‘Every Story Has a Function’: An Interview With Jennifer Fox
The writer and director explains what she learned by putting the true story of her childhood sexual abuse on screen.
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One of the World’s Biggest Scientific Societies Just Made It Possible to Strip an Honor From Alleged Harassers
Advocates see this as a concrete signal to the scientific community that bad behavior won't be tolerated.
Will the Sexual Openness of the ‘Hook-Up’ Generation Confront the Concerns of #MeToo?
There's a chance the sexual culture being cultivated by Millennials can diminish the environment of harassment and assault that's plagued so many workplaces.
A Turtle Scientist Loses His Award After He Shows ‘Scantily Clad Female Students’ in His Acceptance Lecture
The rescinded award comes hot on the heels of a grassroots push, among scientists on social media, to get scientific awards removed from alleged harassers.
For Effective Advocacy, Shame the Policy, Not the Person
A historian who has studied the emotion finds it can be an effective change agent—but only when used carefully.
The Biggest Obstacle to the Pentagon’s War on Sexual Assault: the Military Justice System
A legal principle intended to protect service members after World War II has spawned a dangerous precedent.
New York State Lawmakers Appoint First Woman to Serve as Attorney General
The New York state legislature voted nearly unanimously Tuesday to appoint Barbara Underwood to serve as the state's attorney general, making her the first woman to hold the position.
‘We Proved She Could Do the Job the Same as a Man Could’: A Conversation With Jennifer Palmieri
The director of communications on Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign talks #MeToo, Stormy Daniels, and post-election America.
Documentary Filmmaker Amy Ziering’s Politics of Empowerment and Change
We spoke to Amy Ziering about what she recommends reading, watching, and listening to.
How Do We Take Down Rape Culture? Telling Stories Is Just the Beginning.
Considering a new anthology of stories about rape culture—and two other anthologies about how to end it.