How “Gayle King v. Kobe Bryant” obscured a valid critique of sensationalizing sexual violence
In our efforts to resist this silencing, however, we must also consider the ways that others who are not public figures are implicated in these discussions
Heteronormativity makes us prey: At 15 I believed acting out my crushes was worse than being exploited by strangers
I was more afraid of being found out than of being harmed.
Musings on a world without rape: A listicle
Half of my DVD collection would be rendered moot without rape and rape culture.
Rape Can & Must End: Poems
These poems are part of our monthlong collaboration with FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture, Rape Can & Must End
Open letter to the league of extraordinary ain’t sh*t men on rape culture.
By Jalil Mustaffa Bishop Dear Men: We ain’t shit. I feel like it is time for me to write the letter that I wished someone gave to me a long time ago. This letter is addressed to cisgender/heterosexual people who…
Erykah Badu and why well-meaning rape apologists don’t get a pass.
by Sherronda J. Brown I spent an hour or so reading through Erykah Badu's tweets and mentions from the last few days so that y'all wouldn't have to. There is dissonance between what Badu actually says and what she claims…
Unholy Touches: A Black Church Boy Speaks.
Child sexual abuse has for long been brushed under the rug and/or deemed unimportant for sermonic consideration.
The Cosby Civil War.
by Quentin Lucas For the last few days, I’ve been haunted by a months-old article about Toni Morrison published by The Guardian and penned by Hermione Hoby. The piece considers Morrison’s lofty stature as “the conscious of America,” an acknowledgement gracing…
Hollering in the Sanctuary: Can You Hear Me?
We should all seek to understand the ways we’ve actively perpetuated violence, or willfully remain complicit in the harm of others.
A Mother’s Son: Breaking the Cycle of Racial-Sexual Violence.
By Ahmad Greene “By and by, when the morning comes When the saints of God are gathered home We'll tell the story how we've overcome For we'll understand it by and by” I come from a family of Black women survivors…
