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The Legal Genital Mutilation for Girls
Why do girls want labiaplasty? They're told to hate every inch of themselves By Jessica Valenti Despite all the feminist progress we’ve made, women and girls are still subject to mixed messages about how their bodies must be perfect It would almost be easier if there...
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[Essay] RED LIGHT THERAPY By Adam Phillips, from Unforbidden Pleasures, which was published this month by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Phillips is a psychoanalyst and the author of more than fifteen books. Traffic changed in the United States after the First World War,...
Terrorism Overview
On November 13, terrorists hit Paris with a series of coordinated attacks — Terror in Paris and Beirut: An Islamic State Reading Guide This piece originally ran on ProPublica. On November 13, terrorists hit Paris with a series of coordinated attacks — France’s...
Aftermath: Actors Interviewed
Check out this podcast on the staging of this piece she left about being raped in Paris.
Amour of Light: Documentary
A new documentary opening this week focuses on two individuals who form an unlikely alliance to address gun violence in the United States. "The Armor of Light,” by Abigail Disney, follows the evangelical minister Rev. Rob Schenck, an evangelical known for his...
Serena Williams chases man after phone ‘grabbed’ in restaurant
Here's a tip for anyone planning to grab Serena Williams's phone - don't bother. The American, who has won 21 Grand Slam singles titles, will chase you down, and she will catch you. It was a lesson learnt by a man who took the 34-year-old's mobile phone while she was...
Police Rape: Hard to Report & Aimed @ Disadvantaged
By Jessica Valenti- UK Guardian The way that police officers get away with their crimes serves as an important reminder about how women are discredited when it comes to rape accusations There’s a certain timeline of appropriate actions women are told to take if they...
Frat SAE Hazed Black Student To Death
Four years ago Cornell University closed down their chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Many members of the fraternity left the school altogether. They had just killed a man. George Desdunes, an aspiring doctor, was a 19-year-old sophomore from Brooklyn,...
Why I Spoke Out About One Rape but Stayed Silent About Another
Susan J. Brison is a Professor of Philosophy at Dartmouth College and author of Aftermath: Violence and the Remaking of a Self. Decades ago, we didn’t call rape by a date or acquaintance 'rape'--so what was there to report? In one, I was 35, on a morning walk in...