How to Build a Rapist

Trigger warning: This article contains mention of rape, sexual assault, and casual misogyny — “Tattoos don’t happen around here. I mean, I know they do, but it’s not like, a regular occurrence, is it?” Said no one, ever. As a society, we all pretty much accept that a large percentage …
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