Broadly.com 1.8.17 | Sophie Saint Thomas For years, women have been getting tattoos as a means to heal from personal trauma. When Marti was 18 years old, she was raped by multiple men at a frat party. She was a virgin. "It happened
Fusion.com 11.10.16 | Lux Alptraum Over the past few months, as Donald Trump’s abhorrent treatment of women moved into the spotlight, many survivors of assault have found themselves triggered by his words, his voice, even just the sight of his face. Though many
Variety.com 12.9.16 When he was helping to choose writers for the staff of Fox’s television revival of “The Exorcist,” executive producer Jeremy Slater kept encountering the same plot point over and over. “One of my hard-and-fast rules when reading spec scripts was, the
Slate.com 10.28.16 | L.V. Anderson On Thursday, Runner’s World published the results of a survey of 4,670 runners about safety and harassment, and it turns out that both men and women feel extremely safe and respected while running. Just kidding! Women get harassed
Vox.com 10.24.16 | Zachary Crockett Sexual assault is a major issue in the United States. Many private and government agencies — the FBI, the CDC, the US Department of Justice, and organizations like RAINN — round up statistics on rape and sexual assault,
Buzzfeed 10.9.16 | Tyler Kingkade "Waking up to a Trump victory today, I have not felt this violated, unvalued, or disrespected since the day of my assault.” Tuesday was Fabiana Diaz’s first time voting as an American citizen. Like many twentysomethings, she celebrated
Philly.com 9.5.16 | Emma Platoff and Jonathan Lai The dorm room door hangers have three simple questions to help students understand consent: "Is the person sober? Is the person awake? Did the person say yes?" Before 2011, the College of New Jersey didn't
Mic 9.2.16 | Claire Lampen In today's edition of Terrible Excuses for Rape, an Idaho man facing a felony rape charge told investigators that his alleged victim did in fact say "no," but it wasn't a "hard no." Whatever that means. Twenty-two-year-old Austin Michael
